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“IF ANY WOMEN’S CLUB CAN BE SUSTAINABLE, THIS IS THE ONE”

Casey Stoney is rather used to chaos by now. Coronavirus may have ruined her best-laid schemes over the last six months, but two summers ago, the first manager of a relaunched Manchester United Women spent five frenzied weeks building an entirely new squad and backroom staff ahead of their inaugural Women’s Championship campaign.

“It was excitingly chaotic… and daunting,” she laughs to now. “When I got the call to say I had the job, I

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