Crewe Alexandra Women's coach MATT FISHER talks to STEPH FAIRBAIRN about taking the game to opponents and breeding confidence in his players
Having stepped away from coaching to become a postal worker, an offer to coach a colleague’s son’s soccer team led Matt Fisher back to a journey he had started at the age of 16.
More than two decades on from his first step onto the coaching ladder, Matt is now full-time at English pro club Crewe Alexandra, famed for their academy which has produced several England internationals.
He works with the U18s boys on the education programme, leads on the newly formed Emerging Talent Centre, and manages the women’s first team.
SCW caught up with Matt to talk about his work with the women’s team, the style he’s developed and what working with his first female team has taught him as a coach...
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