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Rich Laverty

Wakefield

Women's Football Writer at Freelance

Freelance women's football feature writer. Featured in The Guardian, Athletic, Times, FourFourTwo, World Soccer, These Football Times, OPTUS Sport and more...

Articles

  • 1 week ago | theguardian.com | Rich Laverty

    A big change occurred in France last summer when the top two divisions of the women’s game were professionalised under the banner of the new Ligue Féminine de Football Professionnel (LFFP), led by the former Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas.

  • 1 week ago | msn.com | Rich Laverty

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • 1 week ago | theguardian.com | Rich Laverty

    How do you persuade a boyhood Barcelona fan, who grew up watching his team in the Camp Nou with his grandfather, played for its famous La Masia youth teams and was eventually in charge of running its successful women’s team, to up sticks and move to the United States? As it turns out, a simple phone call was all it took to light the spark which brought Domenec Guasch, former head of management for women’s football at Barcelona, to lead a new era for upcoming NWSL franchise Boston Legacy FC.

  • 1 week ago | msn.com | Rich Laverty

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • 1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Rich Laverty

    How do you persuade a boyhood Barcelona fan, who grew up watching his team in the Camp Nou with his grandfather, coached for its famous La Masia youth teams and was eventually in charge of running its successful women’s team, to up sticks and move to the United States?

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Rich Laverty
Rich Laverty @RichJLaverty
11 Apr 25

RT @RichJLaverty: I spoke to former Switzerland internationals Gaelle Thalmann and Vanessa Bernauer, who both now work in the domestic game…

Rich Laverty
Rich Laverty @RichJLaverty
11 Apr 25

I spoke to former Switzerland internationals Gaelle Thalmann and Vanessa Bernauer, who both now work in the domestic game, about the impact Euro 2025 can have and needs to have on Swiss football, from grassroots, to the league, to the national team. In the new @WorldSoccerMag. https://t.co/PPMtZH3ev9

Rich Laverty
Rich Laverty @RichJLaverty
5 Apr 25

RT @RichJLaverty: Tactics Talk with @_JessCarter ⚡️ Facing Lauren Hemp 🧠 Why Mariona in the World Cup final tested her so much 🧱 Defensiv…