Liverpool’s Women’s Super League match at Aston Villa on Sunday has been postponed following the death of former manager Matt Beard.Beard, 47, led the club to back-to-back WSL titles in 2013 and 2014, and managed Liverpool during their first ever Champions League campaign.He was reappointed in 2021 and led the Reds to promotion back to the WSL, helping them to a seventh-placed finish the following season, remaining as manager until February.In a statement on Saturday, Liverpool paid tribute to “an extremely committed and successful manager”.They added: “He was also a person of real integrity and warmth, who will always be remembered with genuine fondness by everyone he worked with at the club. Rest in peace, Matt.”
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Aston Villa v Liverpool: Women’s Super League match postponed following Matt Beard’s death
