Women's Euro 2025: five-star Spain lay down marker before Germany enter fray
Date: 2025-07-04T07:02:04.000Z
Title: The WSL 2 club Southampton are on the verge of appointing the former Blackburn manager Simon Parker as their head coach, the Guardian can reveal.
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The 39-year-old spent the past two seasons in charge of Blackburn in the second tier, then known as the Women's Championship, but he left the Lancashire club in June after Blackburn's voluntary withdrawal from the division. He has a good reputation after keeping Blackburn clear of the relegation zone last term despite their low playing budget.
Parker has previously coached at Lewes and in Portugal and this move to Hampshire is understood to take him back closer to family and friends. Southampton had been searching for a permanent head coach since Remi Allen's departure by mutual consent in February.
Southampton finished eighth last season, a comfortable 14 points clear of the relegation zone but 22 points off the pace set by the champions, London City Lionesses.
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Date: 2025-07-04T07:00:12.000Z
Title: Preamble
Content: Hello, good morning and welcome to another Matchday live. It's day three of Euro 2025 and we've got two exciting fixtures lined up for this evening. In the early match, Denmark face Sweden at Stade de Genève in Geneva. Then, we move over to St. Gallen where 2022 finalists Germany take on Poland.
I'll be with you all day. Well, at least until the first game. Let's do this.
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