The FA’s director of the women’s professional game, Kelly Simmons, chats with SVG Europe editor Heather McLean about the continuing evolution of women’s football coverage on television and online, and is then bestowed with the SVG Europe Women Achievement Award 2021. Football Summit 2022, sponsored by EVS, took place on Thursday 10 March at the […] More
The SVG Europe Women Achievement Award 2021 was presented to Kelly Simmons, The FA’s director of the women’s professional game, at SVG Europe’s Football Summit held at Tottenham Football Club on 10 March 2022. The award is given to an individual who has achieved outstanding things in sports broadcasting, and positively impacted women in sports […] More
The Football Association has confirmed that it has received approval to conclude the last three rounds of the 2019-20 Women’s FA Cup in the early part of the 2020-21 season, with the Final to be played at Wembley Stadium connected by EE on Saturday 31 October. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, The FA has been exploring […] More
At SVG Europe’s Football Summit 2020, taking place in Berlin on 31 March at the Olympic Stadium, the FA’s director of the women’s professional game, Kelly Simmons, will take to the stage. The World Cup 2019 was a key moment in the growth of the women’s game and following on from that success, women’s football […] More
The Football Association (FA) established the Women’s Super League in 2011, and in 2018 it went fully professional for the first time. Overseeing the development of women’s and girl’s football under the auspices of the FA is Kelly Simmons, director of the women’s professional game. Simmons is focused on the entire gamut of the domestic […] More
