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Behind the scenes as Birmingham City dream a dream of WSL

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Amy Merricks was appointed as Birmingham City Women's head coach in mid-April 2024 .

The club’s American owners dreamed a dream of WSL football.

Merricks’ second -placed team are battling with London City Lionesses for promotion to WSL .

A state-of-the-art anti-gravity treadmill resides in the gym, together with hamstring testing kits, and team meeting rooms have touch screens for analysis.

Birmingham City boss is one of the youngest professional head coaches at 31 .

She describes herself as obsessive’ and a perfectionist’ Birmingham City have big plans for the future.

They were the 2012 Women’s FA Cup winners, WSL runners-up in the breakaway division's first two seasons.

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