AS Leanne Ross reminded me on Thursday, she played under very few head coaches during her spectacularly successful and long playing career. The 41-year-old will have that responsibilty herself today when Glasgow City host Hamilton Accies in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.
Ross, who got an early Christmas present when confirmation of her UEFA A-Licence coaching certificate came through last month, joined City from Newburgh Ladies in 2007. She was signed by Peter Caulfield and played under only two more head coaches before retiring in 2021 – Eddie Wolecki Black (2011) and Scott Booth (2015).
At Scotland level there was just one. All of her 135 games between 2006 and 2017 (the Scottish FA lists 133 but two have been missed out) came during Anna Signeul’s 12-year term.
