Crystal Palace have sacked their women’s head coach Laura Kaminski with the club bottom of the Women’s Super League.
Kaminski guided Palace to promotion by winning last season’s Championship title but the club have decided to make a change after 14 games of the 22-match top-flight campaign.
Their chairman, Steve Parish, described the shock decision as “extremely difficult”. Palace have won one and drawn three of their WSL matches.
Parish said: “This has been an extremely difficult decision for the club to take. Laura has made a fantastic impact since arriving in the summer of 2023, getting the club promoted to the WSL for the first time in its history. Laura has given her all, on and off the pitch, and she leaves here with all of our thanks and best wishes for the future.”
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea Women | |||
| 2 | Man Utd Women | |||
| 3 | Arsenal Women | |||
| 4 | Man City Women | |||
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion Women | |||
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur Women | |||
| 7 | Liverpool FC Women | |||
| 8 | West Ham Women | |||
| 9 | Everton Women | |||
| 10 | Leicester Women | |||
| 11 | Aston Villa Women | |||
| 12 | Crystal Palace Women |
Kaminski’s departure comes a day after Liverpool, Palace’s opponents on Sunday, parted company with Matt Beard. Liverpool’s interim manager Amber Whiteley has said she will put her name forward to become the full-time manager.
The former Liverpool academy coach, who was Beard’s assistant, said: “I’ll put my name in the hat.” As revealed by the Guardian, it is likely she will be in interim charge for the rest of this season. “That’s the indication I’ve been given,” Whiteley said, “but obviously that recruitment process has already started.
“There are always mixed emotions when a manager leaves a club – it’s never an easy thing to go through. But the players have been absolutely brilliant today, the way they’ve responded and turned their focus to Palace at the weekend. They were super in training.”
