Man Utd Girls supervisor Marc Skinner and Hannah Blundell nominated for WSL awards for April 2023

MANAGER OF THE MONTH NOMINEE – MARC SKINNER 

After one other wonderful month of guiding the table-topping Reds, Skinner is as soon as once more up for the WSL accolade. United registered a number of essential victories this month, as we proceed to chase down a first-ever top-flight title, in addition to qualify for subsequent season’s Champions League marketing campaign. 

The primary of our wins got here towards Brighton away from house, the place a Leah Galton double and late objectives from second-half substitutes Rachel Williams and Lucia Garcia had been sufficient to see off the Seagulls. 

After the worldwide break, and beating Brighton within the semi-final of the FA Cup, Skinner’s facet returned to league motion with a probably season-defining sport towards Arsenal. The reverse fixture again in November featured a stoppage-time header from Alessia Russo as United snatched all three factors on the dying in entrance of over 40,000 followers on the Emirates. 

The Gunners travelled to Leigh Sports activities Village this time spherical, and an evenly contested sport was as soon as once more settled by our no.23, whose first-half strike was the distinction. All three factors meant we turned simply the third group ever to do the league double over the North London membership.