In Dublin, the Villa defender matched that effort with a fierce header off a corner kick. In something telling of her ...

Given her pedigree, Carla Ward's appointment back in January was viewed as a rare PR coup for the beleaguered FAI although it ...

CARLA WARD has bemoaned the loss of senior ... She will be replaced by Holly Pickett, who worked with Ward at Aston Villa and Birmingham City. It has not been the easiest introduction to the ...

Ward succeeded Eileen Gleeson in January and has overseen three wins, with a 4-0 defeat in Slovenia the rare but hurtful blemish.

Aston Villa's head of women's football Lee Billiard is set to step down from his role at the end of the season by mutual ...

If there’s a sizeable degree of pressure on her players to atone for February’s mediocre Nations League display against ...

The celebrations at full-time and the overwhelming sense of relief on the faces of Aston ... but Villa should not have been in this mess to start with. Arroyo was hired in January following the ...

We asked and you responded - here is what the Balls.ie readers have voted for as the best Ireland starting XI at Carla Ward's ...

Stina Blackstenius' first-half hat-trick saw holders Arsenal cruise into the Continental Cup final with a 4-0 win over a poor Aston Villa side ... her first. Carla Ward may have feared a cricket ...