Newcastle United Women

Newcastle United Women announced on Monday that they had parted company with manager Becky Langley after more than six years in the job.

Becky had been in the position since 2019 and masterminded the club’s rise from Tier 4 (FA Division 1 North) to their current position in Tier 2 (Women’s Super League 2).

When she took over the team the outlook was very different. It was before the Newcastle United takeover and so the club was run under the Newcastle United Foundation rather than the actual club itself.

That first season saw sparse crowds, players on two-way contracts with local colleges.

Volunteers to operate the turnstiles at the old Wheatsheaf Ground in Callerton.

Becky was coaching the Lasses alongside her day job at Northumbria University, where she coached the students too.

With the pandemic curtailing the 2019-20 season and then the following campaign reduced down to just cup fixtures, United found themselves still residing in Tier 4. However, by the time the new Newcastle United owners took over, Langley had forged a side that pushed for promotion and only narrowly missed out to Liverpool Feds by 3 points.

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