Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile Carla Ward admits she’s prepared to accept some blips as her methods work their way into Ireland’s psyche. The former Aston Villa and Birmingham City boss ...

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

In Dublin, the Villa defender matched that effort with a fierce header off a corner kick. In something telling of her comments, she emphasized the need to clean things up in the back and not concede.

Ward revealed a third home-based player would have been included too but for injury. And she insisted she encouraged the Glaswegian - whom she had as a player at Aston Villa - to make the move to ...

Aston Villa's head of women's football Lee Billiard ... previously at the club with the appointment of former manager Carla Ward, who led Villa to a highest league position when they finished ...

The celebrations at full-time and the overwhelming sense of relief on the faces of Aston Villa’s players ... who had replaced Carla Ward in the summer. Villa had been steady under Ward, with ...

Lee Billiard has been at Aston Villa for four years Aston ... at the club with the appointment of former manager Carla Ward, who led Villa to a highest league position when they finished fifth ...

Last month’s 4-0 hammering in Slovenia indented an early blow in the Carla Ward reign ... end,” said the former Birmingham City and Aston Villa manager. “I said evolution and we need ...