Editing Hope Powell

{{Short description|English football player and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hope Powell<br><small>[[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]</small>
| image = London Bees v Brighton & Hove Albion WFC, 18 April 2018 (11).jpg
| caption = Powell in April 2018, managing [[Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]
| fullname = Hope Patricia Powell
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1966|12|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lewisham]], England
| height = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[Birmingham City W.F.C.|Birmingham City]] (technical director)
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1978–1987
| years2 = 1987–1989
| years3 = 1989–1991
| years4 = 1991–1994
| years5 = 1994–1998
| clubs1 = [[Millwall Lionesses L.F.C.|Millwall Lionesses]] | caps1 = | goals1 =  
| clubs2 = [[Fulham L.F.C.|Friends of Fulham]]  | caps2 = | goals2 =  
| clubs3 = [[Millwall Lionesses L.F.C.|Millwall Lionesses]] | caps3 = | goals3 =  
| clubs4 = [[Charlton Athletic L.F.C.|Bromley Borough]] | caps4 = | goals4 =  
| clubs5 = [[Charlton Athletic L.F.C.|Croydon]] | caps5 = | goals5 =  
| nationalyears1 = 1983–1998
| nationalteam1 = [[England women's national football team|England]]
| nationalcaps1 = 66  
| nationalgoals1 = 35 
| manageryears1 = 1998–2013
| managerclubs1 = [[England women's national football team|England]]
| manageryears2 = 2012
| managerclubs2 = [[Great Britain women's Olympic football team|Great Britain Olympic]]
| manageryears3 = 2017–2022
| managerclubs3 = [[Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]
| manageryears4 = 2023–
| managerclubs4 = [[Birmingham City W.F.C.|Birmingham City]] (technical director)
}}
'''Hope Patricia Powell''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (born 8 December 1966) is an English football coach and former player who is the Women's Technical Director at [[Birmingham City W.F.C.|Birmingham City]].

As a player, Powell won 66 [[cap (sport)|cap]]s for [[England women's national football team|England]], mainly as an attacking [[midfielder]], scoring 35 goals. She made her England debut at the age of 16, and went on to play in the [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup]], England's first World Cup appearance. She was also [[Captain (association football)|vice-captain]] of her country. At club level, Powell played in four [[Women's FA Cup|FA Women's Cup]] finals and [[Captain (association football)|captained]] [[Charlton Athletic L.F.C.|Croydon]] to a League and Cup [[Double (association football)|double]] in 1996.

The Football Association (FA) appointed Powell as England's first-ever full-time national coach in 1998. She led the team at the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2001|2001]], [[UEFA Women's Euro 2005|2005]], [[UEFA Women's Euro 2009|2009]] and [[UEFA Women's Euro 2013|2013]] editions of the [[UEFA Women's Championship]]. After failing to qualify in [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003]], she guided England to the quarter-finals of the [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] in [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007]] and [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup|2011]]. England's best results, reaching the final of the UEFA Women's Championship in [[1984 European Competition for Women's Football|1984]] and 2009, both featured Powell. She was a player at the former and coach at the latter.

As well as managing the England senior team, Powell oversaw the whole structure from Under-15s to the Under-23s, a coach mentoring scheme and The FA's National Player Development Centre at [[Loughborough University]].<ref name=hp1>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/5004947/England-manager-Hope-Powell-leads-England-on-with-great-expectations.html | title=England manager Hope Powell leads England on with great expectations | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph| access-date=21 August 2013}}</ref> In May 2009, Powell's administration implemented central contracts, to help players focus on full-time training and playing, without having to fit it around full-time employment. Initially, 17 players signed contracts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/England/WomensSeniorTeam/NewsAndFeatures/2009/CentralContractsAnnouncement.aspx|work=[[The Football Association|FA]] website|title=Central contracts confirmed|date=14 May 2009}}</ref> In 2003, Powell became the first woman to achieve the [[UEFA Pro Licence in England|UEFA Pro Licence]], the highest coaching qualification available. She also managed the [[Great Britain women's Olympic football team]] during the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] and [[Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] from 2017 to 2022.

==Club career==

===Millwall===
Powell made newspaper headlines when FA rules banned her from representing her school team beyond the age of 11. The teacher running the team had appealed against the ban, not, according to Powell, because he was interested in [[gender equality]], but because of a pragmatic desire to field his strongest team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jun/12/women-football-hope-powell-interview|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|title=Hope Powell: 'I was the real-life Bend It Like Beckham Girl'|access-date=7 June 2013|date=12 June 2011|author-link=Carole Cadwalladr|first=Carole|last=Cadwalladr}}</ref> Powell moved on to play club football for [[Millwall Lionesses L.F.C.|Millwall Lionesses]] when she reached 11.

At Millwall Lionesses, Powell came under the influence of coach Alan May. A senior manager with [[BT Group|British Telecom]], May taught Powell [[Management|people management]] skills and remained a major inspiration throughout her career, including when she moved into coaching herself. May was employed as Powell's head [[Scout (sport)|scout]] when she became England manager.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2420352/Hope-is-on-the-way-for-England.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|title=Hope is on the way for England|access-date=7 June 2013|date=7 September 2003|author-link=Patrick Barclay|first=Patrick|last=Barclay}}</ref>

===Fulham===
As the club grew to be one of the most successful in England, Powell left for London rivals [[Fulham L.F.C.|Friends of Fulham]]. A two-year spell with Friends of Fulham culminated in an appearance at the 1989 Women's FA Cup final. Powell scored twice and is reported to have played exceptionally well, but her team were beaten 3–2 by [[Everton L.F.C.|Leasowe Pacific]]. The match was played at [[Old Trafford]] but attracted only 914 spectators, although it was also broadcast on [[Channel 4]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womenssoccerunited.com/profiles/blogs/the-fa-womens-cup-match-final-attendances-from-1972-to-2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130820235854/http://www.womenssoccerunited.com/profiles/blogs/the-fa-womens-cup-match-final-attendances-from-1972-to-2013 |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 August 2013 |title=The Womens FA Cup Final attendances from 1979 to 2013 |publisher=womenssoccerunited.com |access-date=21 August 2013 }}</ref>

===Return to Millwall===
In the aftermath of that defeat, Powell returned to Millwall Lionesses, where she became the team's all-time record goalscorer. In 1991, they reached the Women's FA Cup final and beat [[Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.|Doncaster Belles]] 1–0 at [[Prenton Park]] to win the Cup for the first time. Millwall Lionesses also won the Greater London League to qualify for the inaugural National Division in the [[1991–92 WFA National League Premier Division|1991–92 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/women/Historical/wt91.htm |title=The Owl - Football Historian |publisher=The Owl |access-date=21 August 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630225029/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/women/Historical/wt91.htm |archive-date=30 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/millwalllionessesfc01/History | title=Honours | publisher=clubwebsite.co.uk | access-date=21 August 2013}}</ref>

===Bromley and Croydon===
The team broke up in the aftermath of that success and Powell moved with teammate [[Sue Law]] to form a new club [[Charlton Athletic L.F.C.|Bromley Borough]]. Beginning in the South East Counties League, the club quickly progressed through the divisions. After adding England player [[Brenda Sempare]] in 1992, Bromley Borough won all 16 matches in the South East Counties League Division One, scoring 142 goals in the process.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=34mDVN0L7o0C&pg=PA49|publisher=[[AuthorHouse]]|title=Should have gone to Blackgang Chine|access-date=8 June 2013|date=5 November 2009|first=Nicky|last=Cook|isbn=9781467886123}}</ref> The team also reached the semi-final of the Women's FA Cup, where they lost 2–0 to [[Treble (association football)|treble-winning]] [[Arsenal L.F.C.|Arsenal]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=UKNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=0F91FA51F60EE5AE&p_docnum=17&p_queryname=2 | title=Arsenal go for double - Football | newspaper=[[The Times]]| access-date=21 August 2013|date=5 April 1993}}</ref>

In the 1993–94 season, Bromley Borough won the [[FA Women's Premier League Southern Division|National League Division One South]] by ten points, securing promotion into the top flight of English women's football. Despite this, they were handed a chastening 10–1 defeat by Doncaster Belles in the fifth round of the Women's FA Cup|FA Women's Cup]]. For the 1994–95 season, the club entered a partnership with [[Charlton Athletic L.F.C.|Croydon]] and enlisted Powell's England teammate [[Debbie Bampton]] as [[Manager (association football)|manager]]. Powell was one of six Croydon players who represented England at the [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/women-boldly-go-where-no-men-have-been-of-late-1585233.html|title=Women boldly go where no men have been of late |first=Mike |last=Rowbottom|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=21 August 2013|date=6 June 1995|quote=Was it coincidental that the newly appointed captain, Bampton, was accompanied by five fellow members of Croydon, even though they were not a Premier League side? [sic]}}</ref>

With Powell as [[Captain (association football)|captain]] and Bampton as [[Player-coach|player-manager]], Croydon won a domestic [[Double (association football)|double]] in 1995–96. In the<ref name="Powell FA">{{cite web | url=http://www.thefa.com/england/all-teams/staff/hope-powell | title=Hope Powell | work=The FA | access-date=2 June 2014}}</ref> FA Women's Cup final against [[Liverpool L.F.C.|Liverpool]] at [[The Den]], Powell equalised [[Karen Burke]]'s opening goal then scored from the spot as Croydon won a [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shootout]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womensoccer.com/refs/clubs/englandclubs.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970214114115/http://www.womensoccer.com/refs/clubs/englandclubs.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 February 1997|title=English clubs 95-96|publisher=Women's Soccer World|access-date=8 June 2013|first=Colin|last=Aldis}}</ref> A farcical end of season fixture backlog saw Croydon play five games in ten days, winning four and drawing one to erode Doncaster Belles' 13-point lead,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-wom96.html|title=England (Women) 1995/96|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|date=12 December 2008|first=Hans|last=Schöggl|access-date=8 June 2013}}</ref> and win the National Premier Division on [[goal difference]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4796493.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130821193103/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4796493.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 August 2013 | title=Football | newspaper=[[The Independent]]| access-date=21 August 2013|date=15 May 1996|quote=Croydon completed the Women's Football Association league and cup double last night by beating Arsenal 2–1 to deny Doncaster Belles the Premier League Championship on goal difference.}}</ref>

In the 1997–98 season, Croydon lost both domestic Cup finals to Arsenal. The 1998 FA Women's Cup final was lost 3–2 and, despite scoring Croydon's second goal, Powell missed out on her third winners' medal. She had agreed to take over as England coach and retired from playing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballsoccerfocus.com/greatest-manager-series-hope-powell/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130820235743/http://www.footballsoccerfocus.com/greatest-manager-series-hope-powell/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 August 2013 |title=Greatest Manager Series… Hope Powell |publisher=footballsoccerfocus.com |access-date=21 August 2013 }}</ref>

==International career==
[[Martin Reagan]] gave Powell her England debut against [[Republic of Ireland women's national football team|Republic of Ireland]], in a 6–0 [[1984 European Competition for Women's Football qualification|Euro qualifying]] win staged at [[Elm Park (stadium)|Elm Park]] in [[Reading, Berkshire]] on 9 September 1983.<ref name="hof">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320152543/http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/pages/fame/Inductees/hopepowell.htm|url=http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/pages/fame/Inductees/hopepowell.htm|archive-date=2008-03-20 |publisher=National Football Museum|title=Hope Powell|access-date=2012-06-16|first=Robert|last=Galvin}}</ref> Aged 17, Powell played in the final of the [[1984 European Competition for Women's Football]] as England were beaten by [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] on [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalties]]. The two-legged final had seen England recover a one goal deficit at [[Kenilworth Road]] in [[Luton]], in muddy conditions described by Powell as "absolutely shocking".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/may/19/seven-deadly-sins-football-penalty-women-england|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|title=England's shoot-out jinx begins - England, 1984|access-date=2012-06-16|date=2009-05-19|first=Tony|last=Leighton}}</ref>

She was allotted 61 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England's inaugural international.<ref>{{Cite web |title=England squad named for World Cup |url=https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2023/May/31/england-womens-senior-squad-named-for-world-cup-2023-20233105 |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=The Football Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lacey-Hatton |first=Jack |date=2022-11-18 |title=Lionesses introduce 'legacy numbers' for players past and present |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/lionesses-introduce-legacy-numbers-players-28529161 |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=mirror |language=en}}</ref>

==International goals==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 17 March 1985 || [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], [[England]] || {{fbw|SCO}} || align=center|'''4'''–0 || align=center| 4–0 || rowspan=8| [[1987 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying]]
|-
| 2. || 25 May 1985 || [[Antrim, County Antrim|Antrim]], [[Northern Ireland]] || {{fbw|NIR}} || align=center|'''?'''–? || align=center| 8–1
|-
| 3. || rowspan=2| 17 August 1985 || rowspan=2| [[Ramsey, Isle of Man|Ramsey]], [[Isle of Man]] || rowspan=2| {{fbw|WAL}} || align=center|'''?'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 6–0
|-
| 4. || align=center|'''?'''–0
|-
| 5. || 22 September 1985 || [[Cork (city)|Cork]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] || {{fbw|IRL}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 6–0
|-
| 6. || rowspan=2| 16 March 1986 || rowspan=2| [[Blackburn]], England || rowspan=2| {{fbw|NIR}} || align=center|'''9'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 10–0
|-
| 7. || align=center|'''10'''–0
|-
| 8. || 12 October 1986 || [[Kirkcaldy]], [[Scotland]] || {{fbw|SCO}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 3–1
|-
| 7. || 11 April 1987 || [[Leeds]], England || {{fbw|NIR}} || align=center|'''?'''–0 || align=center| 6–0 || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-
| 8. || rowspan=2| 17 March 1990 || rowspan=2| [[Ypres]], [[Belgium]] || rowspan=2| {{fbw|BEL}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 3–0 || rowspan=2| [[UEFA Women's Euro 1991 qualifying#Group 3|UEFA Women's Euro 1991 qualifying]]
|-
| 9. || align=center|'''2'''–0
|-
| 10. || 17 April 1994 || [[Brentford]], England || {{fbw|SVN}} || align=center|'''?'''–0 || align=center| 10–0 || [[UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying#Group 7|UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying]]
|-
|}

==Managerial and coaching career==
[[File:Arsenal LFC v Kelly Smith All-Stars XI (076) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Powell in 2017]]
===First steps into coaching===
Powell had passed the FA's preliminary coaching award at the age of 19. During her later playing career she had worked as a development officer for [[Lewisham London Borough Council]] and in [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace FC]]'s community outreach scheme. She had also been a volunteer coach at soccer camps in the United States. Ted Copeland encouraged Powell to complete the FA's new female coach mentoring scheme and obtain her 'B' licence while she was still playing.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-JqsIzTneFQC&pg=PT44|title=Sports Coaching Cultures: From Practice to Theory|chapter=4|last=Cushion|first=Chris|date=22 October 2009|isbn=978-0203390955|access-date=7 June 2013|page=44|publisher=Routledge }}</ref>

===England Women===
England were unfortunate to be drawn in a [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification]] group with Norway and Germany, the reigning World and European champions, respectively. Copeland quit as manager after a 1–0 defeat to Germany at [[The Den]] in March 1998, which Powell had started.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-smisek-sinks-england-women-1149160.html|title=Football: Smisek sinks England women|first=Mike|last=Rowbottom|newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=9 March 1998|access-date=24 August 2013}}</ref>

At 31, Powell became the youngest ever coach of any England national football team, as well as the first [[woman]] and the first non-white person to hold the office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blacksoccerassociation.org/Archives.html|title=Hope Powell|publisher=Black Soccer Association |access-date=24 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.furd.org/default.asp?intPageID=28|title=Hope Powell|publisher=[[Football Unites, Racism Divides]]|access-date=24 August 2013|archive-date=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928193207/http://www.furd.org/default.asp?intPageID=28|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 26 July 1998, Powell managed England for the first time in a [[Exhibition match|friendly]] against Sweden at [[Victoria Road (Dagenham)|Victoria Road]], [[Dagenham]]. After entering the game as a [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]], Swedish debutant [[Malin Moström]] scored the only goal on 84 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|quote=The England women put up a spirited performance against Sweden yesterday in Hope Powell's first match as national coach, having the better chances in the first half at Dagenham and Redbridge only to lose to the former European champions and World Cup bronze-medal-winners by an 84th-minute goal by Malin Mostrom |title=Ireland beat Germany to take European title - Football|date=27 July 1998|newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref> Powell's first competitive fixture in charge was the 2–0 defeat to Norway in [[Lillestrøm]] the following month, which consigned England to last place in the group and meant they faced a relegation play-off against [[Romania women's national football team|Romania]]. Had England lost they faced being demoted to B level and therefore unable to qualify for major tournaments. Powell described the situation as "very much do-or-die" since a substantial reduction in funding was at stake.<ref name="viner">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/hope-powell-i-see-him-now-and-again-but-i-dont-swap-notes-with-steve-mcclaren-397911.html|title=Hope Powell: 'I see him now and again but I don't swap notes with Steve McClaren'|last=Viner|first=Brian|author-link=Brian Viner|date=26 October 2007|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=24 August 2013}}</ref> A 6–2 aggregate victory kept England's place among the elite.

In 2003, Powell became the first woman to be awarded the [[UEFA Pro Licence]], studying alongside [[Stuart Pearce]].<ref name=hp1/> She had become England coach in 1998, and led the national team to the final of Euro 2009 where they lost to Germany. It was speculated that Powell would become the first female manager in English men's football when she was linked with the vacant managerial role at [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] in October 2009, however caretaker manager [[Neil Woods]] was appointed on a permanent basis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/leaguetwo/grimsby/6405326/Englands-women-coach-Hope-Powell-plays-down-Grimsby-Town-link.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530131130/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/leaguetwo/grimsby/6405326/Englands-women-coach-Hope-Powell-plays-down-Grimsby-Town-link.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 May 2010|title=England's women coach Hope Powell plays down Grimsby Town link|last=Wilson|first=Steve|date=22 October 2009|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=28 November 2009}}</ref>

At the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]], England suffered a quarter-final [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shootout]] defeat to [[France women's national football team|France]] following a 1–1 draw. Powell controversially attributed "cowardice" to the players who had failed to volunteer to take a penalty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jul/10/hope-powell-england-women-world-cup|title=Hope Powell accuses players of 'cowardice' and hints at departure|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=10 July 2011}}</ref> After England's disastrous showing at [[UEFA Women's Euro 2013]], there was a clamour for Powell to be sacked. However, despite the first round exit, she retained the support of the FA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/hope-powell-to-be-passed-over-for-elite-womens-role-says-sir-trevor-brooking-8723360.html|title=Hope Powell to be passed over for elite women's role, says Sir Trevor Brooking |last=Leighton|first=Tony|work=[[The Independent]]|date=21 July 2013}}</ref>

In July 2013, rival coach [[Keith Boanas]] made an outspoken attack on Powell's record as England manager and publicly called on her to resign. Boanas who had also applied for the job in 1998 but was not granted an interview said he suspected that the selection of the relatively unqualified Powell was "a political appointment to cover all bases". He criticised Powell's role in the international retirement of his wife [[Pauline Cope]] and suggested that anyone could match or surpass Powell's achievements, given a similar level of support.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.womenssoccerunited.com/profiles/blogs/keith-boanas-speaks-on-hope-powell-and-women-s-football-in|title=Keith Boanas Speaks on Hope Powell And Women's Football in England|publisher=Women's Soccer United|date=22 July 2013|access-date=30 July 2013|first=Keith|last=Boanas|author-link=Keith Boanas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823120445/http://www.womenssoccerunited.com/profiles/blogs/keith-boanas-speaks-on-hope-powell-and-women-s-football-in|archive-date=23 August 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 20 August 2013, Powell was sacked as manager of the England women's team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefa.com/england/womens-seniors/News/2013/hope-powell-leaves-fa-200813|title=Powell sacked as England manager|publisher=English FA|date=20 August 2013|access-date=20 August 2013}}</ref>

===Brighton & Hove Albion===
On 19 July 2017, Brighton & Hove Albion announced that Powell had been appointed as first-team manager of the club's women's team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/2017/july/powell-appointed-womens-head-coach/|title=Powell appointed women's head coach|publisher=Brighton & Hove Albion|date=19 July 2017|access-date=19 July 2017}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On 31 October 2022, Powell stepped down from the role with an 8–0 defeat to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women|Tottenham Hotspur]] being her final match in charge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/2885701/powell-steps-down-as-albion-womens-first-team-manager/|title=Powell steps down as Albion women's first-team manager|website=www.brightonandhovealbion.com|date=31 October 2022|accessdate=31 October 2022}}</ref>

===England men's U20s===
On 19 May 2023, it was announced that Powell would join the [[England national under-20 football team|England men's U20s]] as a technical advisor at the [[2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2023/May/19/hope-powell-to-join-england-mu20s-squad-as-technical-advisor-for-fifa-u20-world-cup-20231905|title=Hope Powell to join England MU20s coaching staff|website=EnglandFootball.com|date=19 May 2023|accessdate=22 May 2023}}</ref>

===Birmingham City===
On 20 July 2023, Powell was announced as the new Women's Technical Director at [[Birmingham City W.F.C.|Birmingham City]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Blues appoint Hope Powell CBE as Women's Technical Director |url= https://www.bcfc.com/news/womens/blues-appoint-hope-powell-cbe-as-womens-technical-director |publisher=Birmingham City F.C.}}</ref>

== Managerial statistics ==
{{Updated|matches played on 30 October 2022}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+Managerial record by team and tenure
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="8"|Record
!rowspan="2"|{{abbr|Ref|Reference}}
|-
!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}
|-
| [[Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.|Brighton]]
| 19 July 2017
| 31 October 2022
{{WDL|136|51|14|71|for=171|against=253|diff=yes}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ca.soccerway.com/teams/england/brighton--hove-albion/5251/matches/|title = England - Brighton & Hove Albion WFC - Results and fixtures - Soccerway}}</ref>
|-
! colspan=3|Career totals
{{WDLtot|136|51|14|71|for=171|against=253|diff=yes}}
!
|}

==Honours==
Powell was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2002 Birthday Honours]] for services to association football,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56595 |date=15 June 2002 |page=12 |supp=y }}</ref> and promoted to [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2010 Birthday Honours]] for services to sport.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59446 |date=12 June 2010 |page=8 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7148669.ece Zeta-Jones joins cricket buffs Duckworth and Lewis on honours list]</ref> In 2003, she was inducted into the [[English Football Hall of Fame]] in recognition of her talents.<ref name="hof" />

In 2009, she was awarded an [[Honorary degree|Honorary Doctorate]] by [[Loughborough University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorary Graduates and University Medallists {{!}} Graduation {{!}} Loughborough University |url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/students/graduation/honorary-graduates/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=www.lboro.ac.uk}}</ref> Powell was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the [[University of East London]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=High Performance Sport at the University of East London|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/sports/scholarships/documents/Highperformancesportsbrochure.pdf|publisher=UELSports, University of East London|access-date=9 February 2012|archive-date=7 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607160509/http://uel.ac.uk/sports/scholarships/documents/Highperformancesportsbrochure.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Player===

;Millwall Lionesses
*[[Women's FA Cup|FA Women's Cup]]: [[1991 WFA Cup Final|1991]]

;Croydon
*[[Women's FA Cup|FA Women's Cup]]: [[1996 FA Women's Cup Final|1996]]
*[[FA Women's Premier League National Division|FA Women's Premier League]]: [[1995–96 FA Women's Premier League|1995–96]]

;England
*[[Mundialito (women)|Mundialito]] (2): 1985, 1988

===Manager===
;England
*[[Cyprus Cup]] (2): [[2009 Cyprus Cup|2009]], [[2013 Cyprus Cup|2013]]

==Personal life==
Powell was born and raised in London to a family of Jamaican descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jjheritage.com/stories-from-the-90s/|title=Stories From The 90's - JJ Heritage}}</ref> In 1990, Powell graduated from [[Brunel University]] in [[London]] with a [[Bachelor's degree|degree]] in [[Sports science|Sport Science]] and [[History]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/brunel/docs/brunellink_2011|title=Congratualtions - Awards and Honours|date=2011|work=Brunel Link Magazine 2011|access-date=8 June 2013}}</ref>

In August 2010, she was named in 68th place on ''[[The Independent]]'' newspaper's annual Pink List of influential [[LGBT]] people in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-iiosi-pink-list-2010-2040472.html|title=The IoS Pink List 2010 |date=1 August 2012|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=8 June 2013|first=Hugh|last=Montgomery}}</ref> Her entry was subsequently redacted from the online version of the article{{why|date=September 2013}} and her name was absent from the 2011 and 2012 lists. Powell was included in a rival World Pride Power List compiled by [[Square Peg Media]] in association with ''[[The Guardian]]''; reaching fifth place in 2011 and 48th place in 2012. Commenting about her relationships with men, she said they were "intrigued" to discover that she was a footballer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ONE+OF+THESE+WOMEN+HAS+MARRIED+EIGHT+MEN%3b+ONE+PUTS+OUT+FIRES%2c+ONE...-a060643465|title=One of these women has married eight men; one puts out fires, one buys blue movies, one is a chippie, one works with apes and one scores for England. Guess who...|first1=Busola|last1=Odulate|first2=Olivia|last2=Buxton|date=22 February 1998|work=[[The People]]|access-date=29 May 2011}}</ref>

In an October 2005 interview with ''[[Diva (magazine)|Diva]]'' magazine, Powell commented about lesbians in football: "There's always been that stereotyping of female footballers as [[Butch and femme|butch]], dykey and unattractive, so maybe it's just best left alone."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.divamag.co.uk/diva/features.asp?AID=4134|title=Women in sports: the lesbian peril|date=4 May 2011|work=[[Diva (magazine)|Diva]]|access-date=8 June 2013|first=Lydia|last=Bigley|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308044510/http://www.divamag.co.uk/diva/features.asp?AID=4134|archive-date=8 March 2012}}</ref>

Powell's autobiography, ''Hope: My Life in Football'', was published in 2016.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Hope: My Life in Football|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hope-9781472925565/|publisher=Bloomsbury|access-date=7 February 2016}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.thefa.com/Womens/EnglandSenior/PlayersAndCoaches/Postings/2003/11/Coaches.htm Profile at the theFA.com]
*[http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/pages/fame/Inductees/hopepowell.htm Hope Powell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320152543/http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/pages/fame/Inductees/hopepowell.htm |date=20 March 2008 }} at The National Football Museum Hall of Fame Pages

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