Liverpool unveil memorials for former manager Beard

What the report says

Liverpool have created permanent memorials at Anfield and at their Melwood training ground to honour former women’s team manager Matt Beard, according to BBC Sport Football. The tribute follows Beard’s death on 20 September 2025 at the age of 47, after two spells in charge of Liverpool Women, from 2012 to 2015 and again from 2021 to 2025.

The club marked the remembrance with a private ceremony at Melwood on Friday, attended by players, staff and Beard’s family, where a memorial garden was unveiled in his name. A commemorative tree was also planted outside Anfield on 97 Avenue. BBC Sport noted that Beard was widely viewed as one of women’s football’s influential coaches.

Beard’s Liverpool tenure included back-to-back Women’s Super League titles in 2013 and 2014, followed by a return to the top flight in 2022 after winning the FA Women’s Championship. He had been named WSL manager of the season twice and was inducted into the WSL Hall of Fame earlier in 2025.

The club is also using upcoming fixtures to support suicide-prevention awareness, with Saturday’s men’s match against Fulham linked to the Premier League’s Together Against Suicide campaign. In general, this aligns with wider football efforts to encourage conversation and support around mental health, though that broader context was not presented as a specific club initiative in the report.