Female Football Focus 2020: Gail Manning (Amlwch Town)
Gail (blue – centre) celebrates another goal for Amlwch. Picture: Gethin Jones ATFC
Gail Manning currently plays for Amlwch Town in North Wales Women’s League Division Two, but her past clubs include Liverpool and the mighty Bangor City side of the 1990s.
So a great choice for our latest Female Football Focus.
Full Name
Gail Elizabeth Manning
Birthday
April 29
First football memory
Playing on the school field with my dad
Football idol
Steven Gerrard
Position
Gail in action for Amlwch with popular referee Heinz Broering in the background
Back in the day centre forward…now midfield
Most memorable game played in
Gail with a vintage Bangor City side from around 1993/94. Here are the names we know….can anyone fill in the gaps? Back row (left to right): Keith Fearns, Ceryl Jones, Elain Owen, Gail Manning, Siwan Elenid, Amy Caughter, Karen Parry, (Tatws), Meirwen Taylor, Sian Fearns, Alison Jones, Mike Ishmael. Front row: Emma Young, Gwennan Jones, ??, Bev Bourner, Manon Lloyd Williams (Jiws), Mari Fearns, ??, Tania Jones.
Welsh Cup Final with Bangor City Ladies
Biggest highlight of football career so far
Winning the Welsh Cup with Bangor
Best goal scored
Gail sure knows how to celebrate a goal. Picture: Gethin Jones ATFC
All of them
Strengths to your game
Experience
Gail is delighted after Amlwch win the North Wales League Supplementary Cup at Rhyl last season. She came on as sub and was electric up front
Weaknesses
Do I have any🤔
Best team-mate played alongside
The Great Gadd-sby
Cerys Gadd
Hardest opponent faced
Arsenal
Biggest influence in football
Gail (front row – third left, captain’s armband) lines up with Liverpool Ladies FC in around 2004.
Bill Bradley my old manager at Liverpool
Funniest team-mate
Cerys Gadd
Which team-mate is the best dancer
Me 👀
Gail with manager Mo Eynon on signing for Amlwch
Favourite away ground
None
Other sporting achievements
Represented Welsh Schools at long jump
Personal football ambitions
Win the league this season with Amlwch
Best country visited
Cuba
Favourite chocolate
Chocolate Orange
Best film seen
Hunger Games
Are you typical of your zodiac sign
Most definitely
Favourite TV show
Peaky Blinders
TV show you dislike most
Hollyoaks
Best quality as a person
Humour
Worst fault
Selfishness
Best live show/concert seen
P!nk performs during “The Truth About Love” tour opener at US Airways Center on February 13, 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)