• Neville wants to help netball’s professional expansion
Even as Tracey Neville confirmed that her team’s bronze-medal win against South Africa was her last game in charge, she immediately admitted this World Cup had left her with unfinished business. “I’ve been part of this system for 20 years and I want to be part of it again,” the England coach said.
What capacity that might be in no one knows, although she hopes it will be as part of a wider professionalisation of the sport in the UK. “At the moment we only have about 25 professional athletes in England and we want to double that in the next four to eight years,” said Neville. “That’s probably when there’s a role back here for me.”
Written by Emma John at the M&S Bank Arena
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jul/21/england-world-cup-bronze-medal-tracey-neville-departure under the title “England win World Cup bronze medal to mark Tracey Neville’s departure”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
