Who is Hannah Dingley? The Forest Green Rovers coach in the spotlight after making history by replacing Duncan Ferguson

Forest Green Rovers made shockwaves on Tuesday night when they announced that Hannah Dingley will replace Duncan Ferguson as their interim manager.

It comes as an historic first for English football as Dingley becomes the first woman to take charge of a men's football team in the senior leagues. And while it may track that the EFL's most famously progressive football team, known for its commitment to green energy and veganism, would become the first club to take that leap, but take the optics and symbolism out of it and Dingley was the sensible choice for the top job while the search for an permanent manager goes on.

It didn't come from nowhere. More often than not it's the youth or reserve team manager who is called upon in these situations and Dingley, a highly-rated coach in FA and EFL circles, had been in charge of their academy since 2019. In many ways, it would not have been a great look not to give her the reins, and an audition to be named as Ferguson's permanent replacement.

But who is Hannah Dingley, what's her story, and what can fans watching with interest expect from English men's football's first ever female head coach? Record Sport takes a look.

As women's football goes from strength to strength in England, its biggest named have been linked increasingly with vacancies within the men's game. Chelsea's Emma Hayes was, rather insultingly many argued, tipped as one of the favourites to take the MK Dons' job in 2021 before the shot it down in flames.

But while we've seen Hayes, Sarina Wiegmann and former Scotland boss Shelley Kerr among those tipped to switch across, those in the know would have told you well in advance that Dingley was the favourite to shatter this particular glass ceiling.

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