Norwich City’s sporting director Stuart Webber has been to one game of women’s football and says he is not interested in it.
In April, Norwich City Women played at Carrow Road for the first time, winning 5-3 against Ashford Town in front of 7,500 supporters.
In an interview with The Athletic reviewing the year at Norwich and a disappointing season for the men’s team as they finished 13th in the Championship, Webber was asked how they would build on the success of that women’s game.
“That was the first women’s game I’ve been to because it’s not an interest to me. I don’t mind admitting that,” he said. “I love working with Flo (Allen, the general manager of Norwich City Women) and helping her, but that’s because it’s Flo.
“Women’s football, I do not watch it. It’s of zero interest to me in terms of on the telly because I watch enough men’s football and if I’m not watching that, I want to watch other sports. It’s a choice which I think should be OK.”
In a wide-ranging interview that touched on Norwich’s recruitment, the decision to sack Dean Smith and his own future at the club, Webber also spoke about the abuse he has received from fans of the men’s team, many of whom blame him for the club drifting down the Championship table.
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