Who was your Women's Super League title trophy bearer? | OneFootball

Manchester City lifted the 2025/26 Women’s Super League trophy on Saturday, but who was the special trophy bearer taking part in the presentation?

The Club and its charity, City in the Community (CITC), came together to create a once-in-a-lifetime experience for one very deserving staff member.

Emily, who helped to carry out the trophy after Manchester City’s final WSL fixture against West Ham, has worked with CITC for over a year as a BTEC Community Coach.

Having been an outstanding staff member, Emily has cemented herself as a core member of the team and real advocate of the women’s game.

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Within CITC, Emily works specifically with the girl’s provision at Connell Co-Op College.

Head of Operations, Lisa McKay, said: “Emily’s hard work, dedication, and care for the work she does every day with CITC and on the BTEC programme doesn’t go unnoticed.

“We were delighted to offer this opportunity as a recognition for her dedication.

“Emily recently led her Connell team to the Community and Education Alliance League final. Despite the result not going in CITC’s favour the team and Emily still had an amazing time, taking second place in the competition, celebrating the achievement of getting to a final. We’re very proud of all she does!”

Speaking before the trophy presentation, Emily said: “It feels amazing, purely and simply because I do work hard, and I know I do, and I put my heart and soul into everything that I do, so to be recognised for it is nice, and I feel valued as part of the team.

“I’ve got friends and family coming down to the game so it’s nice to be able to share that moment with them, but I think obviously being on the same pitch as the girls, they’ve obviously achieved a massive thing this year, it’s special to be a part of it.

“It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity, how could you turn that down.”

Aside from coaching with CITC, Emily works as a coach within the Women’s academy age groups and at Stockport County Ladies with the open age groups, after competing among the highest tiers of Women’s football herself as a player.

Commenting on her passion for the Women’s game, Emily added: “I think it signifies how much growth has happened in the game since I started playing when I was six, which was almost 20 years ago now.

“I see it from a little bit of a different perspective in terms of I’m seeing the youth that are coming through the system and this win is an inspiration to all those girls who are now going to be striving to be like that.

“And I think it’s great for the area of Manchester, it’s going to completely boost that group of youth that’s coming through.”

Education Officer for BTEC, Laura Woodcock, spoke of her reasoning for nominating Emily for the opportunity, commenting: “Emily is a real asset to our CITC team and plays a huge part in the work we do across the 16+ education department and across the community.

“We hope she can enjoy this well-deserved experience.”

If you want to support CITC, enter this month’s Prize Draw competition, for the chance to win a Full Squad Signed Shirt, an Erling Haaland Club World Cup signed shirt and more.

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The City in the Community Prize Draw is powered by Raise Your Game and your support will go towards sustaining the charity’s programmes, which empower healthier lives through football.

Entries start at £5 per ticket; fans can enter on a one-off basis, or they can sign up to a direct debit, meaning they enter the draw monthly automatically. *

City in the Community empowers healthier lives through football.

To find out more, visit  www.mancity.com/citc or follow @citcmancity on social media.

*Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Cambodia, Qatar, Lebanon, and North Korea are the only excluded countries from the prize draw.