'Superhuman' managers shouldn't have to ask for help - Beard's family on loss

'Superhuman' managers shouldn't have to ask for help - Beard's family on lossTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Matt Beard's wife Debbie and son Harry are calling for bespoke, targeted mental health support for football managersByJo Currie, Women’s Sport Reporter and Daniel Austin, BBC Sport senior journalistPublished2 minutes agoThis article contains discussion of suicide."A cheeky chappy - the Del Boy of football."That is how Debbie Beard remembers her husband, the football manager Matt Beard, who died aged 47 in September.As one of the most successful and beloved managers in the women's game, his death shook the world of football and beyond.Tributes poured in from players he had coached, rivals his teams had faced along the way and fans who were charmed by his playful, down-to-earth persona.Few could believe that a man who always had a smile for everybody could have taken such a heartbreaking decision.As well as being a two-time Women's Super League winner with Liverpool, Matt was a father to son Harry, daughter Ellie, and stepson Scott.Speaking to BBC Sport at the family home in North Wales, Debbie says she would not wish the impact of Matt's death on her worst enemy, and has urged football to introduce regular, mandatory mental health checks for managers - so that no more families have to suffer the same pain.'Managers shouldn't have to ask for help'"It was just normal" is how Debbie describes the day Matt died, having taken the family dog for a long walk earlier. "We would never have seen that coming - not in a million years. I just wish he had said 'I'm struggling'."Debbie knew her husband had experienced emotional difficulties in the past - including following the death of his father in 2022 - but says he would continue to work and behave as normal.She feels Matt's death should hera...