‘A huge gap in the market’: how do you scout for scouts in women’s football?

Southampton take on Bristol City in the Women’s FA Cup third round this season, an ideal opportunity for scouts.Photograph: Michael Steele/The FA/Getty ImagesIt was 2am in the morning and Dean Gibson was sitting in the McDonald’s car park, just to make sure he had wifi access for an important call with an agent based in the United States. The scene aligns with some of the less glamorous stereotypes of working in recruitment and scouting: long nights journeying across the country alon