Behind the scenes as Birmingham City dream a dream of WSL

The Birmingham City Women player are put through their paces at the training ground in Wast Hills. Birmingham.Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The GuardianThe understudies in the ensemble of Les Misérables are not ordinarily interviewed by football coaches. For detail-driven Amy Merricks, the Birmingham City head coach and a lover of the West End musical, they were her prime focus during her Uefa Pro Licence dissertation on maximising squad harmony and ensuring the fringe members of a squad fee