A headline in the English newspaper the Daily Mirror last week asked "Who is Hannah Dingley?" It was a fair question and few people were able to provide an answer.
But Dingley was making sports history in becoming the first woman to manage an English men's professional football team. She had been named the caretaker boss of League Two side Forest Green Rovers after the sacking of Duncan Ferguson earlier in the week.
Rovers had been relegated from League One last season.
A former university lecturer, Dingley, 39, had previously been in charge of the club's academy.
Some critics have put it down as a publicity stunt arranged by owner Dale Vince, who is not averse to coming up with attention-grabbing ideas for his club.
But the chairman defended the appointment.
"Hannah was a natural choice," he told reporters. "She has done a fantastic job leading our academy."
However, he would not confirm if she would become the permanent manager saying her name would be "in the hat" when the season starts.
Dingley herself was very happy, saying she was "really excited" about her ground-breaking appointment. Although she has experience coaching junior sides and women's teams, this is still a big step up for her.
She is hoping her appointment will inspire other women and emphasised "this isn't a gimmick."
Dingley also has the necessary self-confidence that is so important for a football manager's job. She told the Mirror "it's not about the gender. I was the best person for the job and I got it."
She took charge of her first match last week in a pre-season game against non-League Melksham Town with the result a scrappy 1-1 draw.
Dingley was brought up in Carmarthen, Wales. Her husband Mark Cooper also managed Forest Green for five seasons from 2015-21, overseeing their promotion from non-League football to League Two. He is currently Yeovil Town boss in the National League.
An established female coach in men's football is Rosi Webb, who is in charge of Stanway Pegasus in the Eastern Counties League. The former Tottenham and Charlton youth player said Dingley's appointment would be a great boost for women's football.
"It's fantastic news and really exciting for the game," she said.
For a small club Forest Green have attracted a lot of attention since being promoted to the Football League in 2017 after 19 years in the Conference (Now the National League).
They even won promotion to League One in the 2021-22 season but were abruptly relegated last season. Rovers are based in the Gloucestershire town of Nailsworth, which with a population of just 5,800, is the smallest town in England to support a Football League team.
They play at the New Lawn stadium which has a capacity of just over 5,000. The nearest "big town" is Stroud but their main rivals are League One side Cheltenham. The locals dub their derby matches "El Glosico".
Known for years as "the little club up on the hill" Forest Green were in big financial trouble and on the brink of folding when Vince took over in 2010. Vince is a "green energy" industrialist and founder of an electricity company utilising wind and solar power.
In addition to making Forest Green financially sound, Vince introduced his vegan philosophy to the club. From 2011 the players were banned from eating red meat and on match days only vegetarian food is available for spectators. No meat pies or hot-dogs, now it's veggie burgers.
After good performances Vince sometimes treats the team to pizzas, all vegan of course.