Sian Massey-Ellis, ɗaya daga cikin manyan alƙalai mata waɗanda suka buɗe hanya a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila, ta kawo ƙarshen aikin alƙalancinta ta kuma matsa zuwa gudanarwa a Football Association.

Daga watan Satumba, Massey-Ellis za ta yi aiki a matsayin FA's Senior Manager - Women Referees, matsayi wanda za ta tallafa wa kuma haɓaka alƙalai mata a dukkan matakai, tare da taimakawa wajen ƙirƙirar hanyar mata zuwa wasan ƙwararru.

Aiki cike da manyan nasarori

Wadda ta cika shekara 40 ta fara buga wasanta na Premier League a shekarar 2010, inda ta zama mata ta biyu kawai da ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar alƙali a babbar ƙungiya. Ta ci gaba da yin aiki a fiye da wasanni 150 na Premier League a duk tsawon aikinta.

Nasarorinta sun ci gaba. Massey-Ellis ta yi aiki a wasan karshe guda biyar na Women's FA Cup kuma ta zama mataimakiyar alƙali ta farko mata da aka naɗa don Community Shield. A shekarar 2021, ta sake yin tarihi a matsayin mace ta farko da ta shiga wasan karshe na FA Cup na maza, inda ta ɗauki matsayin mataimakiyar VAR. Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin AVAR a wasan karshe na Carabao Cup 2025.

A fagen duniya, rikodin ta yana da ban mamaki — gasar zakarun Turai ta mata sau huɗu, Kofofin Duniya na mata guda biyu, da kuma wasan karshe na Women's Champions League 2018. A shekarar 2019, ta zama Baƙar Bature ta farko da ta yi shari'ar wasan maza na Turai, ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar alƙali a Europa League.

Massey-Ellis, wacce ke ɗauke da lambar yabo ta MBE don sabis ɗinta ga ƙwallon ƙafa, ta yi magana game da aikinta da babban alfahari.