Women's 2020 Final

 

As you can see, for the second year running, Manchester City lifted the cup for the 3^rd time.  It was a much closer game than last year when City beat West Ham 3-0.

Willie Kirk’s Everton team are on the verge of challenging the traditional top 3 (now a top 4 as Manchester United have upped their game too).  This is all good new for the women’s game, as this year it started with record breaking crowds, had more TV coverage on the BBC and BT sport, and the arrival of ‘The Americans’ has improved the quality of the WSL – all good right?

Well, at the very beginning of this journey I had whinges about the inequalities in the lower leagues – the first women’s game was called off, due to a lack of players and I didn’t pay for women’s match until later rounds when it had already cost me £9 to watch a men’s Preliminary Round game!

It is at this lower level that changes need to be made…  women’s football has been shut down again at lower levels and girls’ academies during November's lock-down. They can’t continue through England’s November lockdown as they are not classed as ‘elite sport’ whilst the boys academies are – it’s just another in a long list of things that need to change.

However, I don’t want to end on a low note – I’m end on something high. When Manchester United signed Christen Press and Tobin Health, both their shirt sales outsold any male player at the Club for two full days – a small victory, but a step in the right direction. 

It’s been fun and maybe one day we’ll do it again to see if things have improved!