Women's Team - 2019/2020

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lancs blue said:
For me the biggest impact on attendances has been the move to a winter season, the Academy stadium is an exposed, bleak place on a cold and wet November day, far more so than the main stadium.
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Why can’t they do a summer league. The best chance for the women’s game is to have it on when the men’s game isn’t.
 
ultimateharold said:
Supposedly to fit in with the WCL, which none of our teams will get close to due to the salary issue.
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Too many of the women’s games last season clashed with the men’s. Not sure of the club/league realise that promoting it as a great ‘see two games in one day’ type thing is unfeasible given many of us have season tickets for the men without our kids. And , don’t get me wrong I love city, but spending 6hrs at the campus is a stretch! When the women play on a different day it’s much easier to bring the kids.
 
DontLookBackInAnger said:
I guess the issue is that if you look at teams like Notts County Women's team that went bust owing 1/2 million pounds while only having a total projected incoming revenue from attendances and sponsorship of £28,000 the league simply isn't viable for more than a handful of teams even now with a salary cap it can only support 12 clubs and I guess the vast majority of them are doing off the back of sizable level of upkeep from the parent club.
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I read a while back that the season before last Arsenal gave a grant of £1.5m to their women's team, who then lost £265k over the course of that season
 
Gray said:
What's the betting the Scum will have a whole host of new signings, meanwhile our players are just wanting to clear off abroad.
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Strange how the Premier League are making noises to take over the WSL now the Rags are up...
 
nmc said:
I think you have correctly outlined the rational for a salary cap - but Notts County and Yeovil went bust despite it - so the league is placing huge restrictions on itself without perhaps great effect. Personally I’d take a different view - the 20 PL clubs should commit to funding a women’s team - they can all afford it... and as City have shown it’s a positive business model.
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If the Premier League are going to fund anything it should be lower league football. England is unique in having 4 (almost 5) fully professional leagues (all of which get far higher crowds than women's football). Let women's football stand on its own. Sadly the standard in women's football is shocking - when under 15 boys teams can beat the world champions (and bear in mind "soccer" is pretty much a women's game in USA so most girls are exposed to it at a young age thus the excuse of an "immature game" is lost). I have no problem with women's football succeeding but not if a "Notts County" for example go bust because money that could be diverted to lower league football ends up going to women's football
 
edinburgh123 said:
If the Premier League are going to fund anything it should be lower league football. England is unique in having 4 (almost 5) fully professional leagues (all of which get far higher crowds than women's football). Let women's football stand on its own. Sadly the standard in women's football is shocking - when under 15 boys teams can beat the world champions (and bear in mind "soccer" is pretty much a women's game in USA so most girls are exposed to it at a young age thus the excuse of an "immature game" is lost). I have no problem with women's football succeeding but not if a "Notts County" for example go bust because money that could be diverted to lower league football ends up going to women's football
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I suspect you already know that wasn't a real game. Much like everyone else who is suddenly bringing it up now two years after the event.
 
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