[3] BBC commentator Jacqui Oatley not happy United don’t have a female football team (and she’s right too)

[Red News]

“It’s great that Manchester City are taking [women’s football] seriously. The one that stands out like a sore thumb is Manchester United. To quote the great Delia Smith: ‘Where are you?’ It’s a real shame that Manchester United decided to scrap their women’s team right on the eve of England hosting the women’s Euros in 2005; the news came out and Manchester United said see you later. But you don’t need to be an accountant to see the figures in men’s football, to see how little is required to have a decent women’s set-up. Arsenal deserve so much credit for pushing women’s football forward and you look at the benefits they have had. They have won 18 major trophies since the Arsenal men last won one. Manchester United is the one missing club. Liverpool this season have really taken women’s football under their umbrella and moved them into their training complex, they are the only full-time club in the Women’s Super League and they are top of the league at the mid-season break.”