All eyes were on the Lionesses in Leigh — and rightly so after their summer of scintillating success.
Ella Toone, Alessia Russo, Mary Earps and Nikita Parris all played for Manchester United in their WSL season opener against Reading on Saturday.
The early kick-off did nothing to shorten the pre-match queues in the car park as fans tried to get a glimpse of the stars.
But instead it was the uncapped Maya Le Tissier who was the talk of the town after a memorable debut for Marc Skinner’s side in front of a record WSL crowd for the ground of just over 5,000.