The eagerly awaited 2019/20 Barclays FA Women’s Super League kicked off over the weekend, with record attendances highlighting the growing demand and appetite for the women’s game since the immensely successful Women’s World Cup during the summer.
The biggest story of the weekend was the 31,213 attendance at the Etihad Stadium, where Manchester City hosted Manchester United in the WSL’s first-ever Manchester derby. It was a huge new WSL attendance record, around six times the previous league-high of 5,265.
City took the points and local bragging rights with a 1-0 victory thanks to a stunning strike from Caroline Weir early in the second half.