Manchester United Women have made remarkable progress over recent years. The club only started in 2018 and has risen from the second division to become one of the most consistent teams in the country.
Highlights included winning the club's first trophy in 2024, when they vanquished Tottenham Hotspur Women 4-0 to win the FA Cup final at Wembley. Last season also saw a first-ever League Cup final and an exciting run to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Nonetheless, Marc Skinner's side also fell away badly at the end of the season, and the fourth-placed finish saw them miss out on Europe. Sadly, the team faces two huge threats to cracking the top of the women's game at home or on the continent.
Ineos have never really seemed to fully understand the women's team or what it means to the fans.
There have been early dramas, like turfing the team out of their normal training rooms for the men's team when Carrington was being redone. There were also Sir Jim Ratcliffe's careless, tone-deaf comments on the women's team when he ******* erted that the men's team was very much the priority back in 2024.