I emailed Paul Barber to ask about the decision to play at Crawley, and got a reply within 10 minutes - impressive response as always :) His answer was:
I'm curious, how does the occasional thread about the Womens football 'clog' up this forum? Do you click into every thread when you come on it? If not, why not just ignore the womens football threads if you have no interest? Maybe all non-football threads should be moved to a different forum too?
Another article about Brighton being accepted as a WSL1 team - this time from the Guardian. Good to see all the positive publicity! :D
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/dec/13/brighton-at-forefront-fa-plans-revolutionise-english-womens-football-womens-super-league?CMP=share_btn_tw
As I understand it the minimum requirements (which you are continually assessed on) include :
A minimum of 16 contact hours per week for players, rising to 20 hours per week by 2020-21
A minimum level of financial investment required by each club
Financial Fair Play regulations and...
As the FA continues their restructuring (messing around) with the Womens Football league, it has been confirmed today that as long as Brighton meet the criteria they will be in the top Womens League next year no matter how they do this year:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42337186
This...