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I understand all of what you are saying, I also have a (nearly) teenage daughter, a friend of which plays for Brighton's women's team, so I am well aware of the good it does. I am not in any way saying they shouldn't exist. However there is no way that our support increases more as a result. My...

To be fair the Olympics gave it a huge boost, and "as a result 1,000 turned up to watch the big derby game between Liverpool v Everton". "Some of the games in the league are attracting as much as 500 people" http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19927465

If it's cost neutral then by all minds it's a good thing as part of the clubs AITC work. Otherwise as a business venture it's a waste of time and money. That is not being sexist that is just accepting the harsh reality that women's football does not capture the imagination of the general...

Growing in popularity to play for sure, to watch though, no chance.

So it's still cash out of the door though, which could be spent elsewhere with a better ROI? Given a choice I'd rather fund Gully's Girls.

Not arguing with you, but can you explain how, is it self funded somehow?

It's great for the girls/women involved but on the face of it with FFP surely the money could be put to better use in terms of return on investment. Not sure what the ultimate goal of the club for the woman's game is? Even if they get to the top flight no one watches apart from friends and...