Arsenal’s Jill Roord believes players in the Women’s Super League face a considerable wait before they will be able to experience anything like the pitch quality in men’s top-flight football.

A host of professional women’s clubs have been blighted by unplayable pitches of late. Liverpool’s bog-like turf at Prenton Park, where men’s side Tranmere Rovers play, has drawn the most scrutiny, with the club being forced to postpone their previous two home fixtures.

Games have also been postponed at Birmingham’s Damson Park ground and the Hive, the home of Tottenham Hotspur Women and other WSL clubs.

Such is the deterioration of the Prenton Park pitch that Liverpool have moved their league fixture with Arsenal on Thursday night to Chester FC’s Deva Stadium – some 26 miles from Anfield.

“The whole situation, that’s not how it should be,” Roord told Telegraph Sport. “Most of the other pitches [in the WSL] are fine. I’m not complaining. Obviously, there’s a difference between the pitches where we’re playing [at Arsenal] and pitches where some of the other [WSL] teams play. They’re not always great, but it is what it is. Obviously, we’d love to have great pitches like the men always have. I guess that’s something that will take a bit more time.”