By Urban Newton

(@urban_newton)

The 2019/20 Women’s Super League (WSL) campaign kicks-off this weekend and there is literally no reason for you not to watch it.

This week, the FA launched a new app that lets you watch all WSL games (and one Championship fixture a week) for FREE. That’s free football every single week.

Here’s the link to The FA Player app…

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/the-fa-player/id1475496828

This weekend sees the first ever professional women’s Manchester derby (Saturday 3pm KO). City host newly-promoted United at the Etihad, as the two sides meet in the top-flight for the first time.

England legend Casey Stoney’s team have a number of famous faces from the Summer’s World Cup in France. Scotland striker Jane Ross, Dutch midfielder Jackie Groenen and defender Abby McManus, formerly of City, will take on last season’s WSL runners-up and FA Cup champions.

City’s star-studded line-up includes a host of England players such as captain Steph Houghton, Demi Stokes and Ellen White. They’ve also added 25-year-old Korean forward Lee Guem-min to their ranks.

Last season’s league winners Arsenal start their campaign on Sunday. FA Cup runners-up West Ham travel to Meadow Park to face Joe Montemurro’s side (2.30pm KO).

The Gunners have added Bayern Munich duo Leonie Maier and Jill Roord to their already impressive ranks.

Last year’s WSL and all-time Netherlands (both men and women) top-scorer Vivianne Miedema will lead the line. She’ll be supported by fellow compatriot midfielder Danielle van de Donk, who scored this phenomenal goal during international duty last week…

Deze goal wil je gewoon nog een keer zien 😍😍😍 Bekijk ook de hele samenvatting ➡️ https://t.co/KEMPx8EsLg#NEDTUR pic.twitter.com/6uF476kMXo — OranjeLeeuwinnen (@oranjevrouwen) September 4, 2019

11.7m watched England fall to the USA just a couple of months ago in the World Cup semi-final in France.

Women’s football is the fastest growing sport, certainly in this country, but quite possibly across the planet too.

In a world that happily embraces TalkSport‘s Tony Incenzo’s rants about why non-league football has to be supported and financially backed more, then women’s football has to be given the same amount of love and care too.

Too often people look at the level of quality, trying to compare it to the multi-million behemoth of the men’s game but that is simply not fair and unrealistic.

Just enjoy the sport for what it is. After all from non-league to the Premier League, from men’s football to women’s, it’s all about twenty-two people kicking a ball around a bit of grass.

There is literally no reason whatsoever for you to not watch the FREE football that will be available to you from this weekend on The FA Player app.

By Urban Newton

(@urban_newton)