Independent rail and coach travel platform Trainline has announced a discount for those making their way to any professional women’s football match in England this season, in a bid to boost attendances. Following England’s victory in the UEFA Women’s Euro this summer, there has been a huge boom in interest to watch women’s football. The …
FC Barcelona hosts world-record women’s football crowd
A record 91,553 attended last night’s UEFA Women’s Champions League game between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid at Camp Nou. The crowd figure is the biggest ever for a women’s football match, and dwarfs the 86,000 attendance for this season’s El Clasico between Barca’s men’s team and Real Madrid. The match sold out quickly after …
Angel City FC women to receive extra pay from ticket sales
Women’s Los Angeles-based soccer team Angel City FC has pledged to pay 1% of net ticket revenue from every National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) home game to its players, as part of its ‘ACFC Fan-Fuelled Player Fund’. Angel City is set to play in the NWSL from spring next year, after the new team was launched …