It is disappointing that the North London Derby was not played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The WSL rule is that each club must play at least one game at its main stadium.
Many clubs have done this while their men's side is on international break.
This week was just that, and no better time for Spurs to play their north London derby, a game which would undoubly bring in loads of fans, especially Arsenal, who come out in their masses for the Emirates.
Unfortunately, they decided to focus on money and business, and have the boxing on the night before, instead of looking at their women's team.
So instead, the game was played at Brisbane Road, with only 1,300 Arsenal fans travelling.
It was their biggest audience at this stadium, with 6,788, almost double Tottenham's previous WSL record crowd at Brisbane Road. The previous record was 3,754.
But given the turnout at a smaller venue that's harder to get to and more like East London than North London, I would like to know what the turnout would have been at the main stadium.
Now I get business and money that boxing would have brought in more, but why is women's football always an afterthought? How does it look for their image, and for young girls, that one of the biggest games in the WSL calendar is not being played at the main stadium, at least the Spurs-hosted fixture?
This game came a week after Arsenal welcomed 56537 fans to the Emirates against Chelsea.
Instead, the bigger historical derby in club history was scheduled for a stadium with a capacity of 9,271, and they did not open all the stands to the public.
Especially as this fixture last year at the main stadium brought in a crowd of 28,852, and I believe it would have drawn more after Arsenal won the Champions League and Spurs have been doing well this season, better than last year, plus the fact the last time these two sides faced off in pre season it was a dramatic derby Spurs winning 4-3.
But the club decided to host Chris Eubank Jnr's fight with Conor Benn on Saturday night meant the latest instalment of this rivalry was staged at Spurs women's regular home stadium, which they share with League One side Leyton Orient.
This match comes just days after WSL Football unveiled new guidelines for clubs to build or upgrade venues for their women's teams. Some members of the media had to sit in seats in the ground's empty south stand, without access to plug sockets. Or any warmth vulnerable to the elements, as the press gantry was full of Sky Sports or radio and did not have the capacity for a growing media audience or the attention that a North London derby gets.
This season's Women's Super League fixtures had already been released by the time the Benn-Eubank fight was confirmed, but Tottenham had not yet announced which of its home games would be held at the club's main stadium.
Spurs will play three matches next year at the main arena against Chelsea, Everton and Manchester United, but given the growing rivalry with Arsenal, some supporters vented their frustration. Especially given the history of the rivalry and the audience it drew in the year before, which would have only been bigger at the Lionesses’ success in the summer.
Some fans criticised the decision, especially given the growing fan base and the more positive results currently. They said this was a missed opportunity not to have this match at the main stadium. The day after the Manchester derby was at the Etihad.
Fans criticised the decision to prioritise boxing, especially given it was the night before, not even the same day.
Though it was likely they couldn’t return the pitch in time for the 2:30pm kickoff.
But it leaves a sour taste in fans' mouths and also women’s football, where it's now being pushed further down clubs' priorities, and they are not doing the minimum for big games to help it grow.
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