Whisper it quietly, but Manchester United Women are having a very good season. Sitting second in the Women’s Super League as the only team putting up any real fight against Chelsea, they are now through to the FA Cup semi-finals after seeing off second-tier Sunderland and moving another step closer to defending the trophy they won last term.
It is not a narrative many would have expected in this campaign, for a team with a head coach, Marc Skinner, whom social media users seem to despise, and at a club with an owner who is also earning the dismay of many fans. But amid all of this are a team really beginning to flourish and now enjoying a run of 11 victories in their past 12 matches in all competitions.
