Women's Football enjoyed the perfect showcase on Saturday afternoon as over 45,000 people came to Wembley to watch Chelsea defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final and keep alive hopes of a domestic double after a fine season in which they also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.
Sensible pricing of £15 for Adults, £5 for Concessions and free for children, publicised well in advance, made for an excellent crowd and an occasion worthy of prime-time BBC coverage.
It's back to the bread and butter of the league now for the two teams with Chelsea hoping to edge past a Manchester City side who currently lead the table on goal difference only with four games remaining.
And then it will be all change again in the Women's game as the new league structure is put into place for the 2018/19 season.
FA WSL1 will be for full-time clubs only with WSL2 renamed as the Championship and the Women's Premier League North and South becoming the FA Women's National League.
The make-up of the leagues is yet to be finalised with nine vacancies remaining in the top two leagues and a number of clubs having applied for licences.
One of the places in the Championship will be allocated to the winner of the play-off between the WPL Northern and Southern champions (provided they wish to apply and that a licence is granted).
That game will take place at Bramall Lane in Sheffield on Sunday 27 May with entrance priced at £5 Adults, £2.50 Concessions and Kids for a Quid with the remaining licence allocations announced subsequently.
Also of interest this coming weekend is another free admission WSL2 game at London Bees where the home side take on Sheffield in a 4pm kick-off on Saturday afternoon.
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