The Women's Merseyside derby was watched by less than 10,000 fans at Goodison Park - but it is not as simple as pointing the finger of blame at the club
The pre-match soundtrack ahead of this weekend's Women's Merseyside derby featured a well-received airing of the club's resurgent anthem, 'Spirit of the Blues'.
READ MORE: Liverpool manager's stoppage time reaction speaks volumes as Merseyside derby curse continuesCertainly, it is hard to argue with that approach. Failing to attach a price to Women's Super League tickets only serves to devalue a product which, regardless of what the cynics say, deserves its moment in the spotlight. Of the 22 players who started the game on Sunday afternoon, 15 are full internationals.
"I’m happy for everybody who showed up, I hope they had a really good time," Blues boss Brian Sorensen said in his post-match press conference. "Of course we want to grow the game as much as we can. By the end of this season, the Gunners will have played more of their WSL home games at the Emirates than at Meadow Park: the home of Arsenal Women for more than three decades. They have sold more than 60,000 tickets in each of their last two matches in north London, but such success has not come overnight.
It is also important to highlight that, while Arsenal deserve enormous credit for the following they have been able to establish, they do hold a number of considerable advantages over many WSL clubs. While it may sound like an obvious argument, the fact they are based in London instantly makes their games more marketable, with the city's population almost 20 times the size of Liverpool's.
Everton, meanwhile, are 16th in the Premier League, with Sorensen's side having won just one WSL home game all season. It is much easier to get bums on seats when there is a near-guarantee that your team will win. The understandable apathy that has started to consume much of the Blues' supporter base in recent months will not have helped the women's team's cause this weekend.
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