It's been a good week, in a way, for women's football in England this week, with the announcement that Lionesses are at an all-time high of number two in the FIFA rankings. We've said before how it's benefitting from being full time.

The competition is stronger which is only going to bring the standard up and you've got players who have gone abroad, such as Toni Duggan at Barcelona.

There's more professional teams and more money coming into the games, though we have said before about how much it is in relation to the men's game.

You're probably never going to get even amounts on men and women's football, but as long as it's a step in the right direction, then it will continue to improve. It's great to see that a small nation like England can go toe-0to-toe with countries who have long given more support to women's football.

It's also very good that Manchester United have finally submitted an application for a women's team. They will have seen their neighbours Manchester City and their success.

But it's not just about the football – having a women's team grows the club for Manchester United; it brings in sponsorship and investment.

Others may follow suit now, though all the big clubs in England have a woman's football team. It makes the environment stronger.

We know that at TNS with our ladies teams. It makes us more of a whole club as the ladies support the men and the men support the ladies.

It's a family approach as members fromt he same family will come to watch us and the ladies team too.

We have our ladies team in the English leagues but we don't just have them as we have the girls teams coming through too and they represent us really well.

It's about the club branching out and having both men's and women's teams will put TNS on the map; not just in Welsh football but in English football too with our ladies' teams, especially as the ladies team did so well in getting to the fourth round of the Women's FA Cup, only losing on penalties.

They're going in the right direction and it's good for the club to have all your teams, whether it's ladies or men, doing well.