IMPROVED working conditions for players, gender equality in coaching and maximising attendances — the FA’s latest three-year plan for women’s football is a step in the right direction.

The 32-page document makes a number of pledges including all managers having the Uefa Pro licence, 50 per cent of managers being female and having all clubs sign up to the Football Leadership Diversity Code.

However, the most ambitious of these pledges is the target of an average attendance of 6,000 fans at each game by 2024.