Manchester United applied in March to have a professional women's teamManchester United are set to appoint Collette Roche as the club's first female chief operating officer. Darcie Glazer is currently the only female director at Manchester United, but works in a non-executive capacity at Old Trafford. Denise Barrett-Baxendale, Everton's deputy chief executive, and Huddersfield Town's operations director, Ann Hough, are also on their club boards. At Tottenham, Rebecca Caplehorn is director of football operations, and represents 50% of the club's executive board alongside executive director Donna-Maria Cullen. Manchester United applied in March to have a full-time professional women's team from the 2018-19 season.

Source: BBC April 18, 2018 18:17 UTC