Is Phil Neville a good manager? Will England, or anyone, ever reach USA’s level? Are parent clubs from men’s football harming the women’s league?

These were just some of the topics up for discussion at the National Football Museum on Friday night as part of the annual Football Writer’s Festival.

Thirty years since Manchester City’s women’s side made their debut in Oldham, the team now share the same training facilities, corporate links and resources as the men’s team and feature in the same marketing material.

Manchester City Women are facing their biggest game of the season so far as they host table-topping Arsenal on Sunday, but goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck is unfazed by the challenge.

He has only been in England since 2012 but Fulham’s American international defender Tim Ream believes the explosion in women’s football in just six years means the sport is now unrecognisable.

Last year, Manchester City swept the board of domestic honours, only to have all three trophies ripped from their grasp this time around.

Women’s football fans across the country are in for a treat if Chelsea and Manchester City end up going head-to-head in the semi-finals of the SSE Women’s FA Cup, according to England legend Sue Smith.

Reigning women’s FA Cup champions Manchester City will begin their title defence against Brighton and Hove Albion as they set their sights on a record four trophies this season.

There’s more than just football to Afghan-born Danish international Nadia Nadim – who from January will start her Manchester City Women’s career.

Manchester City have enjoyed considerable domestic success in the past couple of years, but captain Steph Houghton insists her players are desperate to claim the prize that has so far eluded them – the SSE Women’s FA Cup.

Manchester City Women are back and are in the hunt for their first FA Cup title.

Manchester football sides do winning very well and history beckons for Manchester City Women later this month as they target a first ever FA Women’s Super League crown.