The Guardian is predictably indignant:
'From next season the Premiership giant's only contribution to the country's fastest growing female sport will be restricted to the coaching of girls up to the age of 16 through the club's community scheme.
The decision comes at a time when clubs such as Arsenal and Chelsea are providing significant funding and commitment to their female sections.
Philip Townsend, United's director of communications, said: "Our aims in the women's game are best served by con centrating on youngsters. We want to be community based and our resources are better deployed at the level of school-age children rather than adults."
United's move has shocked the establishment. The FA vice-chairman, Ray Kiddell, who heads the FA women's football committee, said: "It's very disappointing. The progress of women's football can be really helped by professional clubs taking women's teams under their umbrella and it's a blow to the game that a great club like Manchester United will no longer be doing this."'
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