Tom Sermanni: A-League for Women coming soon.

Speaking on the Nearpost radio show 2XX 98.3fm 6.30pm Canberra tonight (podcast available tomorrow arvo)Matildas coach discusses plans for a National Women's League to start next October.

And I believe it's tremendously exciting for all football fans and players in Australia

How likely is this to happen?

"I'm more confident than I've ever been, shall we put it that way," said Sermanni.


"Everything is in the mix at the moment, and we're looking at playing the games before the A-League games. The FFA want to link the women's game to the A-League in some way, with the large number of women and families attending A-League games, the FFA are keen to build on this."

What a fantastic idea. Wonderful stadiums, presumably the same name for teams much as in England where you have women's teams like Arsenal and Fulham WFC.

Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory in the women's league has a much better ring than other representative or club names from those cities.

What colours? What scarves to buy? Who to support? It's simple isn't it.

A great way of getting cross-over support between football supporters of all gender.

And with the women and men's game booming across this country, with more football through Asia over the next ten years than we've ever had, the game is set to continue the boom

For the growth in female numbers, the rising stars of the Matildas, playing the women's league before the men's game on superb pitches would surely be an exciting prospect wouldn't it?

Now of course there will be naysayers, Not least the groundsmen but surely we can overcome this minor point.

Bring it on.

What next, it will be televised?

What a great way to bring the women's game into the national psyche. Netball and Basketball all have some level of publicity in the women's game.

Football can use one of it's major assets, the A-League, to raise the women's game to a new level.

The A-League should benefit as well. It's marketing wizardry.

And with the numbers of girls and women playing football increasing, the marketing guru's dream demographic, surely some company will leap on board soon with pockets of money just for the women's game.

Don't agree with the A-league for women? Well give me a better alternative.