Manchester United Women were congratulated on their promotion to the Women’s Super League by local rivals Manchester City – before the Red Devils’ official Twitter account.The achievement, sealed thanks to a 5-0 win over Aston Villa on Wednesday, was initially only celebrated on the @ManUtdWomen account.
1FT: #MUWOMEN 5 Aston Villa 0. We are going up! pic.twitter.com/b6nf8bvrRD— Manchester United Women (@ManUtdWomen) April 17, 2019
17 games 15 wins 81 goals scored 7 goals conceded HUGE congratulations to @ManUtdWomen, who have secured promotion to the @FAWSL! #MUWomen pic.twitter.com/5tXdjqVusa— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 18, 2019In the meantime, fierce rivals City publicly congratulated United, tweeting: “Congratulations @ManUtdWomen on your promotion to the @FAWSL! See you next season!”Unlike United, City have one Twitter account which covers both their men’s and women’s teams.Casey Soney’s side earned the promotion just one year after United Women reformed.
Congratulations @ManUtdWomen on your promotion to the @FAWSL!See you next season! #mancity— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 18, 2019They are seven points clear at the top of the Women’s Championship with three games to go and cannot be caught by Charlton or Durham.During their latest display of dominance, Millie Turner, Alex Greenwood and Jess Sigsworth made it 3-0 at half-time.Ella Toone made it 4-0 and Charlie Devlin rounded off the scoring with a close-range finish. Aston Villa goalkeeper, Sian Rogers, was also sent off.
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