Manchester United Women's team manager Casey Stoney believes the club finally having a team in the women's game that will make a huge difference to the sport.

While women's football does not get the same following as the men's game, it is a growing sport in England and other countries.

And Stoney believes that when a club as big as United get involved, others will pay attention to women's football. United's women will play their first competitive fixture of the season against Liverpool in the Continental Tyres League Cup.

"It's massive," Stoney told Goal.

"People have been waiting for it for quite a while and I understand now, having been in the club, why they didn't do it earlier because they didn't feel in a position to be able to do it properly.

"This club doesn't do anything unless it's done properly, and in five-and-a-half weeks the level of support, the level of care, the level of detail that goes into supporting me and the players is something I've never ever experienced being in the women's game."