Marc Skinner?s United revival rolls up for FA Cup clash with injury-hit City

Fans wanted Manchester United manager to be sacked a year ago but shrewd coaching has improved fortunes
Rewind one year, to when Manchester City were top of the Women?s Super League and Manchester United were trundling towards a fifth-placed finish, at a time when Marc Skinner?s contract was soon ending. If you were told then that one of the Manchester women?s teams would have changed their manager by the time a derby fixture came around in April 2025, very few people would have predicted it to be City that made the change.
Since then, Skinner has signed new contracts twice, and is now set to stay in charge until at least 2027, while Gareth Taylor was sacked in March and it is instead Manchester City who find themselves languishing seven points adrift of the European places, as these two rivals on seemingly opposite trajectories prepare to meet on Sunday in a Women?s FA Cup semi-final.
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