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The Latest Breaking News from WSL2

Birmingham’s major move shows where fiscal power lies in women’s football

Ambitious owners and financial growth have allowed WSL and WSL2 clubs to assert dominance in the transfer market

The Guardian - UK

Women’s FA Cup: final repeat and Merseyside derby stand out in fifth round

Manchester United will get a shot at revenge after losing last season’s final to Chelsea, while Everton will travel to Liverpool to contest a Cup derby

The Guardian - UK

Arsenal overtake Chelsea at the top of WSL-dominated football rich list

Arsenal have generated the largest revenue in Europe for the first time since Deloitte began charting the women’s game’s top earners

The Guardian - UK

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‘Being passionate is who I am’: Katie McCabe on Arsenal, Champions League glory and recovery

Full-back says she has worked her whole career ‘to lift a trophy like that’ and has not given up on this year’s WSL title

The Guardian - UK

Tractor Girls’ small army plough on in FA Cup after major off-field overhaul

Ipswich are bottom of WSL2, but have big plans as new management team aim to turn their season around

The Guardian - UK

England’s Katie Robinson poised for shock move from Aston Villa to Bristol City

The England winger Katie Robinson is poised to move from Aston Villa to Bristol City as the WSL2 club make a significant signal of their ambition

The Guardian - UK

What will women’s football in England look like in 10 years’ time?

With the club game hurtling along a Premier League-trodden path, women’s football is at a crossroads

The Guardian - UK

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‘We just feel seen’: Panini album and ‘a bit of love’ give life to WSL2 rebrand

Women’s Super League’s support for clubs outside top flight paying dividends for players and for growth of investment and status

The Guardian - UK

Newcastle Women charged by FA with six illegal approaches to Sunderland players

Newcastle United Women have been charged with misconduct by the FA after allegedly making illegal approaches to six junior players contracted to rivals Sunderland

The Guardian - UK

Women’s Super League salary floor details revealed in new financial rules

Women’s Super League players are to be paid a minimum annual salary, guaranteed to be at least £40,000 for senior professionals

The Guardian - UK

WSL still grappling with how to fit League Cup into football ecosystem

Competition has complicated format and lack of identity, but does offer opportunity for WSL2 teams to play more

The Guardian - UK

‘It has exceeded my expectations’: Aoife Mannion is already loving her time at Newcastle

Newcastle centre-back tells Tom Garry that standards in the WSL2 are rising and that the women’s game is unrecognisable from when she started at Birmingham 12 years ago

The Guardian - UK

From Birmingham to Sunderland, which teams are set for WSL2 title tilt?

England’s rebranded second tier gets under way on Friday and our club-by-club guide features some of clubs’ new signings and more familiar faces

The Guardian - UK

WSL and WSL2 to introduce minimum salaries from this season

The new regulations are part of a raft of reforms to further professionalise elite level women’s football

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The Guardian - UK

Revealed: WSL and WSL2 players to get minimum salaries from this season

Minimum salaries will stop second-tier players needing part-time jobs on the side, Holly Murdoch, the chief operating officer of WSL Football, has told the Guardian

The Guardian - UK

Nike to provide free boots to players after extending WSL sponsorship deal

Nike has extended its WSL sponsorship deal, with the company to provide free boots to players in the top two divisions who do not have contracts with other manufacturers

The Guardian - UK

‘We have the quality’: Saki Kumagai says London City Lionesses are ready for the big time

The decorated Japan international on why the newly promoted side are already targeting a top-four finish in the Women’s Super League

The Independent UK

Chelsea handed Man City test to open WSL title defence as next season’s fixtures revealed

Chelsea open at home while Arsenal host newly-promoted London City Lionesses in the first round of fixtures

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The Independent UK

Seven WSL clubs to trial allowing alcohol in stands

This follows a successful trial last year across 19 fixtures involving four second-tier WSL2 clubs and 51,000 supporters

The Conversation

Euro 2025: women’s football has exploded – here’s how it can grow even more

Aside from victory and sporting glory, the players in the women’s Euro 2025 football tournament are playing for more money than ever before. The prize fund of €41 million (£35 million), to be shared among the 16 participating sides, is more than double what it was last time around.

The Guardian - UK

How WSL’s expansion to 14 teams will reshape the women’s football pyramid

The WSL has settled on a 14-team top division with a unique playoff system and a vision for sustainable growth

The Guardian - UK

Clubs approve 14-team Women’s Super League and professional second tier

Women’s Super League will expand from 12 to 14 teams from the 2026-27 season, subject to Football Association approval

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'Pathetic, embarrassing, disrespectful' fans outraged at new English league rebrand

Fan outrage has been sparked by the rebrand of the top two flights of English women's football

The Independent UK

WSL announces rebrand as England’s second tier gets new name

The WSL, which was topped by Chelsea this year, has been rebranded

The Guardian - UK

Women’s Super League to consider scrapping relegation in major revamp

There is also a proposal for more teams in the new-look top flight, while the Championship is set to be rebranded as WSL2 for the start of next season

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