Women’s Super League: WSL 2 side to host promotion play-off in May


The Women’s Super League promotion play-off will be held at the home of the second-tier side on Saturday, 23 May at 12:30 BST, WSL Football have confirmed.

With the WSL expanding from 12 to 14 teams next year, the top two in WSL 2 will be automatically promoted and the side in third will host whoever finishes bottom of the top division.

Leicester currently prop up the WSL, albeit with a game in hand on Liverpool and West Ham, who they are one and two points behind respectively.

The race for promotion in the WSL 2 is shaping up for an exciting finish with six teams in the mix. Charlton have a nine-point lead over Birmingham, with Crystal Palace, Bristol City, Newcastle and Southampton all challenging.

It will be the first such fixture in the English women’s game and will be shown live on BBC Two and Sky Sports.



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