Women’s Professional Leagues Limited (WPLL) proposed the removal of the relegation from the top class to improve the competitiveness of the league.
According to the emerging reports from the GuardianThe leading committee of the league can already be deployed from the Super League of women (WSL) in the 2026/27 season. The decision will work together in the next few years with a gradual extension of the competition to 16 teams.
The proposal is said to have been proposed to “increase the profile, sustainability and profitability of women’s football”.
According to reports, the WPLL will hold a vote among the 23 member clubs in England’s first and second stages at the end of the season to decide whether the controversy measure is implemented.
Advertising from the women’s championship continues, with an additional space available every season. The elimination of the relegation and the promotion of two championship teams per season will support the plans of the WPLL to expand the number of clubs in the WSL.
The teams will have the last word in this matter for a meeting at the end of the season, but sources have confirmed that the WPLL will also contact other important stakeholders such as players, fans and football association.
In addition to the threat of competitive sport principles, fans have expressed concerns about the potential loss of relegation about the possibility that immunity against relegation at the end of the table is associated with investments in the football of women. If the descent is removed and does not return when the expansion is complete, the WSL could ultimately become a closed league.
At that time, the WPLL refused to make comments, but the discussions between body and the clubs should not yet be completed.