| WSL to consider scrapping relegation 22:53 - Feb 27 with 1395 views | Mark |
Wouldn't the big clubs love this, in men's football as well as women's?! For me it would ruin what football is all about and should be fiercely opposed. Promotion and relegation are essential for football, and all clubs should have the chance of going up or going down.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/27/womens-super-league-to-consider [Post edited 27 Feb 22:54]
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| WSL to consider scrapping relegation on 23:23 - Feb 27 with 1289 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Women's football needs to be careful how it evolves.
Alot of what was successful about it was that is was generally seen as more wholesome than the mens game, and more accessible. If the clubs try to get too clever, they will ruin it. |  |
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| WSL to consider scrapping relegation on 23:24 - Feb 27 with 1286 views | gainsboroughblue |
It's there, only not in name in the mens now. Three prize winners get the chance to play 38 exhibition matches a year. |  |
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| WSL to consider scrapping relegation on 23:39 - Feb 27 with 1224 views | WestStanderLaLaLa |
| WSL to consider scrapping relegation on 23:23 - Feb 27 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Women's football needs to be careful how it evolves.
Alot of what was successful about it was that is was generally seen as more wholesome than the mens game, and more accessible. If the clubs try to get too clever, they will ruin it. |
They’ve got unwholesome form though. Demoted the very successful Doncaster Rovers Belles and replaced them with Man City, who had not played in the WSL previously. |  |
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| WSL to consider scrapping relegation on 23:51 - Feb 27 with 1175 views | bournemouthblue |
| WSL to consider scrapping relegation on 23:39 - Feb 27 by WestStanderLaLaLa |
They’ve got unwholesome form though. Demoted the very successful Doncaster Rovers Belles and replaced them with Man City, who had not played in the WSL previously. |
It's a reasonably closed shop with only one side going through to the Championship is it? |  |
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| WSL to consider scrapping relegation on 07:25 - Feb 28 with 963 views | ITFC_Forever |
| WSL to consider scrapping relegation on 23:24 - Feb 27 by gainsboroughblue |
It's there, only not in name in the mens now. Three prize winners get the chance to play 38 exhibition matches a year. |
Was about to post the same, certainly for the Prem.
It’s not so bad lower down the leagues. |  |
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| WSL to consider scrapping relegation on 09:15 - Feb 28 with 777 views | MattinLondon |
| WSL to consider scrapping relegation on 23:24 - Feb 27 by gainsboroughblue |
It's there, only not in name in the mens now. Three prize winners get the chance to play 38 exhibition matches a year. |
And yet in the top half there’s Bournemouth, Brentford and Forest. All three were in the championship not that long ago.
Staying up is immensely difficult but if you get recruitment right then it’s certainly possible to stay up. [Post edited 28 Feb 9:18]
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| WSL to consider scrapping relegation on 09:23 - Feb 28 with 712 views | JammyDodgerrr |
| WSL to consider scrapping relegation on 23:39 - Feb 27 by WestStanderLaLaLa |
They’ve got unwholesome form though. Demoted the very successful Doncaster Rovers Belles and replaced them with Man City, who had not played in the WSL previously. |
Different leadership now.
I do "kind of" like and understand what they are doing. The need to expand the top league for sure, and the answer isn't to just promote a bunch of teams because most of them aren't even close to the level of the WSL. I wouldn't mind them "pausing" relegation for a few seasons and adding maybe the top two from the Championship every year or something similar, and then after a couple of seasons reinstating relegation. It can't be a permanent solution to stop it, though. |  |
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| WSL to consider scrapping relegation on 09:24 - Feb 28 with 711 views | Kievthegreat |
I think the women's game struggles with disparity at all league levels. Despite the leagues being smaller, they vary in ability massively., both within and between them.
MK Dons in our division have 1 point from 17 games and a goal difference of -82 which is shambolic for anything approaching a competitive league.
Then take a club like Portsmouth, they romped to the title last year with 61 points from a possible 66 and finished with +76 goal difference. Yet now they are in the championship they have picked up just 2 points from a possible 42 and while they may only be 5 points off safety, their goal difference is 26 worse and they've played 3 more games! So far too good to be playing half the teams in the National League, but completely out of their depth in the Championship.
Not sure how any of what they are talking about will help with that. Just protects big clubs interest while making a bigger league with bigger disparities. |  | | |
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