Newcomers Brighton and West Ham have joined the top tier this term after successful bids for full-time licences. New teams - who has moved divisions? Former England boss Hope Powell will lead Brighton in their first campaign as a full-time side Casey Stoney: Man Utd 'can change the face of women's football'.The second tier - previously known as WSL 2 - has been rebranded as the Women's Championship and is made up of 11 teams required to meet part-time criteria. That's something that you drive yourself too, as a manager." "Standards will go up again and the demands and expectations go up every year. "Everyone knows that year-on-year this league has got stronger, and that is very much the case this year," Everton boss Andy Spence told BBC Sport. An academy, which is compulsory as part of the licence.A minimum of 16 contact hours per week for players this season.That comes after the Football Association - which runs the women's leagues in England - brought in new licence criteria for clubs, meaning all teams had to re-apply for their places.Ĭlosed and then open application processes followed, before promotions, relegations and multiple appeals, but the outcome is that 11 top-flight sides will all provide: In contrast, this year there will be 11 strictly full-time teams in the top flight. The WSL's first season in 2011 featured eight predominantly semi-professional sides. So, after England and Scotland qualified for the 2019 Women's World Cup, BBC Sport looks ahead to the return of England's domestic league.Ī completely full-time, professional league
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With new teams, new rules and some new managers, plus Manchester United's return to the senior women's game, the 2018-19 campaign promises much.
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