London City Lionesses were promoted to the Women's Super League for the first time in their history after winning the title of the Women's Championship.
The side established in Bromley drew 2-2 with the second place Birmingham on the last day of the season to seal their place in the WSL for the 2025/26 season and the title.
They will replace colleague Zuid -London Crystal Palace, which have been banned from the best women's competition in England.
It will be a first performance in the WSL for London City, which was formed in 2019 after they have been demolished from Millwall to set up a new team as a separate entity.
Isobel Goodwin's beautiful solo effort of Long Range and the goal of Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah was enough to seal their ascension at the WSL in the afternoon, despite the fact that Birmingham fides back through the efforts of Emily van Egmond and the late volley of So-Hyun Cho.
They have participated in the Women's Championship in the last five seasons and their promotion represents a grim turn of the 2023/24 season, when the Lionesses finished eighth. They had finished second and third in the two previous campaigns.
It is also another success for Michele Kang, which is described as 'the first Tycoon women's football'.
The businesswoman bought the club in December 2023 and is also the owner of NWSL side Washington Spirit and eight times Women's Champions League winners Lyon.
All three clubs are managed under its company, Kynisca Sports International, which offers the teams a centralized opportunity to share science, technology, scouting and personnel development.
Kang's intention to make London City a success in England, perhaps the best demonstrated last summer, when the club signed the Swedish captain asllani – who previously represented Man City and Real Madrid – and has appointed former PSG boss Jocelyn Precheur.
The club will now try to participate in the WSL and to avoid an immediate return to the championship such as Bristol City and Crystal Palace have done the last two campaigns.
Sky Sports to stay at home of women's football with historic deal
In October, Sky Sports announced a historic five-year partnership with the Women's Professional League, with which the rights are obtained to show nearly 90 percent of all Super League matches of all women from the 2025/26 season.
Sky will broadcast 118 games from the WSL every season, more than three times the number of games at the moment, with 78 games that are shown exclusively. With more than 75 percent of the first Picks Plus all matches of the final weekend exclusively to Sky, women's football fans are guaranteed to be more of the best matches week, week from the top flight of England.
The new partnership also gives Sky the option to show competitions of the Women's Championship and Women's League Cup, including the final. This brings both competitions to Sky platforms for the first time.
Sky Sports remains marketing expenditure, production budget and promotion on the leading platforms of the market to increase the viewing and Fandom for the women's game. This includes special social media content in the WSL Tiktok and Snapchat accounts from Sky Sports to extend the reach of the WSL to even more fans.
For immediate, contract-free access to all Sky Sports channels, non-sky subscribers can now buy a sports day or monthly membership.
Free match height points of every WSL game this season can also be viewed on the digital platforms of Sky Sports, including the website, app and YouTube channels.