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Blues to move to St. Andrew's as Birmingham seek to address player concerns

Birmingham City will play their home matches at St. Andrew's from next season onwards - as long as they stay in the Women's Super League - as their parent club look to repair the damage done by the recent public dispute between players and officials.

The squad sent a letter to the club outlining a number of complaints, ranging from the poor quality of the pitch at their current...

Premier League, women's football, women's sport, Women's Super League

Birmingham blast Team GB announcement minutes before kick-off

Birmingham City have complained to the FA after goalkeeper Hannah Hampton, along with several other players, discovered she was not on Team GB's shortlist for the Tokyo Olympics just 90 minutes before their match against Everton in the Women's Super League.

Hampton was visibly upset by the news and made several mistakes in the 4-0 defeat. City head coach Carla Ward said: "We spent 45...

Football, women's football, women's sport

Criticism as Birmingham v Aston Villa is called off five minutes before kick-off

The Women's Super League fixture between Birmingham City and Aston Villa was called off just five minutes before the match was due kick off because of a frozen pitch, leading to widespread criticism.

Birmingham manager Carla Ward announced she was 'disappointed to say the least' whilst Times journalist Molly Hudson called the delay in announcing the postponement 'unacceptable'....

Premier League, women's football, women's sport, Women's Super League

Birmingham boss Ward charged by FA for referee comments

Birmingham City head coach Carla Ward has been charged by the Football Association after claiming her team were playing against "more than 11" players in a recent defeat to Arsenal.

The FA claims the comments constitute improper conduct and has given Ward until 17 December to respond, adding the comments, "Question the integrity of the match official and/or were personally offensive...

Everton, women's football, women's sport, Women's Super League

Women's FA Cup: Everton ease to semi-final win against Birmingham City

Everton booked a trip to Wembley thanks to a 3-0 victory at Birmingham City in their Vitality Women's FA Cup semi-final.

Northern Ireland international Simone Magill opened the scoring just before half-time. Nicoline Sorensen scored the first goal since her move to Everton in the summer before French striker Valerie Gauvin completed the rout.

The Toffees reached their first...

Football, women's football, women's sport

WSL News: Birmingham City appoint Carla Ward as manager

Birmingham City have announced the arrival of former Sheffield United manager Carla Ward as their new head coach.

Ward left the Blades last month having led them to a second-placed finish in the Women's Championship. Birmingham finished 11th in the Women's Super League, avoiding relegation on a points-per-game basis.

"This is a massive opportunity, Blues are a massive club...