It’s been a BIG summer of global football – Euro’s qualification, some incredible WSL x Aus x NWSL collabs and the 2024 Paris Olympics. Now we’re moments away from the first stages of the UEFA Women’s Champions League first stages and the start of the WSL on 20th September…
It’s set to be the most well-attended WSL campaign in history with big ambitions to beat the 717,721 people who turned up for clubs last season.
So, whilst we have a brief moment, let’s get organised and figure out where we need to be and when to catch a bit of the main stadium action…
Arsenal: The Emirates
It’s always a vibe at the Emirates and it’s pretty much always a sell-out. Last season, Arsenal secured back-to-back sellouts and made history by encouraging 60,160 fans to their 1-0 win against Manchester United (Feb 2024). The Gunners average league attendance was an 31,428.
If that wasn’t incredible enough, Arsenal now hold the top three highest attended WSL games in history: 59,042 (Arsenal v Chelsea in Dec 2023) and 54,115 (Arsenal v Liverpool in October 2023).
This season, they’ve promised us 11 games at the Emirates; eight WSL and three more depending on UEFA Women’s Champions League progression. Meadow Park (4,500 capacity) will only host three home games against Crystal Palace, Leicester City and West Ham.
- Manchester City: 22 September
- Everton: 06 October
- Chelsea: 12 October
- Brighton: 10 November
- Aston Villa: 08 December
- Spurs: 16 February
- Liverpool: 23 March
- Manchester United: 11 May
Aston Villa: Villa Park
In a historic move for the women’s side, Villa announced this summer that Villa Park will now host all of their WSL home games; a significant increase compared to the five played there during the last campaign.
The remaining home fixtures, including the Adobe Women’s FA Cup and FA Women’s Continental Tyres League Cup ties, will be played at Walsall’s Poundland Bescot Stadium.
- Tottenham: 29 September
- Leicester: 13 October
- Liverpool: 3 November
- Crystal Palace: 17 November
- West Ham: 15 December
- Manchester City: 26 January
- Chelsea: 2 February
- Everton: 2 March
- Manchester United: 23 March
- Arsenal: 27 April
- Brighton: 11 May
Brighton: American Express Stadium
No main stadium fixtures announced yet. All the women’s games will take place at the Broadfield Stadium.
Chelsea: Stamford Bridge
Chelsea will play three home games at Stamford Bridge. The rest of their fixtures will be hosted at the much-loved Kingsmeadow. Despite having a capacity of only 4,850, it’s the perfect place to still get that up close and personal feel, sitting meters away from Lauren James and new manager Sonia Bompastor.
Last season, the UWCL semi-final second-leg against Barcelona was played in front of a sellout crowd (39,398) at the Bridge. The Blues will be looking to beat that this year and we expect more UWCL fixtures to be announced depending on how the club get on in Europe.
- Manchester City: 17 November
- Arsenal: 26 January
- Liverpool: 11 May
Crystal Palace: Selhurst Park
The Eagles have landed in the WSL for the first time in the club’s history and they have quite the list of top tier fixtures to show case at Selhurst Park.
Last season, they made club history by selling over 5,566 tickets to watch them lift the Women’s Championship trophy. This year, with fixtures like this, we have no doubt another record will be smashed.
- Chelsea: 27 September
- Manchester City: 03 November
- Arsenal: 30 March
Everton: Goodison Park
Only one fixture has been announced at Goodison Park and what a fixture it is – just the Mersyside Derby – one of the most fiercely competitive red and blue fixtures in the WSL.
- Liverpool: 16 November
Leicester: King Power Stadium
These guys are main stadium OG’s. The women’s side have used the King Power Stadium as their home ground since 2021. This season is no different – all 11 WSL home games will feature here. We love to see it.
- Arsenal: 29 September
- Crystal Palace: 6 October
- Everton: 20 October
- Manchester United: 17 November
- Chelsea: 15 December
- Liverpool: 26 January
- Aston Villa: 16 February
- Brighton: 23 March
- Tottenham (30 March)
- Manchester City (27 April)
- West Ham (11 May)
Liverpool: Anfield
Three fixtures will be played at Anfield this season. But fans will have double the fun this year as the club confirmed they’d signed a ten-year lease to relocate from Prenton Park to the 18,000-capacity Totally Wicked Stadium in St Helens.
- Manchester City: 13 October
- Manchester United: 16 March
- Everton: 4 May
Manchester City
City will host three WSL games at the Etihad Stadium. Their remaining fixtures will be played at the 7,000-capacity Joie Stadium across the road which sits within City’s elite training ground facility.
- Tottenham Hotspur: 10 November
- Manchester United: 19 January
- Chelsea: 23 March
Manchester United
Yaaanited have three fixtures in the diary for Old Trafford with the remaining games being played at Leigh Sports Village. There have been rumours recently of the women’s side moving permanently to a re-developed OT in the future, with their men’s team re-homing to a new nearby stadium but we’ll wait to see if there’s any legs in this…
In the meantime, United have sensibly chosen two mid/low-table fixtures against the Hammers and Palace, where they’ll be expecting to secure wins but they couldn’t miss the Manchester derby now and with City burned by a near-miss with the title, that last fixture will be spicy as hell.
- West Ham: 21 September
- Crystal Palace: 16 February
- Manchester City: 04 May
Spurs: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
It’s an important season for the club. A million miles away from once being seen as the WSL newbies (entering the league in 2020), they’re strong mid-table warriors with an eye on top four and a love for disruption.
They finished last year strong with a history-making FA Cup run which took them to Wembley in May (defeated 4-0 by Manchester United).
They’re not messing around with the main stadium fixtures this year – just the three biggest and the best opposition to showcase how far they’ve come, with all their remaining games to played at Brisbane Road (capacity of 9,721).
- Arsenal: 17 November
- Manchester United: 2 February
- Chelsea: 4 May
West Ham: London Stadium
No main stadium fixtures have been announced yet. All the women’s games will take place at the Chigwell Construction Stadium.