Reading will ply their trade in the Championship for the first time in nine years after relegation from the Barclays Women’s Super League at the end of the 2022/23 season. The Royals gained a license to play in the Women’s Super League 2 in 2014 following expansion and subsequently won promotion in 2015.
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Championship
Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
Charlton Athletic
Crystal Palace
Durham
Lewes
London City Lionesses
Reading
Sheffield United
Southampton
Sunderland
Watford
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Watford are promoted after winning the Southern Premier Division of the Women’s National League and defeating Nottingham Forrest in the playoffs final.
