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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Tom Garry

‘We feel betrayed’: 52 clubs demand vote on plans for WSL academy sides to join third tier

Amber Hughes of Wolves on the ball in the National League Premier Division playoff against Plymouth in May
Wolves were promoted to WSL2 after beating Plymouth in the National League Premier Division playoff in May. Photograph: Morgan Harlow/WWFC/Getty Images

An alliance of 52 Women’s National League clubs who oppose plans for Women’s Super League’s academy sides to be added to the third tier of the English pyramid have written to the Football Association to call for a vote on the matter.

The clubs, which represent a more than two-thirds majority of the 72 FAWNL clubs that compete in tiers three and four of the pyramid, believe the competition’s rules dictate that they are entitled to call for a special general meeting about the proposals.

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