After weeks of intense pre-season work on the City Football Academy training pitch, Andrée Jeglertz’s team took centre stage on Sunday afternoon for our 2026/27 curtain raiser against Birmingham City.
The reigning WSL champions received an incredible welcome by the Cityzens as we looked to kickstart our title defence with a positive performance.
But standing in City’s way was a newly-promoted Birmingham side who had bolstered their squad over the summer on the back of winning the WSL 2 title.
The West Midlands outfit travelled north determined to put an early bump in the road for City, so who claimed the three points on the opening weekend of the WSL?
CITY+ subscribers can find out via the full-match replay above...
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