Women's Super League highlights: City's win, top four challenged and ending the status quo

The 2025-26 Women’s Super League season was all about change.The beginning of a new broadcast deal, the promise of expansion and the fall of a domestic dynasty were all key factors in this campaign. Not to mention, the ongoing transfer saga of one of the league’s biggest stars.With the boost of another England national team win at the 2025 Women’s European Championship and a broadcast deal with Sky Sports and the BBC worth £65million ($84.3m) over five years, the WSL showed what its next phase of growth looks like. There were surprising giant slayers in Brighton & Hove Albion, record transfers settling in at their new clubs from Olivia Smith to Alyssa Thompson and upsets at the top of the table with Manchester City taking their first league title in a decade and ending Chelsea’s run of six.Advertisement