At The Match: The First Ever WSL Play-Off

The sun is splitting the stones, Chloe.

I'm slightly concerned for my pale Irish skin while I'm-

[laughs]

... shooting pitch side.

Um, but no, I mean, a day like this kind of culminating at the end of the season is probably exactly what WSL football wanted when they brought in this playoff.

I think initially, you know, we had this whole chat about whether it was, there were gonna be a closed league, they were gonna stop relegation briefly, and everyone lost their minds, rightly so.

I think n- you know, we want that jeopardy.

We want that, you know, competition at the bottom of the league.

So when this idea came in of the playoff, it's a really good way of expanding initially the WSL 2 into WSL, um, and a really good way of getting the two teams up, um, and then having that playoff between third and bottom.

So obviously next season we're gonna have, uh, 13th against second in WSL 2, so we're retaining that playoff.

And, you know, s- we've kept relegation, so I, I really like the playoff idea.

I think it gives another WSL 2 team a chance to get up.

Yep.

And it, it brings in a little bit more jeopardy, which is always exciting.

I think it's the drama that it creates.

Like, we're literally sitting in the fan zone.

You've got DJ Luck and MC Neat.

There's a absolutely whole host of blue and red supporters everywhere.

The music's blasting.

There's a bakery.

There's a bar.

There's Mercedes everywhere, 'cause obviously they're big, big sponsors of this particular game.

You've got the grill house.

You've got all this kind of fun engagement.

The sun is out.