The Athletic explains what we know about the discussions being held over the future of the women's domestic game in England

Nikki Doucet, chief executive of the Women’s Super League and Championship, said promotion and relegation would never be scrapped

The WSL needs to develop - what changes could we see, how do clubs feel about them and what impact could they have?

Women’s Super League clubs will vote on a plan to halt relegation from the top-flight as part of a wider expansion of the women’s game over the next few years.

The plan would do away with relegation for an initial period of four seasons. During that period, a team would be promoted every year from the Championship (to be renamed the WSL2

This week on 'The London Women's Football Show' Emma Jones and Emily Herbert are joined in the studio by The Times' Kit Shepard to discuss if potential plans to scrap relegation in the WSL is a good idea or not.