Aston Villa Women to call the Banks’s home

Gemma Davies’ side were awarded the FA Women’s Championship title last week, so will be playing in the Women’s Super League from the start of the 2020/21 season.

And it is the Banks’s they will call home, with matches on either Saturday or Sunday – all kicking off at 5.30pm.

Villa Women’s sporting director Eni Aluko said: “Having secured promotion to the WSL we are delighted to have agreed a two-year agreement with Walsall to play all of our home matches at the Banks’s Stadium.

“At 11,000, Banks’s Stadium will be the one of the largest capacity stadiums in the WSL league which is exciting and promising for the future of our club, the players, and the loyal support of our local fanbase.

“Walsall have hosted England women’s national team games in the past, so we are excited to work alongside the club to host regular women’s football fixtures in women’s professional football.”

Daniel Mole, Walsall’s chief operating officer, added: “We are delighted to welcome Aston Villa Women to the Banks’s Stadium and are looking forward to working with them over the course of the next two years.

“Having secured promotion to the WSL, we are proud to be their home venue for their first season in the top flight of women’s football.

“We have invested in the resurfacing of the Banks’s Stadium pitch to ensure it is able to cope with the additional fixtures.

“We also want to build a relationship between Aston Villa Women and our own women’s teams.

“The first team, while continuing at Rushall Olympic’s superb Dales Lane, will also enjoy use of the Banks’s Stadium for at least one game per season as we look to evolve and expand the women’s section of our own club.”