For much of the 2025-26 season, Liverpool Women looked heavy favourites to suffer relegation. For a side that just two seasons ago finished fourth and was dreaming of bridging the gap to the traditional powers of the FA Women’s Super League, it was an ignominious situation and the club rightly came under fire for their lack of support.
A scramble to sign players in January and salvage their season, though, appears to have fully paid off. The Reds are now well clear of last-place in 10th in the 12-team
league, with an eight point advantage on Leicester City at the bottom of the table and West Ham also behind them as a buffer and only three games left to play in the season.
“Our brief to the players as we go into these games is we are looking to win them all and looking to put in good performances that allow us the potential to win games,” said manager Gareth Taylor ahead of their meeting with West Ham on Sunday, likely their best chance at earning another win with Manchester City and Arsenal their final two.
“There are no guarantees but since the turn of the year our play has been very good in the sense of us now looking more likely to kill teams off and dominate games where we can. Manchester City away and Arsenal at home are tough, of course, with both of them being able to field two teams, but our ambition is as always to try to win those games.
“On Sunday we host West Ham at St Helens Stadium and I see it as a good opportunity at home. Our supporters have played a huge part and there is a real connection on the pitch as well as off it. We are in a good moment having pulled clear of the relegation zone and our focus now is looking upwards and trying to climb as much as we can.”
Between the City and Arsenal matches there is also an FA Cup semi-final against Brighton on May 10th, and a positive result against West Ham on Sunday would likely see the focus shift to that match and a chance at silverware in a difficult season—though Chelsea and City being in the other semi would set up a very, very tough final.
