Manchester City are champions of the Women's Super League again, and they needed 10 years to get back there. Khadija Shaw and Vivianne Miedema supplied the goals that made it possible, helping City finish the 2025-26 season with the title after a run that never really loosened its grip on the race.
Andree Jeglertz delivered the trophy in his first season as City manager, a sharp start for a side that went on a 13-game winning streak between September and February. At one point, City were 12 points clear of Chelsea, a cushion built on control rather than drama and on a front line that produced 31 goals between Shaw and Miedema, half of the club's overall tally.
The title matters because Chelsea had won six successive WSL crowns before this season, turning the top of the table into a familiar procession. City ended that run while Arsenal, who began the campaign with high hopes after winning the European Champions League last year, could only reach the semi-finals of the competition this time.
City's surge also sat inside a wider shake-up in the league. Tottenham finished as the best of the rest outside the traditional top four, while London City Lionesses settled quickly in their first season. At the bottom, Leicester City were relegated after defeat by Charlton Athletic in the inaugural play-off, a reminder that the league's new order is shifting at both ends.
For City, this is the end of a long wait and the start of a new standard. They won without the distraction of Champions League football, and they did it with the kind of scoring power that leaves little room for doubt about how they got there.
