Coventry City Ladies have issued the following statement
Coventry City Ladies have announced that they will now be known as Coventry United Ladies.
"This was not an easy decision to make. Coventry City Ladies are a long established club that have been playing at the top level in the Women's game in recent years, and can arguably lay claim to have been the most successful side in the FA Women's Premier League over the last four seasons."
"We do however remain ambitious; the next step is Super League status.... so discussions have been going on behind the scenes for a number of weeks about how we can get the right structures in place to progress this club toward semi professional status."
"The board have been in negotiation with Coventry United for a while and believe we now have an agreement in place that will give us the best possible platform to enable the club to move forward."
"We will retain our own independent board of directors, our intellectual rights and history Coventry City Ladies FC. All current partnerships, facilities, staff and League status are unaffected. What you will see is a different kit and a different badge."
"We look forward to the new collaboration with Coventry United, they are an ambitious new club with a great future....in both the men's and the ladies' game!"
"The board have been in negotiation with Coventry United for a while and believe we now have an agreement in place that will give us the best possible platform to enable the club to move forward."
"We will retain our own independent board of directors, our intellectual rights and history Coventry City Ladies FC. All current partnerships, facilities, staff and League status are unaffected. What you will see is a different kit and a different badge."
"We look forward to the new collaboration with Coventry United, they are an ambitious new club with a great future....in both the men's and the ladies' game!"
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