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Fixtures start against Durham in October

2026-08-06T10:00+01:00

WOMEN TO ENTER NEWLY BRANDED SUBWAY PLAYERS CUP

Fixtures start against Durham in October

2026-08-06T10:00+01:00

Following promotion to Barclays Women’s Super League 2, Burnley Women will compete in the Subway Players Cup during the 2026/27 season.

WSL Football have confirmed the renaming of the competition, formerly known as the Subway Women’s League Cup, which will take a Swiss-style league format with fixtures drawn by region.

The Subway Players Cup will be split into two stages – the League Phase, and Knockout Phase.

The League Phase will be played primarily during the UEFA Women’s Champions League match rounds and will replace the previous group phase.

All 23 participating teams will compete together in a single, unified league table, where each club plays three home and three away fixtures against teams in their regionalised section.

Burnley’s group stage schedule will start with home games against Durham and Aston Villa, on Sunday 18th October and Wednesday 21st October respectively.

Jackie Bachteler’s team will travel to Barclays WSL team Manchester United on Wednesday 28th October, followed by a trip to Nottingham Forest on Sunday 1st November.

The penultimate game will be at Sunderland’s Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground on Sunday 22nd November, before Liverpool visit Turf Moor on Wednesday 16th December.

Three points are awarded for a win. For any game tied after 90 minutes, a penalty shootout will take place where the winner receives two points, and the loser is awarded one point.

Following the conclusion of those games, the teams who occupy the top eight positions in the league standings will progress to the Knockout Phase.

That will take place from January through to March, while the final will be played at a to-be-confirmed neutral venue across the weekend of Saturday 13th March and Sunday 14th March 2027.