Cobdown Park is currently a building site with a new pitch to be laid and temporary cabins serving as club offices. London City Lionesses are newly promoted to the Women's Super League and are the first fully independent club in the competition's history. The team moved into a 28-acre base in Ditton with plans for a centre of excellence for women's and girls' football. Ownership changed in December 2023 when Michele Kang took over. Kosovare Asllani, signed last summer and captain, led the side to the Championship title and aims for a top-four finish in their maiden WSL campaign, which begins at Arsenal on 6 September.
Cobdown Park, the training ground of newly promoted Women's Super League side London City Lionesses, is a building site for now. A large area of dirt stands where a new pitch is to be laid - diggers sitting behind one goal - and there are temporary cabins standing in for club offices. Lionesses, promoted to the WSL for the first time this season, are the first fully independent side not affiliated with a men's club or another organisation in the competition's history.
Last summer they signed Asllani, now 36, who has more than 200 caps for Sweden and won the WSL with Manchester City in 2016. Asllani and the Lionesses won the second-tier title last season secured on the final day with a 2-2 draw at second-place Birmingham City and she will lead them into their maiden WSL campaign, which starts away to Champions League holders Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on 6 September.
"Personally I would not be happy for us to be a mid-table team at the end of the season," the Sweden international tells BBC Sport. "A good season would be top four."
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