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'We are only going up' - London City in WSL to stay

London City Lionesses and owner Michele KangGetty Images

London City Lionesses owner Michele Kang ed the players in celebrating promotion to the WSL

Emma Smith
BBC Sport journalist

Among the London City Lionesses' teal shirts emblazoned with the word "winners", a figure in a long white dress, high heels and sunglasses particularly stood out.

Michele Kang has not gone about her business quietly since taking over Lionesses last summer, but with promotion to the Women's Super League now secured she has done so effectively.

The celebrations on the pitch at St Andrew's after Lionesses held on for a dramatic 2-2 draw at Championship rivals Birmingham City to secure promotion to the WSL were somewhat unusual, with club owner Kang allowed to carry the trophy on to the pitch.

She was then front and centre of the trophy lift and post-match interviews, where she talked up the Lionesses' chances of being the first newly-promoted side in three seasons to avoid WSL relegation.

"We have been building a team to be at a minimum, on day one, mid-tier WSL," she told Sky Sports.

"When I first came a lot of people were very concerned for me, asking, as an independent team: 'how can you do this because you don't have a men's team from which you can draw the equity, the brand power and the fanbase">