Bristol City’s women will make Ashton Gate their home after confirming promotion to the Women’s Super League.
Lauren Smith’s side confirmed their return to the top flight with the 4-0 win over Charlton on Sunday.
The Championship winners have played most of the home matches at the Robins High Performance Centre having also played games at Bath City’s Twerton Park in recent years.
But they will now share Ashton Gate, the home of the men’s team, after 7,045 supporters watched on Sunday.
Goals from Grace Clinton, Abi Harrison, Brooke Aspin and Ffion Morgan sealed victory and return to the WSL two years after relegation.
“It feels amazing and it’s because of every everyone around – the 7,000 that are stood behind me, all of the players and staff,” Smith said.
“We knew that we were ambitious this year, and without saying it, this is what we wanted all along. I absolutely knew we had the staff, the players and the club to do it.
“It’s been very twisty-turny and I think, when we look back on it, we learned a lot lessons from the games that we didn’t quite win. And that’s actually allowed us to mature as a group and get to this point.
“I think what’s really great is that we’ve won it here at Ashton Gate and not on the bus back from Sunderland!
“We just…
