SAINTS stadium will be the new home of Liverpool FC Women from the start of the 2024/25 season as part of a ten-year lease agreement - and a new pitch will be laid to accommodate them.

It was confirmed today an agreement has been reached between Liverpool Football Club and Saints.

LFC Women will play their home fixtures at Saints stadium from the start of the 24/25 season.

As part of the move, a "new high-performance Premier League standard pitch" is being laid.

LFC Women will have use of enhanced and exclusive player use facilities, and there will be an improved matchday experience for Liverpool supporters, today's announcement said.

In a statement, Saints said the stadium will continue to be the home and property of St Helens RFC, with the men’s and women’s rugby league teams benefiting from the pitch upgrade.

With the rugby league season running from February through to September, LFC Women will "have sole occupancy of the stadium for almost half the season", the statement added.

The LFC Women’s team will also have their own bespoke dressing room for first time.

Meanwhile, the statement continued to say that stadium "will be revamped for home games to make it look and feel part of the LFC family, including the addition of the club crest and other significant branding".

Saints' stadium was chosen as part of a wider review of stadium options by Liverpool Football Club with their existing agreement at Tranmere's Prenton Park coming to an end this season.

LFC women will play their last home game at Prenton Park against Manchester United on Sunday, May 5.

Eamonn McManus, chairman of Saints, welcomed Liverpool FC Women, adding: “We are delighted to welcome LFC Women and their supporters to our stadium for their home games starting next season.

“The arrangement will provide St Helens R.F.C. with a new state-of-the-art pitch, as well as additional income streams for our club.

“Liverpool FC is a world-renowned football club and sporting institution and LFC Women are a leading participant in the rapidly growing Women’s Super League.

"It is high profile recognition that our stadium and its facilities meet the ever-increasing requirements of this prestigious competition.”

David Hutchinson, general manager of St Helens RFC, said: “We are very proud to have secured this partnership with Liverpool FC Women at a time when women’s sport is at a pivotal stage in its growth and development.

“This comes at a time when participation, media exposure, and commercial awareness for women’s football and rugby are at an all-time high. Hosting Liverpool FC Women will increase visitors to the stadium and offer up fantastic crossover opportunities for both our sports.

“We are very excited to get things underway and thank everyone involved for their hard work in achieving this.”

Susan Black, Liverpool FC’s director of communications and Liverpool FC Women Executive Director, said: “This is another step forward for our women’s first team and we’re so excited to relocate to a new long-term home.

"Our players and incredible supporters were at the forefront of our decision-making process.

"We are confident St Helens will be a great matchday home and will look and feel part of the Liverpool family.

“We would like to place on record our great thanks to Mark Palios and the wider team at Tranmere Rovers for their great support over six seasons at Prenton Park on a matchday and of course at The Campus.

“As founding members of the Women’s Super League, we want to continue the work we’ve put in place and continue to progress in the league both on and off the pitch.

"Our next chapter for our women’s first team is about building solid foundation stones and today’s matchday venue announcement is another positive step forward on our journey.”

LFC Women manager Matt Beard said: “This is the exciting next chapter on our journey, and I’m absolutely delighted with this investment from the club.

“At the heart of this move are the two most important groups at the club, the players and the fans.

“The players will have a wonderful new pitch and facilities to enjoy while the match day experience for the supporters will be so much improved.

“We’ve built up a loyal following at Prenton Park and we look forward to welcoming them to St Helens along with hopefully opening up the women’s game to many new supporters as well.”

All Liverpool FC Women’s season ticket holders have been informed of the new venue and will be contacted in the coming weeks about renewing for next season.

The LFC Foundation will be expanding its reach and will look to launch projects specifically for the St Helens area to support girls in sport with more funding for community projects.