Overview
- Shelby Companies Limited has acquired 97% of Birmingham City Women, with the remaining 3% taken by several prominent female investors including Karen Carney and Kim Clijsters.
- The transaction makes the women’s side a freestanding entity separate from the men’s and academy teams, with no immediate staffing or football-operations changes stated.
- Shelby Companies Limited is the Knighthead Capital Management vehicle that controls Birmingham City following the owners’ takeover of the club.
- The move mirrors Chelsea’s sale to BlueCo and Aston Villa’s sale to V Sports, deals that observers say have been used to support Profit and Sustainability compliance.
- Birmingham City Women sit second in WSL2 after a 3-1 loss to Crystal Palace narrowed the gap in the automatic promotion race.