Reading Women set to drop out of Championship after takeover falls through
Consortium made approach to buy women’s teamGrowing fears women’s and girls’ section will fold
An 11th-hour bid to take over Reading’s women’s team and fund them to stay in the Championship has fallen through, Guardian sport understands, all but ensuring the team will not participate in the second tier of the English pyramid.
According to sources, a consortium made an approach last week to buy the women’s team and maintain them in the Championship, after news emerged of the their plight. Because of that approach, it is understood a one-week extension was granted to Reading by the Football Association to give the women’s club more time to confirm whether they intend to participate in the Championship.
