Fans’ view of City’s 2016 and 2026 WSL triumphs | OneFootball

Manchester City enjoyed the most successful season of our professional era so far in 2025/26.

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Andrée Jeglertz’s side completed the Barclays Women’s Super League and FA Cup double for the first time in our illustrious history before the curtain fell on last term.

Packed with memorable moments, the campaign will live long in the memory of all of those connected to the Blues – and the success wouldn’t have been possible without the backing of our supporters.

For many, they were witnessing City lift the top-flight trophy for the first time, but for other sections of our fanbase it ended a 10-year wait for the crown to return to the Joie Stadium.

Jayne Comer was there in 2016 and joined friend Andrea Brookshaw to witness the 2026 triumph.

This is their experience when seeing the two WSL title wins in our history…

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2016 – JAYNE COMER

I’ve been City fan my whole life. I was born round the corner from Maine Road into a family of City fans so it was inevitable that I would be a Blue.

I had been to a few City Ladies games over the years, but City Women became professional in 2014, and that is when I took a real interest in really following the team.

I think my thinking was that if the club was starting to take the women’s team really seriously, then so was I.

I went to the first games of the new professional era and loved it straight away, there was something about the game, the players and the atmosphere that just had me hooked.

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The day we lifted the trophy in 2016 was so special. It had been an amazing season and we had barely dropped any points throughout it.

We knew that beating Chelsea would bring us the title, and having it come so soon after becoming a professional outfit was something we had only dreamed about.

It was so amazing to win the very first title at home, in front of all our fans in our very own stadium. Our supporters club (Manchester City Women Official Supporters Club) was formed in 2015, and had already started to grow, which meant I had so many friends in the stadium on the day, all just as excited as I was.

I was also really honoured that my two nephews had been chosen to be mascots for City on the day, which also meant that I had plenty of my family in the ground too. Being able to share such a historic occasion with them all really added to an already amazing day.

The atmosphere on the day was electric. The Joie was our new home and it was so inspiring to see it so busy and full of people there to cheer the team on. We always love a good sing song and I remember hearing how loud the crowd were on the day and feeling so proud of how far the team had come in such a short space of time.

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One of my best memories on the day is our captain Steph Houghton coming into the crowd with the trophy and posing for a picture with a group of us, right there on the steps of the East Stand.

I know it is hard to imagine that happening now, they would be absolutely mobbed, so I suppose that goes some way to showing how much the game and crowds have grown over the past 10 years.

I think one of the things that has been consistent over the years is that fans feel really connected to the players and the club. It has always felt like we, as fans are important to the team and players, and that they appreciate all of the work, time and money that goes into supporting them.

Obviously, as the years have gone on, crowds have got bigger, and more and more people have grown to love coming to watch the team.

I am sure that the 2026 title win will mean we have a new generation of City fans who can’t wait to come and watch the best team in the land and all the world, and I’m sure that in no time they will be hooked just like the rest of us, planning their weekends around the fixture list!

2026 – ANDREA BROOKSHAW

I have supported Manchester City Women since 2019 and it has taken over my life. I plan my weekends around attending both home and away games. I am a member of the Official Women’s Supporters Club, and we have become a brilliant football family.

I used to suffer with my mental health but have been in a much better place since going to the games and meeting new people.

My favourite memory was the atmosphere when the players lifted the title at West Ham. Everyone was cheering and very excited. The players included us in the celebrations by making sure they came to every part of the barriers so we could all see the cup.

We joined the team in a local pub after the game and Kerstin Casparij pulled me a pint. I still can’t believe that happened!

I think I went to sleep that night still singing ‘Championies ole, ole, ole’!

It was the first time I had seen City lift a trophy and my face literally hurt from smiling. The team have worked hard all season and the fully deserved to win. It just made all the travelling to London and the 5am starts worth it.

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I shared the day with my daughter, Ash. I can’t think of a better way to have quality bonding time together by jumping around cheering and singing!

We travelled to and from the game on the supporters coach and we celebrated on the way there with Prosecco.

The atmosphere was amazing from arriving early to greet the team as they arrived to watching the trophy lift at the end. It was a day full of smiling, cheering, singing and hugging! I literally felt like I was on top of the world.

I don’t think our connection with the club could be much stronger. City went out of their way to included the fans in their celebrations.

They worked closely with the Supporters Club and organised a party with the players at a pub in West Ham after the game. That was just unbelievable. It was a big surprise and everyone’s mouth dropped when we saw the players coach turn up and realised what was happening.

Then we got the party at the Albert Hall - that was a great night. The team were having a brilliant time and we all joined in dancing and singing with them.

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Jayne Comer: Going to Wembley is always a special occasion as a fan. Everything about the day felt like an adventure.

We left nice and early from Manchester and I travelled down on one of the supporter’s club coaches that we had organised.

It always feels so good to travel to away games on the coaches because it means that you are surrounded by friends and people that you know. We had such a laugh on the way down on the coach, reminiscing about the season we had just had, and light-hearted arguing about what the result might be at Wembley, especially as Brighton had beat us in the league only a few weeks before.

One of my nephews, Thomas, who was the mascot in the title winning game against Chelsea back in 2016 was on the coach and with us at the game too. It makes me so proud that the team are such a huge part of his life, and I like to think I’ve had an influence in his journey in football.

Once we beat Chelsea in the semi-final, I was always pretty confident we would do the Double, but having been a City fan for so long, I know never to count my chickens too soon. Once we got the first goal there was no going back, we were winning the Double and nobody could stop us.

It felt pretty surreal to just stop and look around at the crowd during the game. Seeing so many people there to watch us lift the FA Cup felt so special, and when you look at how the crowds for women’s football have grown over recent years, I felt so honoured to be part of it.

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Andrea Brookshaw: Wembley is an amazing place. I always take a moment to take in the atmosphere when I walk out into the stands.

To see City win was unbelievable. I loved watching the players celebrate on the pitch. It was my eldest daughter’s first time at Wembley so I think she is our lucky charm! She is severely disabled so it meant a lot that she was able to witness the game, too.

I travelled to the game with two of my daughters. We went on the supporters club coach. Everyone knows each other and it’s a good way to catch up with everyone and make our game predictions. We were very lucky that the supporters club got an accessible coach so I could take my disabled daughter who wouldn’t have been able to go otherwise.

I really appreciate how good all the other fans were with her. She’s non-verbal and unable to move so there’s not many things we can do as a family so it was great we got to experience the FA Cup win together.

Winning the Double and seeing how happy the team were makes every 5am start worth it.

I feel like the players appreciate the fans because they made sure that everyone in the stands got to see players lift the trophy right in front of them.

I can’t wait to see what next season brings!