Last month, the story of Solihull Moors Women was received far and wide across the football word when a statement was released about the difficult conditions faced by the women’s team at the club.
Alex Liddiard, a member of the squad, took to X on 20 September, sharing a detailed account of the challenges the team was facing. Her post quickly went viral, garnering over 699,000 views and putting the club from Birmingham in the national sporting spotlight.
The statement claimed the club was failing to provide “basic equipment” with “ill-fitting kits”, no transportation to away games, and no guaranteed pitch to play midweek fixtures on. It also claimed the club were trying to charge the women’s team £2,600 to allow access to the men’s pitch.
It’s so sad that it’s come to this, but we deserve so much better and it’s time we started challenging those at the top to do better! #HerGameToo pic.twitter.com/2zTbC5qJ8c
— Alex Liddiard (@alexliddiard) September 20, 2024
The statement was followed by a response from the Solihull Moors Foundation Chairman, Edward Parker. “It is important to clarify that Solihull Moors Women’s football is part of the Foundation, not the National League Football Club as stated in the post,” said Parker.
“Providing the perfect conditions is often hard due to limited resource, time and funding, but we continue to endeavour to achieve as much as we can and provide positive outcomes for all players.”
He added: “The allegations made on social media clearly do not align with the ethos of the Foundation and we take those issues seriously and will address them.”
The foundation’s statement said direct contact had been made with players from the women’s team and that they had invited them in to talk with senior management at the football club to find “genuine solutions.”
But two weeks after the initial announcement, the clubs manager, Tom Blaymires, announced he was stepping down from the club, along with the rest of the clubs coaching staff.

The clubs former captain, Rebecca Knight, has since spoken exclusively to Beyond The 90 about where it started to go wrong at Moors, and what she looks for in her next club.
Reflecting on her departure, Knight explained that it was the toughest decision she’s had to make in her 16-year career.
“In my 16 years in the women’s game, stepping down as captain and stepping away from Solihull Moors Women’s team has been the hardest decision I have ever had to make. I stand by my decision and I know other players have already made the same decision.”
“Things haven’t been right for a while now but recently, over the last three to four months, things seem to have taken a turn for the worse. No pitch to play on, playing kit which was falling apart, and being challenged by the boys’ academy staff as to why we have a full pitch for training was some of the many reasons as to why I decided to leave the club.”
Looking ahead, Knight is clear about what she hopes to find in her next team: “I would love to join a club who has the full backing of the women’s team and women’s section with them being respected by everyone at the club.
“Women’s football is growing but there is still lots of work to be done across all tiers of the women’s game.”
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