{"id":685788,"date":"2026-01-10T02:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T02:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/685788\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T02:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T02:24:22","slug":"birmingham-city-sign-former-crystal-palace-midfielder-hopcroft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/685788\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City sign former Crystal Palace midfielder Hopcroft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                Birmingham City have completed the signing of former Crystal Palace midfielder Shanade Hopcroft on a free transfer.<\/p>\n<p>WSL Full-Time were informed of the news via an official club press release from Blues this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old midfielder joins Birmingham City after leaving former club Crystal Palace earlier this week at the end of her short-term contract.<\/p>\n<p>Hopcroft spent two-and-a-half years with the South Londoners. She made 27 appearances for the club in all competitions as Crystal Palace won the Barclays WSL2 title back in 2023\/2024. The midfielder also briefly turned out for The Eagles in the top flight last term in a campaign that saw her struggle with an injury.<\/p>\n<p>It is fair to say that Hopcroft has made a real impact at Crystal Palace and she will undoubtedly be an asset for new club Birmingham City.<\/p>\n<p>After joining Blues, Hopcroft said \u201cI\u2019ve seen over the years how Birmingham have progressed each season and how much they\u2019ve invested in the team and the women\u2019s side, and I feel like they really align with my ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve only been here one day, but I\u2019ve already felt so welcome, and that already tells me there\u2019s a real togetherness at this club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hopcroft is Birmingham City\u2019s third signing of the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>        About The Author<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/fawslfulltime.co.uk\/author\/danp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768011862_841_1c70c5312cbbce8781ce26482ab2f2f9e73e142a712b69add1a4f6b885a2f75d.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-150 photo\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/fawslfulltime.co.uk\/author\/danp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Pentland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am the editor and owner of the WSL Full-Time brand which I launched in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>I am an accredited journalist with the FWA, SJA and AIPS. I have reported from various levels of men\u2019s and women\u2019s elite football since 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham City have completed the signing of former Crystal Palace midfielder Shanade Hopcroft on a free transfer. WSL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[192459,855,12905,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-685788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-barclays-womens-super-league","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-birmingham-city","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115868432058073400","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}