Brighton & Hove Albion owner Tony Bloom says a new designated stadium for their women’s team remains “vitally important” to the club and the city but he “can’t put a time on it”.

Brighton hope to build a new purpose-built stadium for the women’s team by 2027-28, having had proposals approved by the council in October 2023.

The Seagulls currently host the majority of their WSL matches at Crawley Town’s Broadfield Stadium, with some games being played at the club’s main Amex Stadium.

“We are really committed to bringing the women’s team back to Brighton full-time with the stadium,” Bloom told BBC Radio Sussex.

“We don’t have a stadium outside of the Amex in the Brighton and Hove area to be able to play the games and unfortunately the Amex – the wonderful stadium that it is – can’t host all of the games because of conflicts with the Premier League schedule.

“And it is too big of a stadium. We do it sometimes because we want to have games in Brighton but having four, five or six thousand in a 36,000 stadium isn’t great for atmosphere.”

In January, the club said it had identified a site for the new stadium but Bloom said there had been “delays” in making an announcement because of “things outside of our control”.

“A designated stadium for women players, for the fanbase which is a very different demographic to people watching our men’s team, I think it’s vitally important to this football club and this city,” Bloom added.