Norwich City Women have received a more-than £200,000 cash boost after Mark Attanasio's purchase of shares from the Appeal Fund Trust.

The trust was initially formed in 1957 to raise funds for the club, acquiring more than 10,000 shares before selling them to Attanasio's Norfolk Holdings group in September 2022.

The rules of the trust meant it was agreed that the proceeds would go towards "helping the club's longer-term vision for Norwich City Women".

Executive director Zoe Webber said via official club channels: "On behalf of the football club, we’d like to thank all those associated with the Appeal Trust Fund, particularly their trustees, Barry [Skipper], James [Alston] and David [McCall], for their help and support in this process.

"Our discussions with the trustees have been centred around how they could honour their long-standing agreement as a Trust – to help, support and fund an area of the football club.

"Their agreement in allowing this additional finance to be utilised by Norwich City Women will help form part of our strategic plan, as we continue to build on the recent success and infrastructure around our women’s team."