Wolverhampton Wanderers W.F.C.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers Women
Full nameWolverhampton Wanderers Girls' & Women's Football Club
Nickname(s)Wolves, She-Wolves, "Wolfettes"
Founded1975 (as Heathfield Rovers)
GroundNew Bucks Head, Telford
Capacity6300
ChairpersonJenny Wilkes
ManagerDaniel McNamara
LeagueFA Women's National League North
2022–23FA Women's National League North, 2nd of 12
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Wolverhampton Wanderers Women's Football Club, commonly known as Wolves Women, is an

women's football club affiliated with Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. The club play in the FA Women's National League North
.

History

The club began playing in 1975 as Heathfield Rovers. After becoming Wolverhampton & Wednesbury Tube LFC the following season, they later settled on Wolverhampton Ladies. Just before 1993–94 the club got permission from

Everton
the following season.

In May 2001

Everton
during the summer and the club finished sixth in 2005–06.

Wolves Women were relegated to the

Wolverhampton College
.

On Thursday 19 April 2012 Wolves Women

Northern Division
for the 2012–13 Season. They followed that up with a 2–0 win over rivals Stoke in the League Cup Final to complete the League and cup double.

The 2014–15 season for Wolves Women was one to forget. They saw themselves relegated and bottom of the

Northern Division
. Wolves only managed 8 points from 22 games, and this saw a change in coaching staff at the end of the season.

At the start of the 2015–16 season, Steve Cullis was named manager and has been given the aim of promotion back into the

Northern Division, as well as developing the youth section of the club.[1] Wolves also withdrew their reserve team from the FA Women's Premier League Reserves (Midlands)
, the reserves had been playing in the WPL for the past 13 seasons.

In October 2016, Cullis moved to a new role of Technical Director for the club's Regional Talent Centre. Tim Dudding was named as his replacement as manager of the Senior squad.

Northern Division.[3]

After a poor start to the season Dan McNamara took over as First Team Manager in early 2018 and led the team in a relegation battle, just missing out on goal difference after a hard-fought campaign.[4] After the restructure of the women's football pyramid this summer, the team now find themselves in the new FA Women's National League Midlands Division One. For the 2018–19 season the club have introduced a Development Team.

At the end of the 2020–21 season, Wolves were promoted via 'upward movement' to the

FA Women’s Championship, beating Sheffield F.C. Ladies 2-0 with 3 games left until the end of the season. They would go on to lose the play-off 1–0 to Southern Division winners Southampton F.C.[5]

Stadium

Wolves Women play their home games at the New Bucks Head in

A.F.C. Telford United
.

Players

First team squad

As of 20 March 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Northern Ireland NIR Shannon Turner
2 DF England ENG Ellie Wilson
3 DF England ENG Anna Morphet
4 DF England ENG Anna Price (captain)
5 DF England ENG Emma Cross
6 MF England ENG Lexie Harrison
7 MF England ENG Tammi George
8 MF England ENG Merrick Will
9 FW England ENG Jade Cross
10 MF England ENG Helen Dermody
11 FW England ENG Amber Hughes
13 GK England ENG Bec Thomas
14 FW England ENG Meesha Dudley-Jones
15 DF England ENG Layla Banaras
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF England ENG Summer Holmes
17 DF England ENG Katie Johnson
18 DF England ENG Hannah Fryer
19 FW England ENG Liv Fergusson
20 MF Wales WAL Ania Denham
21 FW England ENG Destiney Toussaint
22 MF England ENG Beth Roberts
25 MF England ENG Sophie Bramford
28 MF England ENG Beth Merrick
31 MF England ENG Skye Owen

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers W.F.C. players.

Regional Talent Club

Wolves Girls Regional Talent Club is a Tier 3 Facility responsible for the delivery of elite girls' football development that commenced operations in June 2016.[6] The Regional Talent Club's Technical Director is Jenna Burke-Martin.

Other teams

Wolverhampton Wanderers Development Team compete in the FA Women's National Reserve League Midland Division 2.[7] Home games are played at Compton Park, The Wolves Training Ground

Club officials

Notable former players

Former Wolves players to have played at senior international level.

Honours

2016/17

FA Women's Premier League Midlands Division One Champions[8]

2021/22 FA Women's National League North Champions

References

  1. Express and Star
    ", Wolverhampton, 17 November 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2016
  2. Wolverhampton Wanderers
    ", Wolverhampton, 17 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016
  3. Wolverhampton Wanderers
    ", Wolverhampton, 15 May 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2018
  4. Wolverhampton Wanderers
    ", Wolverhampton, 21 May 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018
  5. ^ "Southampton Women win promotion to second tier after victory against Wolves". the Guardian. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  6. ^ "FA licenses awarded for new Regional Talent Clubs", "The Football Association", London, 29 April 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016
  7. ^ "DIVISION 1", "Birmingham County Womens League", FA Full Time. Retrieved 25 August 2018
  8. ^ "Wolves Women Secure Promotion", "Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.", Wolverhampton, 15 May 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017

External links

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