Wrexham A.f.c. Women

Wrexham AFC Women

Full name	Wrexham Association Football Club Women
Nickname(s)	The Red Dragons, The Robins
Founded	2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Ground	The Rock, Rhosymedre, Wrexham
Owners	RR McReynolds Company LLC (Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney)
Manager	Steve Dale
League	Adran Premier
2023–24	Adran Premier, 3rd of 8
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Since their reformation in 2018, the club has been affiliated with Wrexham A.F.C., which competes in EFL League Two, the fourth division of English football. Before that, as Wrexham Ladies F.C., they helped found the North Wales Women's Football League in 2003 and the Welsh Premier Women's League in 2009.

2003–2018: As Wrexham Ladies FC

In 2003, the Wrexham Ladies Football Club was formed, becoming part of the new North Wales Women's Football League. The initial squad drew from players from the North East Wales Institute (NEWI) and Yale College.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, they reached the finals of the FAW Women's Cup. In 2009, they became part of Wrexham F.C., and helped found the Welsh Premier Women's League as one of four teams in the Northern Division. In the 2011-12 season they won the division but lost the Championship Final against Cardiff Met WFC.

During the 2015-16 season, they had a difficult time maintaining a full roster, and withdrew from the Premier League mid-season.

2018–2020: As Wrexham A.F.C. Women

In 2018, they reformed the club as Wrexham A.F.C. Women, joining the North Wales Women's Football League to compete against teams across North Wales. The League was split into 'Division One' and 'Division Two' in North Wales; Wrexham entered the bottom tier as a new club of 'Division Two'. In that 2018 season, Wrexham won the North Wales Women's Division Two league cup, beating Rhyl Development 3–2 in a cup final hosted at Bala Town's Maes Tegid. They finished the season 4th in the league, and gained promotion into Division One.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2019/20 season, the COVID-19 pandemic cut the season short with Wrexham in 8th position in Division One. The Football Association on Wales decided to use a points per game (PPG) calculation to work out the finishing positions for the teams in the league.^{[citation needed]}

2020–2023: New owners, promotion to Adran Premier

In November 2020, Canadian-American actor Ryan Reynolds and American actor Rob McElhenney, through their RR McReynolds Company LLC, bought Wrexham A.F.C. Due to the Christmas 2020 second lockdown, the 2020/21 season was canceled with no games being played.^{[citation needed]}

Before the start of the 2021/22 season, the FAW announced a restructure of Women's football in Wales, with a new Tier 2 league split into Adran North and Adran South with specific criteria needed in order to enter. The FAW opened up both tiers to all clubs to apply to join. Wrexham applied for the Tier 2 North, and completed a successful first campaign in that new second tier, finishing runners-up to Llandudno - after losing to the champions in a winner-takes-all game on the final day of the season at Maesdu Park.^{[citation needed]}

On 9 February 2023, Wrexham announced they had applied for a Tier 1 license, and would become semi-professional if promoted to the Adran Premier for the 2023/24 season. They won the Adran North championship trophy on March 26, and earned promotion after winning the playoff game 1-0 against Briton Ferry Llansawel, on April 16 in Latham Park.

2023– present: Adran Premier

On 27 June 2023, the club announced that ten players have signed semi-professional contracts, a first in club history, making them the first Adran Premier team to feature semi-professional players. Cardiff City F.C. did the same on 29 June and Swansea City Ladies F.C. on 16 August. At the start of 2024, they were third in the league with striker Rosie Hughes leading the league in scoring, they finished 3rd and reached the finals of the FAW Women's Cup.

Current squad

As of 14 September 2023

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   WAL Delyth Morgan 2 DF   WAL Phoebe Davies 3 DF   WAL Olivia Fuller 4 DF   WAL Erin Lovett 5 DF   WAL Louisha Doran 6 MF   ENG Brooke Cairns 7 MF   ENG Rebecca Pritchard 8 MF   ENG Libby MacKenzie 9 FW   WAL Rosie Hughes 10 MF   WAL Tonicha "TJ" Dickens 11 FW   ENG Amber Lightfoot 12 FW   ENG Carra Jones

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK   ENG Charlotte Bolland 15 DF   WAL Katie Sharp 16 FW   WAL Ava Suckley 20 FW   SCO Natasha Spearing 21 MF   WAL Lili Jones 22 DF   ENG Keren Allen 23 DF   WAL Ruby Jones 27 MF   WAL Mari Gibbard 30 MF    Anna Marsh 33 FW   WAL Hannah Keryakoplis 35 GK   WAL Chloe Ankers 38 MF   WAL Lily Whitefoot