Wrexham AFC Women
Wrexham AFC Women are the Women's team of Wrexham Football Club. They were re-formed in 2018. In 2009, then known as Wrexham Ladies, they were founder members of the Women's Welsh Premier League.
| Full name | Wrexham AFC Women | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Red Dragons The Robins | ||
| Founded | 2003 (Re-formed as Wrexham AFC Women in 2018) | ||
| Ground | The Crick (Brymbo) | ||
| Owner | RR McReynolds Company LLC[1] | ||
| Manager | Steve Dale | ||
| League | Genero Adran North | ||
| 2021-22 | 2nd | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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History
Wrexham AFC Women were reformed in 2018. They joined 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 and Wrexham entered the bottom tier as a new club of 'Division Two'. During their first season, Wrexham lifted the North Wales Women's Division Two league cup after beating 'Rhyl Development' 3-2 in the cup final hosted at Bala Towns Maes Tegid. Wrexham finished the first league season in 4th place and gained promotion into the North Wales Women's League Division One.
During Wrexham's second season, the Covid 19 pandemic cut the season short with Wrexham in 8th position in the North Wales Women's League 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 which resulted in Wrexham placing 8th.
For the 2020/21 season the North Wales Women's Football League decided to split the leagues in North Wales into a 'Premier' 'East' and 'West', Wrexham were placed into the East league and was given a start date of February 2021. Due to the Christmas 2020 second lockdown, the 2020/21 season was canceled with no games being played.
Before the start of the 2021/22 season the FAW announced a restructure of Women's football in Wales, a new Tier 2 league split into North and South were created with specific criteria needed in order to enter. The FAW opened up both tier 1 and tier 2 to all clubs to apply to join, Wrexham applied for the Tier 2 North. After a successful application process, Wrexham were awarded a place in the newly restructured FAW Tier 2 North for the 2021/22 season. Wrexham completed a successful first campaign in the new Welsh second tier, finishing runners-up to Llandudno - having lost to the champions in a winner takes all game on the final day of the season at Maesdu Park.
Players
Current squad
- As of 24 March 2022[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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League Record
| League | Year | Pos | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| NWWFL Division Two | 2018/19 | 4/8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 17 | 32 | 19 |
| NWWFL Division One (Cut Short due to COVID)
Decided by PPG (Points per game) |
2019/20 | 8/8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 31 | -27 | 0 |
| No season played
(Cancelled due to the COVID second wave) |
2020/21 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Genaro Adran North | 2021-22 | 2/8 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 30 | 49 | 33 |
Club Honours
NWWFL Division Two League Cup
- Winners: 2019
NWWFL Division Two
- Promoted: 2018-19
NWWFL Supplimentary Cup
- Runners-Up: 2019
Genaro Adran North
- Runners-Up: 2021-22
Player of the Year
- 2018-2019
Jessie Griffiths - 2019-2020
N/A - 2020–2021 N/A
Golden Boot
- 2018-2019
Savannah Pallin (17) - 2019-2020 Lauren Reese (4)
- 2020–2021 N/A
- 2021-2022 Rosie Hughes (46)
References
- "Wrexham FC: why Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have bought the Welsh football club – and what is Aviation Gin?". The Scotsman. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- https://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/teams/women.
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