Wrexham Association Football Club Women (), formerly known as NEWI Wrexham Ladies and Wrexham Ladies F.C., is a Welsh semi-professional women's football club that competes in the Adran Premier, the first-tier of women's football in Wales. Since 2009 and after their reformation in 2018, the club has been affiliated with

Wrexham A.F.C. Wrexham Association Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Wrexham, Wales. Formed in 1864, it is the oldest club in Wales and the third-oldest professional association football team in the world. The club compe ...

, which competes in

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, the second division of English football. As NEWI Wrexham Ladies, they helped found the North Wales Women's Football League in 2003 and as Wrexham Ladies F.C. the Welsh Premier Women's League in 2009.

History

2003–2018: NEWI Wrexham Ladies to Wrexham Ladies FC

In 2003, the NEWI Wrexham Ladies Football Club was formed, becoming part of the new North Wales Women's Football League. The initial squad drew players from the

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(NEWI) and the Yale College, Wrexham and played their home games next door to the Racecourse Ground. In 2008, they reached the finals of the

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for the first time. In

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, they became part of

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, helped to found the Welsh Premier Women's League as one of four teams in the Northern Division and adopted the new name Wrexham Ladies FC. In the 2011-12 season, they won the division but lost the Championship Final against

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. The Welsh Premier League went national during the 2012-13 season and the team finished in third place. They finished 6th in both of the following campaigns. 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, the club reformed as Wrexham A.F.C. Women, joining the North Wales Women's Football League to compete against teams across North Wales. Penycae F.C.’s Afoneitha Road was chosen for home matches and former Racecourse Community Foundation coach Luke Wynne became the manager. 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 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 but lost the League’s Supplementary Cup to Amlwch Town Ladies. They finished the season 4th in the league and gained promotion to Division One. In the 2019/20 season, the

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cut the season short with Wrexham in 8th place after losing all league games. The Football Association of Wales decided to use points per game (PPG) calculation to work out the finishing positions for the teams in all leagues with no female teams being relegated.

2020–2023: New owners, promotion to Adran Premier

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, 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. 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 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 as an inaugural member that new second tier, finishing runners-up to Llandudno Ladies F.C. after losing to the champions in a winner-takes-all game on the final day of the season at

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. On 9 February 2023, Wrexham announced they had applied for a Tier 1 license, and would become

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if promoted to the Adran Premier for the 2023/24 season. They won the Adran North championship trophy on March 26 after winning all their league games and earned promotion after winning the playoff game 1-0 against Briton Ferry Llansawel, on April 16 in

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2023– present: Adran Premier and turning semi-professional

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.

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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

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leading the league in scoring. They finished 3rd and reached the finals of the

for the second time. The club was granted its first UEFA license in March 2024. In June 2024, the team participated in the very first separate women's tournament of The Soccer Tournament where they failed to exit the group stage. In July 2024, the club made its first-ever tour abroad when it played three games in the USA through a sponsorship with

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(0-7). The club finished 4th in the 2024–25 season, only one point behind The New Saints FC, after losing to them in the final game of the season and reached the finals of the FAW Women's Cup for the third time. In May 2025, the team became the first from the club to travel to Asia for the HKFC Soccer Sevens tournament, becoming the first Women’s side to do so from outside of Asia. On 23 May 2025, Steve Dale resigned as manager after 4 seasons in charge.

Stadium

They first played their home games at the

, moved to Penycae F.C.’s Afoneitha Road after their reformation in 2018 and later played their home games at the Brymbo Sports & Social Complex in Wrexhmam. For the 2023–24 season, the team moved to The Rock in

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after reaching a multi-year agreement with Cefn Druids A.F.C. to see the women’s section train and play their home games at The Rock Stadium. The capacity is 3,000 (500 seats).

Sponsorship

In May 2023, the team's training kit was announced to be sponsored by Betty Buzz, a beverage company owned by

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, from the 2023–24 season.

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Players

Squad

Player records

*Most goals in a season in all competitions: 65 – Lowri Edwards (2011-12) *Most league goals in total: 78 – Lowri Edwards *Most league appearances: 82 – Lyndsey Rodger (2011–2015) *Most appearances in total: 111 – Del Morgan (2011–2025)

Women's Player of the Season

* 2021-22 -

* 2022-23 - Rosie Hughes * 2023-24 - Rosie Hughes * 2024-25 - Abbie Iddendenhttps://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/2025/may/29/2024-25-awards---wrexham-afc-women-award-winners-announced/

Women's Young Player of the Season

* 2021-22 - Amber Lightfoot * 2022-23 - Amber Lightfoot * 2023-24 - Lili Jones * 2024-25 - Lili Jones

Women's Players' Player of the Season

* 2021-22 - TJ Dickens * 2022-23 - Erin Lovett * 2023-24 - Phoebe Davies * 2024-25 - Liz Craven

Women's Top Goalscorer

* 2021-22 - Rosie Hughes * 2022-23 - Rosie Hughes * 2023-24 - Rosie Hughes

Goal of the Season

* 2024-25 - Lili Jones

Seasons

Team records

*Attendance – 10,379 v

Academy, Friendly, 26 July 2024 *League Attendance – 9,511 v Connah's Quay Nomads Women, Adran North, 26 March 2023 *Highest league win – 19-1 v Cybi, Welsh Premier Women's League, 11 September 2011 *Worst league defeat – 1–12 v Llanfair United, North Wales Women's League, Div. 1, 8 September 2019 *Highest league finish - 2nd, Welsh Premier Women's League, 2011–12 Welsh Premier Women's League *Lowest league finish - 4th, North Wales Women's League, Div. 2, 2018–19 *Biggest cup win - 13–0 v Pwllheli, 2023–24 FAW Women's Cup, 15 October 2023 *Most league wins in a season 13, 2012–13 Welsh Premier Women's League *Most goals in a season – 77, Adran North, 2021–22 *Most clean sheets in a season – 27, 2011–12 Welsh Premier Women's League

Club officials

Women's Coaching Staff

Honours

League * Adran Premier **Runners-up (1): 2011–2012 *Genero Adran North **Winners (1): 2022–23 **Runners-up (1): 2021–22 *NWWFL Division Two **Promoted (1): 2018–19. Cups *

**Runners-up (2):

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*NWWFL Division Two League Cup **Winners (1): 2019 *NWWFL Supplementary Cup **Runners-up (1): 2019

Literature

*''Champions 2022/23 – The Story Of A Record-Breaking Season'', Wrexham A.F.C., 2023 Documents the campaigns of both teams.

References

External links

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Official Twitter account
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