Wolves eye WSL 2 promotion as club backing grows and the spotlight intensifies
Wolves eye WSL 2 promotion as club backing grows and the spotlight intensifies Wolverhampton Wanderers were the focus of this week’s Club Spotlight, where the media spoke with the club about their promotion hunt and their historic Adobe Women’s FA Cup run. Wolves, who sit second in the Northern Premier Division, have had a brilliant season. The club is taking the title to the final day of the FA WNL season, which concludes on Sunday, 26th April.
With a place in WSL 2 up for grabs, fans will be watching with an eager eye to see if Wolves can surpass Burnley to win the league, or if they will need to enter the playoffs for a chance to reach the second tier. The club also made history this season as they appeared on mainstream television for the first time against Stoke City in the second round of the FA Cup, before Channel 4 selected their third-round tie against Nottingham Forest for its first-ever broadcast of the competition. There is a renewed sense of optimism around the club at the moment.
Not just because of their success on the pitch this season, but due to a clear shift in support behind the scenes. The history of Wolves women Wolves Women’s Chair Jenny Wilkes, who has been involved with the club since 1999, believes the club has reached a turning point in both structure and perception. “The last 27 years have been a rollercoaster,” she said.
“When they first started, it was three of them on park pitches until adverts in the local newspaper got them playing football. “It was a completely different time then, when women and girls didn’t play football. It’s nothing like it is now.
” In mid-April, club Chair Jenny Wilkes received the club’s Volunteer of the Year award for 2026. (Photo by Cameron Smith – WWFC/Wolves via Getty Images) Jenny believes that the growth of the women’s game is most evident in the relationship between the women’s team and the wider club. When the women’s team formed in 1975, it adopted the name ‘Heathfield Rovers’ after the local school.
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