Wolves Women deserve their moment, says Dan McNamara
Wolves Women boss Dan McNamara is desperate for his title-chasers to have the ‘moment’ they deserve and not be denied for a second season running.
McNamara’s side are returning to Women’s FA Cup action on Sunday, April 4, against Nottingham Forest – but their league campaign hangs in the balance.
There are fears of 2020/21 being deemed null and void – just as last season was – because of Covid-19, with some of the teams in Wolves’ division having played as few as four league games.
Wolves are top of the Women’s National League Division One Midlands having played six matches, and won all of them, and McNamara hopes there can be a way of carrying on after his team saw their promotion bid left in tatters in 19/20, too, when they had won 14 of 15 games.
“We’ve got a perfect record and only lost once in two seasons. I’m fully confident the girls can go on and do it,” he said.
“There’s talk of outcomes where it won’t be completely null and void, but it’s bigger than that for me.
“With the environment and culture we have created at Wolves and the group we’ve got together, we deserve a moment.
“They deserve a memory, and that memory could be winning the league title together.
“That’s the biggest thing. There’s players in that group who, they’ll be honest with you themselves, it’s probably their last one.
“They may never win a national league title again because they’re beyond that in their careers, so to have the moment taken away, which the group deserves, would be something we wouldn’t want to deal with for a second time.”
All clubs have been provided with a survey to gauge thoughts on the season’s conclusion and it is understood they should receive an update next week.
No games have been played since December while a normal campaign in the 12-team division would see teams play 22 times.
Assuming a restart date of April 11, which would give two weeks worth of training after the restrictions ease on March 29, some teams would not finish their scheduled league action until well into June.
McNamara added: “Putting trophies and titles to one side for a minute, we just want to see female players back on a football pitch.”
