After nearly being promoted, Wolves Women discover club never applied for promotion
After nearly being promoted, Wolves Women discover club never applied for promotion
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Wolves Women just fell short of promotion to the Championship this season. After the campaign ended, the team learned that even if it had reached its goal, it wouldn't have moved up a division.
That's because the club didn't actually apply for promotion — a required step for any team in England.
Wolves won their final match of the third-tier Women's Premier Division North on Sunday, defeating Liverpool Feds 6-0. Promotion was still possible heading into the final game of the season, but Nottingham Forest also won Sunday to clinch the title and finish three points above Wolves.
It wasn't until after the game that Wolves staff members told players that the team's application for a Tier 2 license — which requires clubs to make several financial commitments — was never turned in before a February deadline.
In a post on X, midfielder Beth Merrick said: "Imagine fighting for promotion all season to find out our Championship bid was never submitted.
"As a group we are absolutely devastated to finish the season this way and believe it speaks volumes about the club's ambitions for the women's team.
"For our staff to have to deliver this news to us moments after is astonishing."
The Express & Star reported that the club didn't apply amid fears that its men's team would be relegated from the Premier League. Wolves are currently 13th in the Premier League, comfortably clear of the bottom three.
Wolves midfielder Lily Simkin added on X: "We took it to the last day to find out it would have all been for nothing anyway. We deserve better."
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