Wolves Women boss Dan McNamara has praised the club’s hierarchy for supporting his team on their journey to the Women’s Super League 2.
The women’s side were less valued under previous chairman Jeff Shi, but since Nathan Shi took his place, the club has attempted to get behind the team as they achieved their dream of getting to the WSL2.
Nathan Shi and technical director Matt Jackson were both in attendance at a recent home win over Burnley, and the head coach has welcomed their backing.
“The chairman and Matt Jackson have been fantastic with us since the start of the last season, to be honest,” McNamara said.
“They’ve given us the platform to perform and achieve and here they are now, turning up to support the girls in big games.
“It was brilliant to see them here. I know they enjoyed it. They came onto the pitch at the end and said they really enjoyed the performance. So hopefully we can see them down here more often.”
Captain Anna Morphet echoed her head coach’s words, and said the support the women’s team is now getting is a far cry from the previous regime.
“It’s huge,” she said.
“Just seeing the chairman and Matt Jackson here and being part of it, they’ve been brilliant.
“He just asked me at the end, what can we do for you? What can we add? And just their presence is fantastic.
“We want to make the club proud just as much as we want their support.
“It’s poles apart from years ago, and it’s fantastic to see.
“We had a difficult time a few years ago, but you’ve got to build on that and use it. “We could have crumbled, and there could have been no more Wolves Women at the end of the day, but here we are now, and it’s fantastic.”
It has been a long journey for Wolves to get to the second tier and become a fully professional outfit.
But now, five games into the season, they sit fifth after a very solid start.
“We do talk about the journey a lot, and it is something that we take a hell of a lot of pride in,” Morphet added.
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“It was a big moment for everybody involved, not last year, but years and years before. Being part of the disappointments, then being part of the celebration.
“But at the same time we wanted to come into this season and not just let the dream stop there.
“We kind of had to use it, but in some instances, park it and make sure that we didn’t stay on that cloud nine. We brought ourselves down to earth and realised the challenge it was going to be.
“From the summer pre-season, right through pre-season to the first games, we’ve grafted very, very hard and it’s really great now to get off to a fantastic start.”