‘It’s a disgrace’ – Wolves accused of letting women’s team down as players left devastated
Wolverhampton Wanderers have been torn to bits over their neglect of their women’s team. It emerged on Monday that the club had not submitted an application to the Championship while their women’s side were fighting for promotion, effectively barring them from moving up a division. Players felt their hard work was all for nothingGetty Wolves eventually finished second in the third tier, missing out on promotion to Nottingham Forest by three points on the final day of the season. Yet their players found out after their 6-0 final day win over Liverpool Feds that had they taken top spot, it would have been in vain anyway. Responding to the news, talkSPORT host Shebahn Aherne accused the club of only having a women’s team as a box ticking exercise. “It’s so, so poor, a complete let down,” she began. “Do not have a women’s team to tick a box. “Just don’t do it, just don’t have it at all, I think we would all appreciate that a little bit more. “But to have a women’s team and neglect submitting that bid for the Championship is so, so poor, it’s actually a disgrace. “You’re seeing these pictures of Wolves’ men who have been on an excellent run this season to survive in the Premier League and Vitor Pereira being your man’s man in the pub, it’s got nothing to do with them. “This is the club, this is the board and it has to be better, do not have a team if you’re just having one to tick a box.” Aherne’s sentiment appears to be shared by those at the club, with The Guardian adding that many players and staff are now considering their futures. On top of that, two of their players have expressed their anger, including Beth Merrick. Wolves are yet to issue a full explanation of the situationGetty “Imagine fighting for promotion all season, to find out our Championship bid was never submitted,” the midfielder said. “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. “Our players, staff and fans deserve so much better. The staff have put in hours of dedication, for a bid to never be submitted. “It’s not about money, it’s about honesty and transparency.” Teammate Lily Simkin added: “We feel let down. “As a group of staff and players who have been fighting all season and still achieved what the some people at the club thought was impossible. “We took it to the last day to find out it would have all been for nothing anyway. We deserve better.”

Wolverhampton Wanderers have been torn to bits over their neglect of their women’s team.
It emerged on Monday that the club had not submitted an application to the Championship while their women’s side were fighting for promotion, effectively barring them from moving up a division.
Wolves eventually finished second in the third tier, missing out on promotion to Nottingham Forest by three points on the final day of the season.
Yet their players found out after their 6-0 final day win over Liverpool Feds that had they taken top spot, it would have been in vain anyway.
Responding to the news, talkSPORT host Shebahn Aherne accused the club of only having a women’s team as a box ticking exercise.
“It’s so, so poor, a complete let down,” she began. “Do not have a women’s team to tick a box.
“Just don’t do it, just don’t have it at all, I think we would all appreciate that a little bit more.
“But to have a women’s team and neglect submitting that bid for the Championship is so, so poor, it’s actually a disgrace.
“You’re seeing these pictures of Wolves’ men who have been on an excellent run this season to survive in the Premier League and Vitor Pereira being your man’s man in the pub, it’s got nothing to do with them.
“This is the club, this is the board and it has to be better, do not have a team if you’re just having one to tick a box.”
Aherne’s sentiment appears to be shared by those at the club, with The Guardian adding that many players and staff are now considering their futures.
On top of that, two of their players have expressed their anger, including Beth Merrick.
“Imagine fighting for promotion all season, to find out our Championship bid was never submitted,” the midfielder said.
“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.
“Our players, staff and fans deserve so much better. The staff have put in hours of dedication, for a bid to never be submitted.
“It’s not about money, it’s about honesty and transparency.”
Teammate Lily Simkin added: “We feel let down.
“As a group of staff and players who have been fighting all season and still achieved what the some people at the club thought was impossible.
“We took it to the last day to find out it would have all been for nothing anyway. We deserve better.”