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\u201cI signed for Wolves thinking it was a chance to get back into the Championship,\u201d Simkin says. \u201cRealistically, would I have considered going to Wolves in January if I knew that I was going there for nothing? I probably wouldn\u2019t have joined, so it\u2019s frustrating. I was giving my all, thinking we were going for promotion, and I tore my ACL for the second time. I\u2019ve just had surgery again, and it\u2019s added stress that I didn\u2019t even need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt puts me in a position where the other girls can leave or go elsewhere, whereas I\u2019m stuck trying to fight to get back fit because otherwise I can\u2019t find a new club even if I wanted to. I\u2019m potentially getting fit to go back into a team who are not making progress on or off the pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite all the frustration and anger, the widespread public support and promise of changes from Wolverhampton Wanderers offer a silver lining in what has been an eye-opener to the way women continue to be treated in football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve spoken to people who genuinely care. People at the club that wouldn\u2019t speak up for us before have started to, so I think this time is different. They speak to us and realise that we are human and we deserve as much as the men do,\u201d Says Simkin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNone of us thought it would spiral how it did and how quickly it did. It shows that there is a community in women\u2019s football. It\u2019s nice to see that off the pitch there is a community that cares about each other. Even our biggest rivals helped us out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although there has been no official announcement yet that the club will apply for the license ahead of the next campaign, the feeling amongst the fans is positive, as they believe that enough noise has been raised for change to be imminent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anna Scofield, a men\u2019s and women\u2019s Wolverhampton Wanderers season ticket holder, says, \u201cIt\u2019s disappointing because you would never see this with the men\u2019s team, but after the whole footballing community has supported our girls and gone after the club, I\u2019m positive that things will change and there\u2019s a bright future ahead for Wolves women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simkin echoes these thoughts, saying, \u201cWe\u2019ve always been the underdogs in our league. We run off one of the lowest budgets, and no one ever thinks we\u2019re going to achieve what we achieve. We\u2019ve been called underdogs within our own club. No one expected us to finish where we finished this season, so who says we can\u2019t do it again and go one better?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have family history at the club, so I want to fight to make changes. The fans, players, and staff at Wolves have become family, and this has made us even closer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scofield and Simkin highlight the beauty of being the underdog. Sport isn\u2019t about being successful every year, but rather about the hope that you can be. Without people higher up lobbying for improvement of women\u2019s football, this hope can easily be lost, but Wolves will be hoping that when they come back into the changing room at the end of next season, they\u2019re either ecstatic or heartbroken due to their results on the pitch, rather than because of decisions made by millionaire football owners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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