{"id":1428,"date":"2025-06-04T11:13:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T10:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/sywf\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2025-06-05T16:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:12:27","slug":"what-julie-anne-quay-said-about-barnsley-fc-womens-professional-ambitions-in-2024-is-staggering-after-latest-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/sywf\/2025\/06\/04\/what-julie-anne-quay-said-about-barnsley-fc-womens-professional-ambitions-in-2024-is-staggering-after-latest-update\/","title":{"rendered":"What Julie Anne Quay said about Barnsley FC Women\u2019s \u2018professional\u2019 ambitions in 2024 is staggering after latest update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Barnsley FC Women have announced that they will be withdrawing from the FA Women\u2019s National League, which comes as a massive shock when looking back at the ambition the club had previously shown.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a recent club statement, Barnsley FC have announced that they will be withdrawing<\/a> their women\u2019s team from the FA Women\u2019s National League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Reds finished in a respectable 8th place in the 2024\/25 National League campaign, escaping relegation back to the 5th tier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barnsley FC Women\u2019s<\/a> status in the 4th tier has been in jeopardy due to financial uncertainties, and a statement by chairman Neerav Parekh confirmed the club\u2019s feat.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It read: \u201cFollowing weeks of discussions both internally as a board and externally with The Football Association (The FA), it is with great sadness that we can confirm that Barnsley FC\u2019s Women\u2019s team will be withdrawing from the FA Women\u2019s National League ahead of the 25\/26 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhilst as a Club we applaud the efforts of The FA to provide financial backing to the WSL and the Women\u2019s Championship, that funding does not trickle down sufficiently to the Women\u2019s National League and the financial restraints put upon the Club this summer has driven us to make this difficult decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDespite our Men\u2019s Academy teams being able to play competitive League fixtures on both our Showcase and 4G pitches, under EFL and Premier League regulations, we have been informed by the FA that these facilities do not meet the criteria for the fourth tier of the Women\u2019s game and therefore the full operation would need to be moved either onto Oakwell Stadium or a local grassroots club, both are financially and logistically not possible with resources available.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This decision comes as quite a surprise from Barnsley FC, especially when reflecting on the comments previously made by co-owner Julie Anne Quayn and former chief executive officer Khaled El-Ahmad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n