Historic Decision From Wrexham AFC’s Rivals as They Appoint First Female Coach for Men’s Professional Soccer Team

The game of soccer keeps changing regularly. Constantly growing from start to finish, the game keeps improving every season. Various changes, appointments, and other factors influence teams every season. For Wrexham, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney came in to transform the sinking soccer club. Although the fans were left unsure at the start of the ownership, they helped secure promotion for the club to EFL League Two. It became one of the turning points of the club. But now they have another rival in EFL League Two side Forest Green Rovers. And they made a historic decision for next season. 

The magnitude of the decision is quite outstanding for the men’s game and would probably happen more in the upcoming seasons. So what just happened?

Wrexham AFC’s rivals hire a monumental coach for EFL League Two season

For the first time, a woman will take over a men’s professional team at the helm, which became a historic decision. Forest Green Rovers hired Hannah Dingley as their new caretaker boss for the club, who will play against Wrexham next season. She is the first woman to land a job with a men’s professional team. Therefore, fans are excited to see the progress the team would make with her management expertise. Thus, it will be interesting to see the coach facing Ryan Reynolds’ Welsh club.

According to BBC, Dingley mentioned, “I’m really excited for this next step of my career. I am grateful for the opportunity to step up and lead such a progressive and forward-thinking club.” It was not a straightforward path to success, as she joined the club in 2019. After that, she took over the academy to keep going. But since then, she rose through the ranks to create a change in the soccer club. Finally, she is the caretaker manager for the English club. 

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Club chairman Dale Vince also gave his appreciation to the new boss. He stated, “It’s perhaps telling for the men’s game that in making this appointment on merit, we’ll break new ground – and Hannah will be the first female head coach in English [men’s] football.”

Dingley faces several challenges to overcome if the team aims to achieve their goals.

Facing tough challenges for the next season

The boss will have to face various challenges for next season considering Wrexham is in the league. They are one of the best clubs in the league and would hope to receive back-to-back promotions. Ryan and Rob invested heavily in the club and facing Dingley and her boys would be a welcome test. 

Hopefully, she can create a change and lead the team for a promotional push. Do you think it will happen?

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