This could truly be a weekend to savour for Wrexham.
Phil Parkinson’s men’s team will try to clinch an unprecedented third straight promotion on Saturday evening, then, a little under 24 hours later, the women’s side will try to carve out their own slice of history.
For the second year running, Wrexham’s women are through to the Bute Energy Welsh Cup final.
Just as they did 12 months ago, Cardiff City, reigning champions of Welsh women’s football’s Adran Premier top flight, stand between Steve Dale’s side and a first piece of major silverware. Adding to the sense of deja vu is the fact that Rodney Parade, in Newport, will again host this north versus south battle, as it did in 2024.
For Wrexham, however, Sunday’s final feels very different from last year’s 2-0 defeat, having beaten Cardiff twice in the league in the past seven weeks, bolstering their belief that this could be their time.
Then there are Abbie Iddenden and Ava Suckley, the strike partnership who have plundered 32 goals between them this season. Neither was involved in last year’s final, Suckley failing to make the squad after being in and out of the team and Iddenden only joining in August from Stoke City.
Can the deadly duo make all the difference? They certainly did in those recent 2-1 and 4-2…
