Del Morgan hopes double licence achievement can inspire future female Welsh coaches

Morgan, from Prestatyn, was part of the Wrexham side which won promotion to the Adran Premier in 2023.

With the club established in Welsh women’s top-flight, Morgan opted to leave at the end of the 2024-25 season to concentrate on her coaching career.

Pursuing her coaching ambitions has come at a cost.

“The issue with qualifications is that it costs money, like any qualification does in any sort of job,” Morgan added.

“Along the way I might have had clubs supporting that but the higher up you go the pathway, the more money it costs.

“It’s probably why a lot of people stop at certain levels because they just can’t find that next level of funding to go through.

“The FAW (Football Association of Wales) have been very supportive, especially this year with the outfield day licence, there’s a lot of help with that.

“But they’ve also been really supportive in giving me opportunities to coach within their youth pathway as well, so it’s sort of like payback for me as well.”

Morgan, who has also worked with the academies of Cefn Druids and Connah’s Quay Nomads, is grateful for the support she has had from the FAW.

She acknowledges Nicola Anderson, who was previously the FAW’s Female Coach Education Lead, as having the “biggest impact” on her coaching journey.

Now Morgan hopes she can inspire other women on their own coaching paths.

“I’m hoping that they sort of see my journey to help motivate them,” she said.

“Because we need more female coaches and in particular we need more female goalkeeper coaches, especially in Wales.

“It’s slowly starting to change but there needs to be a lot more opportunities for these young women, these girls, to be able to have an environment to coach in and have an environment where they feel safe to make mistakes, but also just to learn and develop on the go.”