Wolves Women Captain Anna Morphet answers some quirky questions!

To mark the opening of a new display celebrating Wolves Women at Wolves Museum Captain Anna Morphet explains what it’s like to play at Molineux.

What is the most memorable place you’ve played football? Molineux is definitely up there because it’s such a great place to play football, but I remember when I was really young, when I was in year seven or eight, I played in a five-a-side tournament at Wembley. I won’t ever forget that. It’s got to be the most memorable, definitely. It was pretty surreal at the time, but because I was quite young, I don’t think I really appreciated it as much as I should have done now I look back at it, but it was pretty amazing.

What are the strangest superstitions you’ve seen from teammates? I’ve just recently learned about AJ [Abbi Jenner] that the last thing she’s got to eat just as she goes out onto the pitch is a squares bar. That was a bit of a random one. Before the game, the last thing she’s got to eat is the squares bar, even if it’s just a bite – I’ve not seen anything like that before.

What is the greatest comeback you’ve been involved in? I don’t think I’ve ever been involved in one like we did when we were 3-0 down to Forest last season. That was quite something. But it wasn’t just fighting back like we did, but also all of the goals we scored that afternoon were quite special. I’m trying to think of any more I’ve had like that, but I don’t think anything else I’ve been involved in comes close, and that’s got to be the stand-out. Whenever I think of crazy games, I think of that one. Considering how quickly it changed, and the goals that we scored, as well as being against Forest who are a top team and we’ve formed a big rivalry over the years, so it’s got to be that one.

What is the strangest moment you’ve experienced in a game? Halfway through a game a couple of years ago, I think it might have been Stoke away, we had our first corner of the game and realised that we didn’t have any corner flags. I remember me and Beth Merrick were taking one corner each and it was a bit strange because it took me back to the days when you had to do it yourself. It’s odd that we’d got 30 minutes into the game and nobody had noticed, then we were setting it up ourselves.

Who is the biggest character in a dressing room you’ve been in? In the last few seasons, Sophie Bramford is someone who would always come out with something random or something funny. She was always a big character in the group and would always be making everyone laugh. She would be on a completely different wavelength to people at times and was a big character but a great one.  She would always lift the move and be a great person to have around.

What is the oddest thing you’ve heard said during match? That’s a difficult one. You hear some interesting things said by refs, which you don’t quite understand why, but apart from that, there’s not been anything really rogue which sticks out to me.

What is the most unexpected result you’ve had? I can remember back to quite a few years ago now and we were in peak Covid times and our league had been null and voided, as had every league tier four and below, but the FA Cup was still going on. We travelled away to Watford and beat them 4-1. I think they were at the top of tier three at the time and got promoted to the Championship that season, so to not only beat them, but to beat them away from home 4-1, that was pretty special and very unexpected.

What is the best goal you’ve ever seen scored? I can’t pick my own, but one that’s jumping out to me – which I was talking to someone about the other day – was by Laura Cooper. She used to play for us a couple of seasons ago, the year we won the league, and we played away at Nottingham Forest and she hit a sliced-shot volley, pure as anything from about 30 yards out. I was right behind it and it was a perfect finish on the volley. It’s got to be one of the best I’ve had a great view of.

Celebrating Wolves Women

To mark International Women’s Day 2025 Wolves Museum unveiled a brand-new display celebrating Wolves Women on the year of their 50th season.

Originally formed as Heathfield Rovers by trailblazers Jane Hill, Jackie Pickup and Gill Spillsbury, the team evolved through various iterations before officially becoming part of Wolverhampton Wanderers and growing into the team we know today.

The stories of Wolves Women deserve to be told, and now the Wolves Museum are proud to host a dedicated area to celebrate the team, from their beginnings to the present day.

Wolves Women’s story will continue to grow, and this growth will now be documented and preserved for visitors to enjoy into the future.

The exhibit itself is comprised of a variety of items relating to Wolves Women, a celebration of players past and present, and a board honouring those who have played over 100 times for the club since assimilating with Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.

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