Still a few games to go before the Goalden Girl says goodbye

With quite a few North Wales Women’s League matches still to be played this month, we are not really that near to closing off the Goalden Girl chart for 2022-23.

One thing which looked pretty certain is Rosie Hughes of Wrexham AFC Women will finish top for a second season running, unless there is a deluge of goals in the closing matches from one of her rivals.

Kirstie Kural of Connah’s Quay Nomads has netted a fantastic 33 goals from midfield, but would need to score 10 in the NEWFA Challenge Cup Final against Airbus later this month to pass Rosie’s 42.

We would put nothing past Kirstie – she is undoubtedly our North Wales Player of the Season.

Sade Benjamin of NFA and Llangefni Town’s Jen Cox still have a possible three matches apiece left, so both could still make the 30 goals mark.

NORTH WALES WOMEN’S FOOTBALL LEADING SCORERS – UP TO AND INCLUDING MAY 7, 2023
(league and cup goals combined – senior games only)

42 GOALS

Rosie Hughes (Wrexham)

33 GOALS

Kirstie Kural (Connah’s Quay Nomads)

27 GOALS

Stevie Donougher (Bangor 1876), Sade Benjamin (NFA)

24 GOALS

Jen Cox (Llangefni Town)

20 GOALS

Amber Lightfoot (Wrexham)

19 GOALS

Lois Thomas (Pwllheli), Tesni Hughes (Amlwch Town)

17 GOALS

Maddie Williams (Llandudno)

16 GOALS

Zoe Stopford (NFA)

15 GOALS

Elana Harley (Connah’s Quay Nomads)

14 GOALS

Ellie Jones (Amlwch Town), Mari Gibbard (Wrexham – all for Llandudno), Mia Roberts (Bangor 1876), Ella Jones (Bangor 1876)

13 GOALS

Lisa Jones (Caernarfon Town), Ffion Thomas (Llangefni Town), Ffion Williams (CPDM Y Felinheli), Emily Jones (NFA)

12 GOALS

Awel Ellis (Bangor 1876), Ellie Coulson (Llangefni Town)

11 GOALS

Ashleigh Jones (Trearddur Bay), Shannon Hobbs (Connah’s Quay Nomads), Jenna Allsup (Bangor 1876), Danielle Barnfield (Bangor 1876), Ava Suckley (Wrexham)

10 GOALS

Ffion Owen (Llandudno), Sarah Massey (Northop Hall)

9 GOALS

Grace Mpuku (Llanystumdwy), Tegan Hewitt (Connah’s Quay – 1 for Airbus), Jasmin Dutton (Llandudno), Stella Windsor (NFA), Fflur Williams (CPDM Y Felinheli), Amy Webster (NFA)

8 GOALS

Libby McKenzie (Wrexham), Cerys Parry (Bangor 1876), Kylie Jones (Connah’s Quay Nomads)

7 GOALS

Rosie Hughes (Flint Town United), Mari Owen (Pwllheli), Bess Roberts (Pwllheli), Gail Paterson-Manning (Trearddur Bay), Becca Bannister (CPD Y Rhyl 1879), Rachael Thomas (CPD Y Rhyl 1879), Brygida Gorecka (Northop Hall), Rebecca Pritchard (Wrexham), Cerys Gadd (Amlwch Town), Hana Wellings (Llanystumdwy), Ruby McGilloway (NFA)

6 GOALS

Jennifer Haynes (Flint Town United – 5 for Connah’s Quay Nomads), Niomi Taylor (CPD Y Rhyl 1879), Ceri Lois (Bangor 1876), Laura Williams (CPD Y Rhyl 1879), Jordanne Greenough (CPDM Y Felinheli), Magi Hughes (Pwllheli), Freya Davies (Trearddur Bay). Alaw Parry (Caernarfon Town). Esra Gunes (Denbigh Town), Kaelyn Williams (Flint Town United)