Magic Molly wins deserved goalkeeper award

Connah’s Quay Nomads women’s team score so many goals it is sometimes overlooked how strong they are at the back as well.

To concede just six goals in 14 matches over a title-winning season, you need solid defenders and a pretty good goalkeeper too.

This is where Molly France comes in. The 18-year-old keeper has won the Genero Adran North Golden Glove for 2024-25.

The young talent played in nine of Nomads’ 14 league matches – all wins – and conceded just six goals, producing five clean sheets.

She was also a standout player in Connah’s Quay’s heartbreaking North-South promotion play-off 3-2 defeat against Pontypridd United, especially in the first half when she produced some amazing saves to help her team lead 2-0 at the break.

A Welsh Colleges international, Molly made her senior debut for Nomads at the start of 2023-24, keeping a blank sheet in a 6-0 victory over NFA on September 10, 2023.

She has since gone on to appear in 33 first team matches, also featuring in a number of games for the under-19 development side.

Molly played in the 2023-24 NEWFA Challenge Cup Final, which saw Nomads win the trophy for a third successive year with a 5-0 triumph over Airbus.

And she completed her second season as a regular by winning the Genero Adran North title with Jordan Parry’s side.

Molly is a highly-rated stopper who looks set for a great future in football.