Del Morgan's Unique Coaching Qualifications
Del Morgan, who represented Wales at youth level, has achieved a remarkable milestone in Welsh football coaching. At 30 years old, she is the first and currently the only woman in Wales to hold both the UEFA Goalkeeping A Licence and the UEFA A Licence.
Previously a goalkeeper for Wrexham Women, Morgan now serves as the goalkeeper coach at Liverpool Women and leads the club's goalkeeper development and pathway programs. Attaining these two prestigious coaching qualifications has been a long-term ambition for her.
"It's been a goal of mine since I started coaching over 10 years ago to achieve both A licences," said Morgan.
"Predominantly I am a goalkeeper coach so I've focused on the goalkeeper coaching pathway, but through the UEFA licences you have to have the outfield and the goalkeeper one to progress up to the next goalkeeper ladder."
Morgan, who also played for Everton, was determined to complete this progression.
"I always want something to give myself that challenge to keep me going, to give that little bit in between my teeth.
It really put me out of my comfort zone like nothing's ever done before, so I'm really, really glad that I decided to do it."
Del Morgan made her final league appearance for Wrexham against The New Saints in April 2025.
Playing Career and Transition to Coaching
Hailing from Prestatyn, Morgan was part of the Wrexham Women’s team that secured promotion to the Adran Premier in 2023. After the club established itself in the Welsh women's top-flight league, she chose to leave at the end of the 2024-25 season to focus on her coaching career.
Her pursuit of coaching qualifications has involved financial challenges.
"The issue with qualifications is that it costs money, like any qualification does in any sort of job," Morgan explained.
"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 has also contributed to the academies of Cefn Druids and Connah's Quay Nomads and expresses gratitude for the support received from the FAW. She credits Nicola Anderson, the former FAW Female Coach Education Lead, as having the greatest influence on her coaching journey.
Inspiring Future Female Coaches
Looking ahead, Morgan hopes her achievements will motivate other women to pursue coaching careers.
"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."
Wrexham's Rise and Morgan's Connection
Morgan is a dedicated Wrexham supporter and has witnessed the men's team ascend from the National League to the Championship under the ownership of Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
The investment since their arrival in 2021 has transformed the club, including the growth of the women's section, which Morgan was part of.
"When Rob and Ryan came in the whole Wrexham story just exploded," Morgan said.
"Me, my dad and my brother, we talk about it quite often, but we were coming to watch Wrexham games at the Racecourse when they were in the Conference.
We were three people out of 1,500 fans watching them play Dover, and now it's near impossible to try and get a ticket to watch a home game."
She described the club's progress over the past five years as "absolutely fantastic."
"To see it as a fan early on and then just have a small part in it in my last four years of playing, it's just really exciting," Morgan added.
"You just can't believe how far the club's gone and how far it can still go and how high is the ceiling for Wrexham.
It's really exciting because we don't know how high that ceiling is."
Rob McElhenney (left) and Ryan Reynolds with members of the Wrexham Women's team on a bus parade following their promotion to the Adran Premier in 2023.
Future Ambitions in Coaching
This sentiment about limitless potential also applies to Morgan herself, now that she holds both UEFA A licences.
When asked about her future role in football, she stated:
"I don't think I want to become a head coach; I'm very still much I'm a goalkeeper orientated through and through," she said.
"I would love one day to be a WSL (Women's Super League) first-team goalkeeper coach.
Am I ready for that right this second? No, and I'm very open to that."
Morgan is aware of the areas she needs to develop to reach these goals.
"I feel that I'm in a really great place to make those small steps to potentially get the opportunity to do that," she added.
"I get to support the first team at Liverpool quite often, so I think that's probably the ultimate goal.
And I think maybe the little girl in me telling me I would absolutely love to coach the Wales women first team one day."
