We did it!

Sunday’s spectacular 4-1 victory over Cardiff City,, which clinched the league title, had it all. We suffered through a poor opening half hour and recovered spectacularly, with the coaching staff’s alteration to our formation key, and showed the quality of champions in the last 50 minutes.

It was an emotional occasion which was a hitting reward for the people who steered a three-year course from Ponciau Banks to national champs.

The infrastructure which has been put in to encourage girls to play football, and the pathway from there to the first team, is a credit to Gemma and Gareth Owen.

Their stellar work for local football at all levels over the years has been remarkable.

Rob and Ryan’s investment, and the outstanding people that have been gathered on the women’s side of the club, have supersized the fine work of the Owens.

As a consequence, we have developed a line of talent leading into the side which gives us the potential to do great things for Welsh football.

If you think men’s football in North Wales has been neglected by the Welsh FA, you should have a good look at what happened to the women.

The second tier, the Adran North, has fewer teams than the Adran South, and the under-19 league had a mere three teams in it this season. It essentially proved unworkable.

There has not been enough investment or support for North Walian women’s football, and something drastic needs to be done to remedy that.

In the absence of effective intervention from the national body, that drastic remedy is Wrexham AFC!

The phenomenal project which is still taking off at The Rock is a matter of incredible pride to everybody involved with the club.

Already, before the boost we have received in the last few years, we have developed terrific talent. Lili Jones, of course, is one of our own and an inspirational player in the heart of midfield.

I keep embarrassing her by comparing her to Steven Gerrard, but it’s an obvious link to make. She battles, she creates, and when a game is drifting away from us she has that remarkable ability to grab it by the scruff of the neck and turn it around.

But one good player does not make a pipeline of talent, I appreciate.

Our all time second top scorer, Ava Suckley, also came through the ranks and is a gifted match-winner, capable of pulling off the unexpected.

Evidence? Take your pick: a 40-yard opener at the Swansea.com Stadium; a brilliant chip from 25 yards to hit the tiny space under the bar that the goalkeeper couldn’t reach in the Adran Trophy Final; and my personal favourite, an outrageous effort at Barry which just scraped the post, struck while being closed down by three defenders on the halfway line with the outside of their foot while standing on the touchline!

You read that correctly: it was insane!

At the back, Phoebe Davies, a genuine club legend, has been outstanding this season and Erin Lovett has also represented her local team with admirable character.

In the club’s pre-match show last Sunday, Lovett spoke eloquently about having to play in boys’ teams as a child because there was no female option. The remarkable progress of Wrexham is changing the landscape in the north, spreading across the region to ensure the next generation of girls will have their own teams to play for.

Welsh football can only benefit from this, and having won the league we can accelerate the process in the Champions League next season.

Welsh women’s clubs have an awful record in European. We can change that, and in doing so not only enjoy some wonderful occasions, adding even more lustre to our club’s reputation, but also improve the Welsh league’s UEFA coefficient.

If we can do that, more Welsh teams will be given places in Europe, and the development of the Adran Premier and of Welsh women’s football will be done a great service.

I don’t want to appear arrogant in suggesting we can make such an impact. Cardiff have already done great things in the south, but we’ll have a much better chance of building a healthy national game with similar work being done in the north.

So many people serve women’s football in North Wales admirably without any reward other than knowing they are doing a good thing for their community.

Our cup runs in recent seasons have taken us to grass roots clubs, like NFA, a youth academy in Rhyl, Pwllheli, Y Felinheli and Llanystwmdwy, which exemplify this.

Rob and Ryan supersized the club’s work; now that positive impact can ripple across a wider community.