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Of all the accolades Phoebe Davies has picked up in her career – from the youth set-ups on Merseyside to her current club Wrexham – the cheer from the sidelines of “Come on, Mummy!” is the sweetest.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phoebe’s three-year-old daughter Nansi is a fixture at the Rock – and she takes up her spot every home game to support the first-ever mum to sign a semi-professional contract with Wrexham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It wasn’t something that I thought I’d be doing now,” admits Phoebe ahead of this weekend’s schedule of matches celebrating the Her Game Too campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I was offered the contract, I was obviously honoured and excited, but it wasn’t an answer I could give straight away, and that’s not because I didn’t want to do it, but I needed to speak to my family, because it’s not just me – I’ve got to make sure my daughter’s OK! Luckily I’ve got the support around me to make sure I can do something I really enjoy to the best standard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phoebe signed for Wrexham in October 2022, signing semi-professional terms after their promotion to the Genero Adran Premier, and had been playing at a lower level after giving birth to Nansi. Heading off to training sessions in the evening after a sleepless night with a tiny baby had proved a real challenge, but now she is older and in a routine, everything is much more manageable for the family.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’ve had to work on not beating myself up or feeling guilty,” Phoebe says. “Training I can manage because I put Nansi to bed before I go, so she’s not feeling that I’m leaving all the time, and on a Sunday where possible she comes along to the majority of the games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I’ve definitely had days and weeks where mum-guilt has taken over, and you see other families doing things and you feel guilty because you give so much to football, because you’ve got to at this standard. But I think on the whole I’m more mature now, I’m a few months into it, and I can control it a bit more and I feel more positive about everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahead of a home match, they will head out for breakfast together before going to the ground, where Nansi will sit with her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe’ll be bouncing, all wrapped up in coat and her hood, and she’s quite happy there for the next couple of hours. Quite a few of the fans recognise her now – I think she feels like a bit of a celeb!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And playing in front of her daughter always gives Phoebe added motivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When I was growing up, I was one of the only females who played football in the area. Now, she watches it and doesn’t see it as any different – it’s just people playing sport. She’s oblivious to the idea that not many women play football – it just doesn’t exist in her world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI do hear her sometimes, and she’s been known to tell fans, ‘That’s my mummy!’, which is obviously really cute – and makes it all very worthwhile.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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