had been unofficially affiliated to an independent women's team called Wigan Athletic Ladies.

[3] In May 2024, the club hosted trials for new players[4] and announced that home games would be played at Edge Hall Road,[5] with the facility also being redeveloped alongside Wigan Warriors Women rugby league club as an 'elite training centre'.

In June 2024, the club announced a further trial (invite-only) exclusively to players who had played within the professional women's football pyramid during the 2023/24 season.

[6] On 22 May 2024, the club officially announced Hayley Sherratt as the Head of Women's Operations.

[7] On 12 July 2024, former Wigan Athletic men's team captain Emmerson Boyce was announced as the club’s first manager.