REPUBLIC OF IRELAND international Ellen Molloy has re-signed for Wexford FC after her departure from Sheffield United.
The Blades confirmed on Friday that Molloy had left the club after four months in the English Championship.
Molloy and Sheffield United agreed to a mutual termination of the midfielder’s contract, with the Kilkenny woman returning to Ireland for what the club described as “personal reasons”.
The 20-year-old made the move from Wexford in early September. The Slaneysiders announced her return yesterday, with Sean Byrne their new manager.
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Thomastown FC product Molloy joined Wexford in the summer of 2019 and scored a brace on her senior debut against Bohemians the following August, aged 16.
Molloy was named the Women’s National League Young Player of the Year at the end of her first season in senior football and, while still 16, she also made her Ireland senior debut against Ukraine in 2020.
She lifted the FAI Cup with Wexford in 2021, a campaign which saw Molloy also included in the Women’s National League Team of the Year.
We can confirm Ellen Molloy and Charlotte Wardlaw have left the club, with Molloy returning to Ireland for personal reasons and Wardlaw recalled from her loan by Chelsea.
Tilly Bristow will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing successful surgery on an ankle injury.
Molloy was already 16 goals into the 2022 season when she ruptured her ACL, which kept her out of the game for almost a full year. She recovered to pick up where she left off at the end of 2023, however, and her 2024 form earned her a move to Championship side Sheffield United.
Molloy departed Wexford in September having scored 47 goals in 90 appearances for the club.
She made seven league appearances for the struggling Blades, recording a goal and an assist before her departure.
- Additional reporting from Emma Duffy
- Updated after confirmation of Molloy’s Wexford return
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Ireland international Ellen Molloy re-signs for Wexford after Sheffield United exit
LAST UPDATE | 11 Jan 2025
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND international Ellen Molloy has re-signed for Wexford FC after her departure from Sheffield United.
The Blades confirmed on Friday that Molloy had left the club after four months in the English Championship.
Molloy and Sheffield United agreed to a mutual termination of the midfielder’s contract, with the Kilkenny woman returning to Ireland for what the club described as “personal reasons”.
The 20-year-old made the move from Wexford in early September. The Slaneysiders announced her return yesterday, with Sean Byrne their new manager.
Thomastown FC product Molloy joined Wexford in the summer of 2019 and scored a brace on her senior debut against Bohemians the following August, aged 16.
Molloy was named the Women’s National League Young Player of the Year at the end of her first season in senior football and, while still 16, she also made her Ireland senior debut against Ukraine in 2020.
She lifted the FAI Cup with Wexford in 2021, a campaign which saw Molloy also included in the Women’s National League Team of the Year.
Molloy was already 16 goals into the 2022 season when she ruptured her ACL, which kept her out of the game for almost a full year. She recovered to pick up where she left off at the end of 2023, however, and her 2024 form earned her a move to Championship side Sheffield United.
Molloy departed Wexford in September having scored 47 goals in 90 appearances for the club.
She made seven league appearances for the struggling Blades, recording a goal and an assist before her departure.
- Additional reporting from Emma Duffy
- Updated after confirmation of Molloy’s Wexford return
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