Angharad made her intentions to stay in WSL1 known to me very quickly so we have been planning for this for a while now." Notts County Having stated her desire to remain in the top-flight, James signed for Notts County in March 2016 ahead of the 2016 FA WSL season. She made 18 appearances in 2016. Two days prior to the start of the FA WSL Spring Series in April 2017, Notts County folded, leaving the players without a club. Yeovil Town On 16 May 2017, following the folding of Notts County, James signed a short-term one month contract with newly promoted WSL 1 side Yeovil Town for the remainder of the FA WSL Spring Series. She made four appearances and scored one goal in a 2–1 defeat to Sunderland as Yeovil finished bottom. Everton In July 2017, James left Yeovil to join newly-promoted Everton ahead of the 2017–18 FA WSL season. She became an integeral part of the team, starting in 43 of her 47 appearances for the club during her two seasons as a Toffee. Reading In July 2019, James left Everton to join Reading. On 17 November 2019, James scored her first Reading goal, and her first goal since scoring for Yeovil May 2017, in a 3–3 draw with Bristol City. James captained Reading on 7 October 2020 in their 4–0 win over second division Charlton Athletic in the League Cup group stage in the absence of Natasha Harding. James scored her only other goal for Reading on 23 January 2021 in the third minute of a 2–2 WSL draw with Aston Villa. On 24 February 2021, Reading announced that James had agreed to join North Carolina Courage of the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) upon the completion of the 2020–21 FA WSL season in May. She left having made 48 appearances and scored two goals. In her final season with the team, James led the FA WSL in successful tackles with 46 and was one of three outfield players to play all 1,980 minutes along with West Ham's Grace Fisk and Manchester United's Millie Turner. North Carolina Courage Having agreed terms in February, James joined North Carolina Courage in May after the end of the 2020–21 FA WSL season. She was named to a matchday squad for the first time on 5 June 2021 as an unused substitute against Chicago Red Stars before eventually debuting