Glasgow Women F.C.

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Glasgow Girls & Women FC
Glasgow Women FC logo.png
Full nameGlasgow Girls & Women Football Club
Founded2008;17 years ago (2008)
GroundBudhill Park, Glasgow
Chairperson [1]
ManagerAndy Gardner [2]
League Scottish Women's Football Championship
Website http://www.glasgowgirlsfc.com/home/

Glasgow Girls & Women Football Club, whose first team is branded as Glasgow GWFC, is a Scottish women's association football club based in the East End of Glasgow. [3] [4] [5] They are members of the Scottish Women's Football Championship. They were previously known as Glasgow Girls at senior level before rebranding in 2020.

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History

The club and was formed in 2008, following on from an earlier club called Clyde Girls. They initially operated at under-13 level, subsequently adding other age level teams and an adult team. Several of the original group of girls progressed to the senior team. An associated boys' club, Glasgow Boys, was founded in 2013, [6]

The club has been awarded the SFA Legacy Quality Mark, the national body's highest accreditation for organising football to a recognised standard. [7]

In the 2021-22 season the club won promotion to the top tier of Scottish women's football by placing second in the SWPL2. [8] However, in the next season they became one of only six football clubs known to have completed a full season with no victories and no draws as they lost all 32 of their games. [9] They were duly relegated back to SWPL2.

They fared better in the 2023-24 season with 6 wins and 8 draws from their 28 games but were ultimately relegated again when they finished second bottom and lost the SWPL2 Play-off Final against Ayr United and took their place in the Scottish Women's Football Championship. [10]

Ground

Until 2017 the club played its home games at Budhill Park in the Springboig area of Glasgow, which opened in 2013. [11] [1] From 2018, the senior team played some of their home games at Petershill Park in the north of the city (also the home ground of multiple Scottish champions Glasgow City) [12] and some at the Greenfield Football Centre near Carntyne. [13] In 2022–23, home fixtures were played at New Tinto Park in Govan, home of Benburb.

Players

Current squad

As of 21 February 2024 [14]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Jenna Woods
3 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Rebecca McGarvey
4 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Leah Donnelly
5 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Emma Rogers
6 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Devon McPherson
7 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Caitlin McKee
9 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Morgan Anderson
10 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Maura Paterson
11 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Kirstin Harper
14 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Charmaigne McGuire
16 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Monica Smith
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Mhairi Lyle
19 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Kayleigh Barghati
20 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Natasha Donaghy
21 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Elisha Duff
22 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Philippa MacConnell
23 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Courtney Reid
24 GK Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Katie Andrews
25 GK Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Khym Ramsay
26 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Brooke Shields
28 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Zoe Main

References

  1. 1 2 "Pitch perfect". Evening Times . 2 January 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Glasgow Girls FC". Glasgow Girls FC. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "SWPL 2 - Scottish Womens Football". Scotwomensfootball.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Gray, Lisa (24 June 2017). "Glasgow Girls boss reckons his players have international appeal". Dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Chance to support promsing[sic] teen footballer". Stornowaygazette.co.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "History". Glasgow Girls F.C. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Club Development: Quality Mark Roll Of Honour". Scottish Football Association . Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Glasgow Women promoted in thrilling final day for SWPL - Scottish Women's Football". SWF. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "SWPL 2022-23 League table". swpl.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "Ayr United promoted to ScottishPower Women's Premier League 2". shekicks.net. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  11. ↑ "Glasgow Girls F.C 'Grand Opening of Budhill Park'". Scottish Football Partnership. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "SWPL 2 Home Grounds". Jax Mc Media. 3 February 2018. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  13. ↑ "Greenfield Football Centre". Glasgow Life. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "Glasgow Girls FC". Glasgow Girls FC. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

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