Kilwinning Sports Club L.F.C.

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Kilwinning SC Ladies
Full nameKilwinning Sports Club Ladies Football Club [1]
Founded2009 [1]
Dissolved2014 [1]
GroundKilwinning Sports Club
League Scottish Women's First Division
2013 Scottish Women's Premier League, 12th

Kilwinning Sports Club L.F.C. were a Scottish women's football club affiliated to Kilwinning Sports Club based in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire. They were founded in 2009, but were dissolved in 2014. [1] The club spent one season in the Scottish Women's Premier League in 2013 after securing back-to-back promotions in 2011 and 2012. [1] [2]

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History

The club spent 2010 and 2011 in the Scottish Women's Second Division West, [3] [4] winning the league title in 2011. [4] A fourth-place finish in the Scottish Women's First Division in 2012 was enough to seal promotion to the SWPL, [2] which included a club record 17-0 victory against Raith Rovers on the last day of the season. [1] As two reserves teams of SWPL clubs occupied the top two league positions at the end of the season it meant Buchan (3rd) and Kilwinning (4th) were promoted instead. Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion to the top division if their parent club already compete in the top division.

Ahead of their debut season in the SWPL, Kilwinning announced the high profile transfer of Scotland international Julie Fleeting in March 2013 from English champions Arsenal. [2] [5] Kilwinning were Fleeting's hometown club. [2] After a disappointing debut season in the SWPL, [1] which saw Fleeting depart for Celtic in July, [6] Kilwinning finished bottom of the table and were relegated back to the First Division. [7] Kilwinning had fielded a second team in the Scottish Women's Second Division West for the 2013 season. [2]

Relegation ultimately led to a mass exodus of players. [1] Kilwinning also struggled to find a permanent replacement for Craig Hamilton who quit as manager following relegation. [1] After struggling to rebuild in time for the 2014 season the plug was pulled after the club withdrew from their opening day league fixture against Aberdeen Reserves after failing to field a team. [1] Kilwinning did confirm that the Kilwinning Sports Club Girls Football Academy set up would continue. [1]

Competition Record


League
DivisionSeasonPlPtsPosRef
SWFL Second Division West 2010 16216th / 9 [3]
SWFL Second Division West 2011 18521st / 10 [4]
SWFL First Division 2012 22404th / 12 [10]
Scottish Women's Premier League 2013 211012th / 12 [11]
Total77123
Cup
Competition 2010 2011 2012 2013 Ref
Scottish Women's Cup R1R2QF [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
SWPL Cup Did Not CompeteR1 [17]
SWFL Cup R2R2Not Held [18] [19]
SWFL First Division Cup Not HeldQFDNC [20]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Kilwinning: Fleeting could be difference SFA / SWF. 11-03-2013. Retrieved 09-03-2015.
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  6. ↑ Robison hits out at Inverdale The Scotsman. 24-07-2013. Retrieved 24-07-2013.
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  13. ↑ 2011 Scottish Women's Cup - Round 3 SFA / SWF. Retrieved 09-03-2015.
  14. ↑ 2012 Scottish Women's Cup - Round 2 SFA / SWF. Retrieved 09-03-2015.
  15. ↑ 2013 Scottish Women's Cup - Round 3 SFA / SWF. Retrieved 09-03-2015.
  16. ↑ 2013 Scottish Women's Cup - Quarter Finals SFA / SWF. Retrieved 09-03-2015.
  17. ↑ 2013 SWPL Cup - Round 1 SFA / SWF. Retrieved 09-03-2015.
  18. ↑ 2010 SWFL Cup - Round 2 SFA / SWF. Retrieved 09-03-2015.
  19. ↑ 2011 SWFL Cup - Round 2 SFA / SWF. Retrieved 09-03-2015.
  20. ↑ 2012 SWFL First Division Cup - Quarter Final SFA / SWF. Retrieved 09-03-2015.
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