Partick Thistle W.F.C.

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Partick Thistle
Full namePartick Thistle Women's Football Club
Nickname(s)Thistle, The Jags, The Harry Wraggs, The Maryhill Magyars
Founded2013 (as Thistle Weir Ladies)
Ground Petershill Park
Adamswell Street
Springburn
Glasgow
Manager Brian Graham
League SWPL 1
2023–24 SWPL 1, 6th of 12

Partick Thistle Women's Football Club, formerly known as Thistle Weir Ladies Football Club, is a Scottish women's football club based in the city of Glasgow. It has been the women's section of Partick Thistle since 2013. The club currently plays in the Scottish Women's Premier League, the top division of women's football in Scotland.

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History

Thistle Weir Ladies Football Club was officially founded as part of the Thistle Weir Academy in 2014, having previously existed as part of the Charitable Trust for one year prior to that. [1] [2] On 22 October 2018, because the top two teams in the SWFL 1 South (Hibernian U23s and Celtic Academy) were not eligible for promotion as subsidiaries of top division clubs, [3] third-placed Thistle Weir were promoted to the Scottish Women's Premier League 2. [4]

On 23 January 2019, the club rebranded as Partick Thistle Women's Football Club. [1] In September 2020, a new management team made up of three Partick Thistle professional men's team players was appointed, with Brian Graham as manager, in what the club believed was the first arrangement of its kind. [5]

Partick initially failed to gain promotion from the SWPL2 in 2020–21, finishing in 3rd, but were invited to join the top division when Forfar Farmington resigned their place just before the new season began. [6] With an expansion of the SWPL at end of 2021–22 (announced in April 2022) including no relegation, it would mean at least one more season for the Jags in the highest tier. [7]

Stadium

The club currently play its home games at the Glasgow City Council-owned Petershill Park in the Springburn area of Glasgow. Security guards have recently been put in place on a match day after reports of male supporter Marc Wallace hanging around outside the dressing rooms acting suspiciously.

Players

Current squad

As of 12 June 2024 [8]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Rosie Slater
3 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Emma Lawton
4 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Cheryl McCulloch
5 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Demi-Lee Falconer
6 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Rebecca McGowan
7 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Kodi Hay
8 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Clare Docherty
9 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Cara Henderson
10 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Clare Adams
12 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Rachel Donaldson
14 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Amy Bulloch
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Rachel Wright
18 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Megan Robb
19 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Vhairi Munro
22 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Rosie McQuillan
23 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Danica Dalziel
24 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Leah Robinson
27 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Imogen Longcake
30 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Lucy Sinclair
TBC DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Shona Cowan
TBC MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Courtney Stewart

Records

Year-by-year

Results of league and cup competitions by season
SeasonDivisionPWDLFAPtsPos Scottish Women's Cup League Cup [lower-alpha 1]
League
2016 SWFL 2 Central 21181210722551stN/AFirst Round
2017 SWFL 1 South 2011455044373rdPreliminary RoundFirst Round
2018 SWFL 1 South 2213455326433rdSecond RoundSemi-final
2019 SWPL 2 218674427305thThird RoundFirst Round
2020 SWPL 2 0000000N/A [lower-alpha 2] N/A [lower-alpha 2] Group stage
2020–21 SWPL 2 1811254622353rdN/A [lower-alpha 2] N/A [lower-alpha 2]
2021–22 SWPL 1 2746172970189thSemi-finalQuarter-final
2022–23 SWPL 1 229493750316thFifth roundSecond round
2023–24 SWPL 1 PWDLFAPTPOS Runners-up

Source: Soccerway

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References

  1. 1 2 "Thistle Weir Ladies start new season as Partick Thistle Women's Football Club". Partick Thistle F.C. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Lach, Stef (3 January 2014). "Thistle be great for women's football". Evening Times. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Frith, Wilf (23 October 2018). "Dundee United Women and Thistle Weir promoted to #SBSSWPL 2". She Kicks . Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Thistle Weir Ladies celebrate promotion to the SWPL 2". Partick Thistle F.C. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "Thistle striker named women's boss". BBC Sport. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "SWF Statement – Forfar Farmington FC". Scottish Women's Football. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. ↑ SWPL top flight expanding to 12 teams for next season, Jane Lewis, BBC Sport, 1 April 2022
  8. ↑ "Partick Thistle Women". Partick Thistle F.C. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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