St Johnstone W.F.C.

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St Johnstone
Full nameSt Johnstone Women's Football Club
Founded2012
(as Jeanfield Swifts) [1]
GroundRiverside Stadium (Jeanfield Swifts F.C.), Bute Drive, Perth
Capacity1,000
League SWPL 2
2024–25 SWPL 2, 6th of 8
Website https://women.perthsaints.co.uk

St Johnstone Women's Football Club (formerly Jeanfield Swifts Ladies Football Club) is a Scottish women's football club based in Perth. They are members of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL), the highest level football league in Scotland, and have competed in its second tier, SWPL 2, since 2016. [2]

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History

Jeanfield Swifts

The club was developed as part of Jeanfield Swifts Community Football Club, a community-orientated umbrella organisation that also included the men's senior club, Jeanfield Swifts F.C., as well as amateur and youth teams. [3] [4] Jeanfield were promoted to SWPL2, the second tier of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) for the 2016 season. [1] During a league match against Glasgow Girls in August of that year, the club's director of coaching Donna Shaw played alongside her 14-year-old daughter Rachel Wolecki. [2]

St Johnstone

Following promotion to the SWPL2, the club embarked on a partnership with local senior men's club St Johnstone, allowing them to use the facilities at the latter's McDiarmid Park stadium. [1] The two clubs announced in November 2017, under a further development of their partnership, that the Swifts first team would play under the St Johnstone name from the 2018 season onwards. [5] [6]

On 11 February 2018, the team played their first SWPL2 match under the St Johnstone name, losing 3–1 at home to newly promoted Central Girls. [7]

Players

Current squad

As of 25th March 2024. [8]

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
1 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Ellie Mitchell
20 GK Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Aoife Bidgood
28 GK Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Bobby Cochran
5 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Anna Murray
8 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Hannah Clark
11 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Niamh Irvine
16 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Megan Paterson
22 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Eirinn McCafferty
24 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Laura Steedman
26 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Rebecca Robertson
No.Pos.NationPlayer
4 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Ellie MacIver
6 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Elvie McLean
7 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Nicole Carter
10 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Ellie-May Cowie
12 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Alix Moodie
14 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Scarlett Brady
25 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Mariluiz Sanchez
2 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Fallon Burke
15 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Steffi Simson
21 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Olivia Hurrell

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jeanfield Swifts are aiming for the top of Scottish Women’s football, Daily Record, 26 February 2016
  2. 1 2 Gallagher, Matthew (25 August 2016). "Jeanfield Swifts Ladies' make history by fielding mother and her daughter". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Information - Community Club". Jeanfield Swifts F.C. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Jeanfield Swifts Development". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Introducing St Johnstone WFC". St Johnstone F.C. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Campbell, Alan (17 December 2017). "Top club set to lose their Ladies". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Fixtures & Results | Scottish Building Society Scottish Women's Premier League". Archived from the original on 31 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "The Team - St Johnstone Women's FC". www.perthsaints.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2024.


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