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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
2022–23 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.

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 previously played its home games at the Glasgow City Council-owned Petershill Park in the Springburn area of Glasgow. Due to the ground being closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, matches during the 2020–21 season are being played at Lochinch, the police sports club facility located within Pollok Park. [8]

Players

Current squad

As of 27 August 2023 [9]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Scotland  SCO Ava Easdon (on loan from Glasgow City)
2 DF Scotland  SCO Rosie Slater
3 DF Scotland  SCO Emma Lawton
4 DF Scotland  SCO Cheryl McCulloch
5 DF Scotland  SCO Demi-Lee Falconer
6 MF Scotland  SCO Rebecca McGowan
7 FW Scotland  SCO Kodi Hay
8 FW Scotland  SCO Clare Docherty
9 FW Scotland  SCO Cara Henderson
10 MF Scotland  SCO Clare Adams
12 MF Scotland  SCO Rachel Donaldson
14 MF Scotland  SCO Amy Bulloch
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Scotland  SCO Linzi Taylor
16 FW Scotland  SCO Rachel Wright
18 MF Scotland  SCO Megan Robb
19 FW Scotland  SCO Vhairi Munro
22 FW Scotland  SCO Rosie McQuillan
23 DF Scotland  SCO Danica Dalziel
24 DF Scotland  SCO Leah Robinson
25 GK Scotland  SCO Megan Cunningham (on loan from Rangers)
27 MF Scotland  SCO Imogen Longcake
30 MF Scotland  SCO Lucy Sinclair
— DF Scotland  SCO Jenna Fletcher (on loan from Rangers)

Records

Year-by-year

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Scottish Women's Cup League Cup [a]
League
2016 SWFL 2 Central 21 18 1 2 107 22 55 1st N/A First Round
2017 SWFL 1 South 20 11 4 5 50 44 37 3rd Preliminary Round First Round
2018 SWFL 1 South 22 13 4 5 53 26 43 3rd Second Round Semi-final
2019 SWPL 2 21 8 6 7 44 27 30 5th Third Round First Round
2020 SWPL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A [b] N/A [b] Group stage
2020–21 SWPL 2 18 11 2 5 46 22 35 3rd N/A [b] N/A [b]
2021–22 SWPL 1 27 4 6 17 29 70 18 9th Semi-final Quarter-final
2022–23 SWPL 1 22 9 4 9 37 50 31 6th Fifth round Second round
2023–24 SWPL 1 P W D L F A PT POS Runners-up

Source: Soccerway

  1. ^ Includes the Scottish Women's Football League Second Division Cup, Scottish Women's Football League First Division Cup and the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
  2. ^ a b c d Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Campbell, Alan (27 September 2020). "Alan Campbell: SWPL's return, clubs on the move and some well-earned recognition for Scott Booth". The Herald. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Partick Thistle Women". Partick Thistle F.C. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

External links

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