Celtic F.C. Women

Celtic
Full name Celtic Football Club
Founded 2007
Ground K-Park Training Academy,
East Kilbride
Patron Elaine C. Smith
Manager David Haley
League Scottish Women's Premier League
2014 5th

Celtic Football Club Women is a football team that plays in the Scottish Women's Premier League, the top division of women's football in Scotland. The team is affiliated with Celtic F.C. in Glasgow and use the club's training facilities and wear the club's colours.

History

Celtic's women's section was established in 2007 when they took over Arsenal North L.F.C.,[1] founding a Girls and Women's Football Academy at the same time.[2]

Celtic reached the Scottish Women's Cup final in their inaugural year, losing to Hibernian L.F.C. 3–1 after extra time in May 2008.[3][4] The team's first silverware arrived two years later as Spartans were beaten 4–1 in the final of the 2010 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup.[5]

In October 2012 Celtic were expelled from the Scottish Women's Cup. They had tried to force the postponement of a quarter final with Glasgow City, but the SWF did not accept Celtic's reasons and instead awarded the tie to Glasgow.[6]

In August 2013 Celtic faced being thrown out of the national Cup for the second successive season, following a complaint from beaten second round opponents Forfar Farmington. Celtic won the match 5–2 but had peevishly named former player Emily Thomson as a substitute in a bid to cup-tie her for the season at her new club, rivals Glasgow City.[7]

At the end of 2014 season, Celtic saw a mass exodus of established first team players and promising young prospects leave the club, with a number of players' apparent frustration at the lack of ambition on Celtic's part, due to Celtic looking to cut back their involvement in the women's game. The likes of Gemma Fay, Rhonda Jones, Chloe Arthur and Heather Richards headed for the exit door, while Scotland legends like Julie Fleeting and Suzanne Grant hadn't committed for the following season.[8][9]

Stadium

From the 2015 season onwards, Celtic's permanent home ground is the K-Park Training Academy in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, which is shared with the men's senior team East Kilbride F.C.[10]

Current squad

As of 28 March 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
— Scotland GK Megan Cunningham
— Scotland DF Stephanie Knox
— Scotland DF Alex Middleton
— Scotland Chloe Craig
— Scotland DF Georgie Rafferty
— Scotland DF Kelly Clark
— Scotland MF Kirstin McGuire
— Scotland FW Kirsty Howat
— Scotland FW Suzanne Mulvey
— Scotland Jamie-Lee Napier
No. Position Player
— Scotland MF Kerry Montgomery
— Scotland Keira Gibson
— Scotland DF Ellis Dalgliesh
— Scotland DF Danielle Connolly
— Scotland Colette Cavanagh
— Scotland Joanne Paton
— Scotland DF Courtney Whyte
— Scotland DF Cara McBrearty
— Scotland MF Natalie Ross
— Denmark MF Anne Rudmose
— Scotland MF Christie Murray

Coaching staff

The senior women's team are managed by David Haley and Fiona Dainty since August 2013 following the departure of previous manager Peter Caulfield the previous month.[11]

As of January 2015[12]
Name Job title
Scotland David Haley Manager
Scotland Fiona Dainty Coach
Scotland Jonny McFarlane Goalkeeping Coach
Scotland Andrew Wiseman Strength and Conditioning Coach
Alastair Taylor

Sports Scientist

 Scotland Justine Boyle Physiotherapist

Achievements

Former managers

The senior women's team was managed between 2008 and 2012 by ex–professional footballer Robert Docherty, who was also Head of the Celtic Foundation. He was succeeded by Peter Caulfield, who was appointed in January 2013, following two years as assistant manager. Caulfield departed in July 2013.[14]

Former Dundee United player John Holt was the team's manager in their inaugural 2007–08 campaign.[15]

Nomenclature

The current administration of Celtic's female section pointedly refuse to describe themselves as "Celtic Ladies" or "Celtic Women". In April 2013 a testy e–mail exchange with the Scotzine blog contained the following:[16]

“ Furthermore, please do our club the courtesy of knowing the club name. All our players [are] Celtic Football Club players, and are an integrated part of Celtic. There is no entity called 'Celtic Ladies'. ”

References

  1. ↑ Montgomery, Laura (9 August 2007). "Women's football: SFA in charge as Celts join up". Glasgow Evening Times. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "Celtic women's academy is hailed". BBC Sport. 8 June 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Cup returns to Edinburgh". The Herald (Scotland). 18 May 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  4. ↑ Wright, Angus (19 May 2008). "Hibernian Ladies 3 - 1 Celtic Ladies: Women's team show male counterparts how it's done". The Scotsman. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "Celtic secure women's League Cup". BBC Sport. 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  6. ↑ "Celtic 'concern' after being thrown out of Scottish Cup". BBC Sport. 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  7. ↑ "Celtic FC Women's Team could be thrown out of the Scottish Cup following player registration farce". Daily Record (Scotland). 3 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Mass exodus at Celtic as ‘ambitious’ players head for pastures new Scotzine. 12-12-2014. Retrieved 27-12-2014.
  9. ↑ Scotland captain Gemma Fay leads exodus out of Celtic Herald Scotland. 11-12-2014. Retrieved 27-12-2014.
  10. ↑ "New home will give Celtic women's team a platform for season ahead". Celtic F.C. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Academy :: Girls Tuesday, August 20th". celticfc.net. Celtic F.C. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  12. ↑ "Women: The Players". Celticfc.net. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  13. 1 2 Schoggl, Hans (24 September 2010). "Scotland (Women) - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  14. ↑ "Celtic Ladies head coach Peter Caulfield departs SWPL club". Scotzine. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  15. ↑ Booth, Samantha (20 February 2008). "Girls Will Be Bhoys At Celtic Ladies FC". Daily Record. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  16. ↑ Muirhead, Andy (2013-04-19). "A detriment to the Women's game in Scotland". Scotzine. Retrieved 2013-04-20.

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