Scottish Women's Football Association

Scottish Women's Football Association
Founded	13 March 1972 (1972-03-13)

The Scottish Women’s Football Association was started in 1972, when four teams met and decided to form an Association.^[1]

This association consists of:

A senior league - including one national league, and divisional leagues.
U13 and U16 leagues in various parts of Scotland.
Development centres open to girls at different age groups nationwide.

At present there are about four thousand players registered with the Scottish Women's Football Association.

References

↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | How women's football battled for survival". BBC News. 2005-06-03. Retrieved 2012-08-03.

External links

Scottish Women's Football Website

Scottish Football Association

Founder members	Clydesdale Dumbreck Eastern Granville Kilmarnock Queen's Park Third Lanark Vale of Leven

Chief Executives	John McDowall George Graham Willie Allan Ernie Walker Jim Farry David Taylor Gordon Smith Stewart Regan

Affiliates	Amateur FA Junior FA Schools' FA Welfare FA Women's FA Youth FA

Women's football in Scotland

SFA SWFA List of clubs

National teams	Scotland U-23 U-17 Results 1972–99 2000–09 2010–

League competitions	Premier League SWPL 1 SWPL 2 First Division North South Second Division North Central South West South East

Cup competitions	Scottish Cup Premier League Cup First Division League Cup Second Division League Cup

Sports governing bodies of Scotland

Ball games	Basketball Scotland Camanachd Association (Shinty) Cricket Scotland Lacrosse Scotland R&A Scottish Australian Rules Football League Scottish Football Association Scotland GAA Scottish Golf Union Scottish Handball Association Scottish Ice Hockey Scottish Rugby Union Scotland Rugby League

Others	Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland Royal Caledonian Curling Club Scottish Athletics Scottish Canoe Association Scottish Cycling Scottish Gliding Association Scottish Swimming Scottish Orienteering Association

Women's sport	Ladies' Golf Union Scottish Women's Football Association Scottish Women's Rugby Union Women's Camanachd Association

See also	sportscotland Scottish Institute of Sport

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