Sion Swifts Ladies F.C. Explained

Clubname:Sion Swifts Ladies F.C.
Fullname:Sion Swifts Ladies Football Club
Ground:Melvin Sports Complex, Strabane
Manager:Tony McGinley[1]
League:Women's Premiership
Season:2023
Position:4th
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Sion Swifts Ladies Football Club is a women's association football club based in Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. They were founded in 2010 and promoted into the Irish League Women’s Premiership in 2015.[2] They won the IFA Women's Challenge Cup in 2017, beating Newry City 2–0 at Windsor Park in Belfast.[3]

Throughout its history the club has fielded a number of players from nearby County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.[4] In June 2019 the club was subject to media attention when their goalkeeper Nicole McClure played for Jamaica at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, then played in a league match for Sion Swifts the following day.[5]

The club lost a close battle[6] with rivals Linfield for the 2019 Women's Premiership title in 2019. In August 2020 they announced the double signing of Linfield captain Kirsty McGuinness and her sister Caitlin McGuinness.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Nethery . Tommy . Positive signs for Sion Ladies . 26 September 2020 . . 11 June 2020.
  2. News: McCarthy . Nicola . Swifts shaking things up in Women's Premiership . 26 September 2020 . . 17 June 2020.
  3. Web site: Sion Swifts Lift Electric Ireland Cup - She Kicks Women's Football Magazine. 8 September 2017. shekicks.net. 17 April 2018.
  4. News: McNulty . Chris . Sion Swifts' strong Donegal connection bid for history in Windsor Park final . 26 September 2020 . Donegal Sport Hub . 7 September 2017.
  5. News: Nicole McClure: Jamaica keeper in club action 24 hours after making World Cup debut . 26 September 2020 . . 20 June 2019.
  6. News: Women's Premiership: Sion Swifts title success would be 'incredible' . 26 September 2020 . . 17 September 2019.
  7. News: Sion Swifts: Women's Premiership side sign Kirsty and Caitlin McGuinness from Linfield . 26 September 2020 . . 20 August 2020.