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]