St Johnstone W.F.C. Explained

Clubname:St Johnstone
Fullname:St Johnstone Women's Football Club
Founded:2012
(as Jeanfield Swifts)[1]
Ground:Riverside Stadium (Jeanfield Swifts F.C.), Bute Drive, Perth
Capacity:1,000
League:SWPL 2
Season:2023–24
Position:5th
Website:https://women.perthsaints.co.uk

St Johnstone Women's Football Club (formerly Jeanfield Swifts Ladies Football Club) is a Scottish women's association football club based in Perth. They are members of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL), the highest level women's football league in Scotland, and have competed in its second tier, SWPL 2, since 2016.[2]

History

Jeanfield Swifts

The club was developed as part of Jeanfield Swifts Community Football Club, a community-orientated umbrella organisation that also included the men's senior club, Jeanfield Swifts F.C., as well as amateur and youth teams.[3] [4] Jeanfield were promoted to SWPL2, the second tier of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) for the 2016 season.[1] During a league match against Glasgow Girls in August of that year, the club's director of coaching Donna Shaw played alongside her 14-year-old daughter Rachel Wolecki.

St Johnstone

Following promotion to the SWPL2, the club embarked on a partnership with local senior men's club St Johnstone, allowing them to use the facilities at the latter's McDiarmid Park stadium.[1] The two clubs announced in November 2017, under a further development of their partnership, that the Swifts first team would play under the St Johnstone name from the 2018 season onwards.[5] [6]

On 11 February 2018, the team played their first SWPL2 match under the St Johnstone name, losing 3–1 at home to newly promoted Central Girls.[7]

Players

Current squad

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/jeanfield-swifts-aiming-top-scottish-7443795 Jeanfield Swifts are aiming for the top of Scottish Women’s football
  2. News: Gallagher. Matthew. Jeanfield Swifts Ladies' make history by fielding mother and her daughter. 8 January 2018. Daily Record. 25 August 2016. Glasgow.
  3. News: Information - Community Club. 8 January 2018. Jeanfield Swifts F.C..
  4. Web site: Jeanfield Swifts Development . www.scottishfa.co.uk. 13 January 2018.
  5. News: Introducing St Johnstone WFC. 26 November 2017. 8 January 2018. St Johnstone F.C..
  6. News: Campbell. Alan. Top club set to lose their Ladies. 17 December 2017. 8 January 2018. The Herald. Glasgow.
  7. Web site: Fixtures & Results Scottish Building Society Scottish Women's Premier League. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170831044102/http://www.womenspremierleague.co.uk/fixtures-results. 2017-08-31.
  8. Web site: The Team - St Johnstone Women's FC . www.perthsaints.co.uk . 25 March 2024 . en.