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20 clubs join inaugural SWPL

The first Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Scottish
Women’s Premier League (“SWPL”) took place this week at
Hampden Park.
The historic meeting saw the creation of SWPL1 with
twelve teams (from the previous top tier of ten teams)
alongside the creation of SWPL2 with eight teams entering the
league.
With 20 teams now confirmed across the two leagues,
alongside the appointment of the board directors for the
SWPL, this formally concludes the adoption of the
professional women’s game into the new format which is
designed to grow and promote women’s football across
Scotland.
The inaugural clubs of the SWPL are:
SWFL company secretary Molly Hyde and
interim managing director Fiona McIntyre (r) j
SWPL1 oin SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster in
celebrating the formal adoption of the new
Aberdeen FC format of the women’s game in Scotland
Celtic FC after the SWFL’s inaugural AGM at Hampden.
Dundee United FC
Glasgow City FC
Glasgow Women FC
Hamilton Academicals FC
Heart of Midlothian FC
Hibernian FC
Motherwell FC
Partick Thistle
Rangers FC
Spartans FC
SWPL2

Boroughmuir Thistle FC
East Fife FC
Gartcairn FC
Kilmarnock FC
Montrose FC
Queens Park FC
St Johnstone FC
Stirling University FC

In addition, the following were elected as directors of the board of the SWPL representing SWPL
clubs:
Chris Duffy (Celtic FC), Andrew McKinlay (Heart of Midlothian FC), Amy McDonald (Rangers
FC), Laura Montgomery (Glasgow City FC) and Zola McGoldrick (Boroughmuir Thistle FC)
Fiona McIntyre, Interim Managing Director of the SWPL, commented: “This is an historic
day for Scottish women’s football.
“I am delighted to welcome the first 20 clubs to the new league and to congratulate the first
club-appointed directors on their election to the board of the SWPL.
“It is important to recognise all the hard work that has taken place to get us to this place.
Scottish women’s football can now look forward with confidence as a result of that hard work, and
the commitment of so many people over so many years.”
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