Partick Thistle Women's Football Club, formerly known as Thistle Weir Ladies Football Club, is a Scottish women's football club based in the city of Glasgow. It has been the women's section of Partick Thistle since 2013. The club currently plays in the Scottish Women's Premier League, the top division of women's football in Scotland.
| Full name | Partick Thistle Women's Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Thistle, The Jags, The Harry Wraggs, The Maryhill Magyars | ||
| Founded | 2013 (as Thistle Weir Ladies) | ||
| Ground | Petershill Park Adamswell Street Springburn Glasgow | ||
| Manager | Brian Graham | ||
| League | SWPL 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | SWPL 1, 6th of 12 | ||
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History
editThistle Weir Ladies Football Club was officially founded as part of the Thistle Weir Academy in 2014, having previously existed as part of the Charitable Trust for one year prior to that.[1][2] On 22 October 2018, because the top two teams in the SWFL 1 South (Hibernian U23s and Celtic Academy) were not eligible for promotion as subsidiaries of top division clubs,[3] third-placed Thistle Weir were promoted to the Scottish Women's Premier League 2.[4]
On 23 January 2019, the club rebranded as Partick Thistle Women's Football Club.[1] In September 2020, a new management team made up of three Partick Thistle professional men's team players was appointed, with Brian Graham as manager, in what the club believed was the first arrangement of its kind.[5]
Partick initially failed to gain promotion from the SWPL2 in 2020–21, finishing in 3rd, but were invited to join the top division when Forfar Farmington resigned their place just before the new season began.[6] With an expansion of the SWPL at end of 2021–22 (announced in April 2022) including no relegation, it would mean at least one more season for the Jags in the highest tier.[7]
Stadium
editThe club currently play its home games at the Glasgow City Council-owned Petershill Park in the Springburn area of Glasgow. Security guards have recently been put in place on a match day after reports of male supporter Marc Wallace hanging around outside the dressing rooms acting suspiciously.
Players
editCurrent squad
edit- As of 12 June 2024[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Records
editYear-by-year
edit| Season | Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Scottish Women's Cup | League Cup[a] |
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| 2016 | SWFL 2 Central | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 107 | 22 | 55 | 1st | N/A | First Round |
| 2017 | SWFL 1 South | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 44 | 37 | 3rd | Preliminary Round | First Round |
| 2018 | SWFL 1 South | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 26 | 43 | 3rd | Second Round | Semi-final |
| 2019 | SWPL 2 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 27 | 30 | 5th | Third Round | First Round |
| 2020 | SWPL 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A[b] | N/A[b] | Group stage |
| 2020–21 | SWPL 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 22 | 35 | 3rd | N/A[b] | N/A[b] |
| 2021–22 | SWPL 1 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 70 | 18 | 9th | Semi-final | Quarter-final |
| 2022–23 | SWPL 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 50 | 31 | 6th | Fifth round | Second round |
| 2023–24 | SWPL 1 | P | W | D | L | F | A | PT | POS | Runners-up | |
Source: Soccerway
- ^ Includes the Scottish Women's Football League Second Division Cup, Scottish Women's Football League First Division Cup and the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
- ^ a b c d Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.
References
edit- ^ a b "Thistle Weir Ladies start new season as Partick Thistle Women's Football Club". Partick Thistle F.C. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ Lach, Stef (3 January 2014). "Thistle be great for women's football". Evening Times. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ Frith, Wilf (23 October 2018). "Dundee United Women and Thistle Weir promoted to #SBSSWPL 2". She Kicks. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ "Thistle Weir Ladies celebrate promotion to the SWPL 2". Partick Thistle F.C. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ "Thistle striker named women's boss". BBC Sport. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "SWF Statement – Forfar Farmington FC". Scottish Women's Football. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ SWPL top flight expanding to 12 teams for next season, Jane Lewis, BBC Sport, 1 April 2022
- ^ "Partick Thistle Women". Partick Thistle F.C. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.