St Johnstone W.F.C.

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]

St Johnstone
Full nameSt Johnstone Women's Football Club
Founded2012
(as Jeanfield Swifts)[1]
GroundRiverside Stadium (Jeanfield Swifts F.C.), Bute Drive, Perth
Capacity1,000
ManagerMark Nisbet
CoachMurdo Steven
LeagueSWPL 2
2020–215th
WebsiteClub website

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.[2]

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
As of 17 August 2022.[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Scotland SCO Megan Sidey
8 DF Scotland SCO Hannah Clark
11 DF Scotland SCO Niamh Irvine
16 DF Scotland SCO Megan Paterson
22 DF Scotland SCO Hannah Colyer
24 DF Scotland SCO Laura Steedman
4 MF Scotland SCO Ellie MacIver
7 MF Scotland SCO Nicole Carter
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF Scotland SCO Alix Moodie
18 MF Scotland SCO Jade Greenshields
23 MF Scotland SCO Alexandra Robson
25 MF Scotland SCO Jodie Ovens
9 FW Scotland SCO Morgan Steedman
10 FW Scotland SCO Ellie Cowie
17 FW Scotland SCO Fern Newbigging
20 GK Scotland SCO Rebecca Cameron

References
  1. Jeanfield Swifts are aiming for the top of Scottish Women’s football, Daily Record, 26 February 2016
  2. Gallagher, Matthew (25 August 2016). "Jeanfield Swifts Ladies' make history by fielding mother and her daughter". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. "Information - Community Club". Jeanfield Swifts F.C. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. "Jeanfield Swifts Development". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  5. "Introducing St Johnstone WFC". St Johnstone F.C. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. Campbell, Alan (17 December 2017). "Top club set to lose their Ladies". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  7. "Fixtures & Results | Scottish Building Society Scottish Women's Premier League". Archived from the original on 31 August 2017.
  8. "The Team - St Johnstone Women's FC - Jeanfield Swifts Football Club". www.jeanfieldswifts.co.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2022.


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