Partick Thistle WFC v Glasgow Women - SWPL 2 - 23rd Feb 2020

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PARTICK THISTLE WFC V GLASGOW WOMEN 23/02/20 - 14:00 SBS SWPL 2 PETERSHILL PARK

JOHN DOYLE: THE MANAGER'S THOUGHTS After a very busy pre-season at Partick Thistle Women’s FC, it’s almost time to get started for the 2020 SWPL 2 season. The team have had a couple of false starts with two SWPL Cup games being called off but they are now looking forward to a city derby to start the league campaign as they take on Glasgow Women at Petershill Park. We spoke to head coach, John Doyle, with a matter of days to go until his side start their 2020 season.

We began by asking John about the preseason period, with not much time between the season ending in mid-November and training re-starting in early January.

“The players have done well in training since we came back last month. They’re in good condition and we’ve been pleased with the new faces that have joined along the way.

We’ve had almost a full team worth of new signings so it will take some time for them to integrate fully but we’re really pleased with the quality we’ve added.

“We’ve shown signs of where we want the team to be. Naturally, you use these games as an opportunity to experiment with different formations and new players who’ve arrived. We’ve had a few little injury setbacks here and there which has been frustrating for us but playing these games is always useful.”

The Jags have had SWPL Cup fixtures against Motherwell and Forfar Farmington cancelled due to bad weather and related travel safety concerns which Doyle was disappointed by as he feels those two competitive games would have been beneficial for the squad.

“We’d have loved to have played those games but the weather has been awful and it’s disrupted a lot of players from being able to travel to the games so there’s not much we can do about that.

“Glasgow Women have had two great tests against SWPL 1 opposition; narrowly losing to Spartans last week and getting a great draw at Celtic before that so they’ll have been great games for them as they’ve, like us, changed a lot of their playing “When you sign that many players, you have to squad. be patient and understand that it will take time for everyone to gel and get to know each “For us, it’ll be difficult. You expect a bit of rust on other so that’s something we’re definitely the first game of the season so we have to make mindful of.” sure we settle into the game as quickly as possible and try to get our foot on the ball.

The team have played a few different shapes behind-closed-doors friendly games recently “One thing that’s for certain is that it will be a really as part of their preparations and John has tough opener against a side who have already been encouraged by what he’s seen. shown their quality in those two SWPL Cup games and we’ll have to be on form to beat them.”

2020 SWPL 2

UPCOMING LEAGUE GAMES

MARCH

15TH

@ BOROUGHMUIR THISTLE Meggetland Sports Complex

22ND

V ST. JOHNSTONE Petershill Park

5TH

@ FC KILMARNOCK Rugby Park

APRIL

19TH

V HAMILTON ACCIES Petershill Park

29TH

@ STIRLING UNIVERSITY Ochilview Park

MAY

3RD

V ABERDEEN Petershill Park

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Partnership with Drumchapel United A FULL PATHWAY FROM GIRLS’ FOOTBALL TO PARTICK THISTLE WOMEN’S FC WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO YOUNG FEMALE FOOTBALLERS FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER THE JAGS AGREED A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH DRUMCHAPEL UNITED. PARTICK THISTLE WOMEN’S FC WAS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE. ON 5TH FEBRUARY, AN OFFICIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH DRUMCHAPEL UNITED, PROVIDING A PATHWAY FROM UNDER-9S LEVEL TO WOMEN’S FOOTBALL. THE TWO CLUBS BEGAN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP LAST SUMMER AND HAVE NOW REACHED AN AGREEMENT WHICH WILL OFFER GIRLS WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY A CHANCE TO ADVANCE THEIR CAREERS MORE EASILY IN THE WOMEN’S GAME. DRUMCHAPEL UNITED IS WELL-REGARDED IN THE WOMEN’S GAME WITH MORE THAN 70 PLAYERS AT THE CLUB ENJOYING REGULAR TRAINING AND COMPETITIVE FOOTBALL. THE AGE GROUPS IN THE PATHWAY WILL BE UNDER 9S, UNDER 11S, UNDER 13S, UNDER 15S AND UNDER 17S. FROM UNDER-17 LEVEL, PLAYERS WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE STEP UP TO PARTICK THISTLE WOMEN’S FC. HOWEVER, IN 2021, DRUMCHAPEL WILL INTRODUCE ITS OWN WOMEN’S TEAM TO ADD AN EXTRA STEP IN THE PATHWAY.

COACHES FROM BOTH ORGANISATIONS WILL WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT THE GIRLS COMING THROUGH THE PATHWAY HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SCOTTISH WOMEN’S FOOTBALL. ON THE AGREEMENT, DRUMCHAPEL UNITED CLUB SECRETARY AND COACH, SCOTT BLAND SAID: “DRUMCHAPEL UNITED IS DELIGHTED TO BE PART OF A FOOTBALLING PARTNERSHIP WITH PARTICK THISTLE, BUILDING ON OUR CLUB’S SUCCESS DEVELOPING GIRLS FROM OUR LOCAL AREA OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. “THIS PARTNERSHIP NOW GIVES OUR GIRLS A FULL PLAYER PATHWAY FROM OUR GIRLS’ ACADEMY TO THE PARTICK THISTLE FIRST TEAM AS WELL AS PROVIDING OUR VOLUNTEER COACHES AN OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE AND COACH IN A PROFESSIONAL CLUB SET-UP.” PTWFC ASSISTANT MANAGER, BETH ADAMSON ADDED: “THIS EXCITING NEW PARTNERSHIP WILL BE GREAT FOR BOTH SIDES MOVING FORWARD. DRUMCHAPEL UNITED HAS CARRIED OUT SOME EXCEPTIONAL WORK IN THE COMMUNITY OVER RECENT YEARS AND WE’RE VERY PLEASED THAT THEY’VE JOINED UP WITH US TO FORM THIS PATHWAY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE FROM DRUMCHAPEL UNITED DURING THE UPCOMING SEASON AND YEARS AHEAD.”

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