Montrose
Full nameMontrose Women's Football Club
Nickname(s)The Gable Endies
Founded2016 (2016)
GroundLinks Park, Montrose
Capacity4,936[1]
ChairmanBarry O'Neil
ManagerCraig Feroz
LeagueSWPL 1
2022–23SWPL 2, 1st of 8 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

Montrose Women's Football Club are a Scottish women's football club based in the town of Montrose, Angus. They are Scottish Women's Football members and currently play in the Scottish Women's Premier League 1 in the top tier of women's football in Scotland.[2]

Club history

The club were established by the Montrose Community Trust, the charitable arm of Montrose FC, in 2016. The team are still members of the Montrose Community Trust, along with Montrose Youth FC, Montrose Amateur FC, Montrose Walking FC. They began playing competitive football a year later and first played in the SWFL Second Division (East).[3] They finished their debut season in seventh place.[4]

Montrose then moved in the 2018 season to the Second Division (North). Montrose were crowned champions and promoted to First Division (North) on the final match day with a 1-2 away to runners-up Stonehaven.[5]

In the 2019 season, their first season in the Scottish third tier, Montrose placed seventh.[6] The following two seasons (2020 and 2020–21) were both abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic[7][8] After the withdrawal of Forfar Farmington from the SWPL at the end of the 2020–21 season, Montrose became the highest ranked Angus team in the Scottish national leagues.[9]

Montrose won the 2021–22 Scottish Women's Football Championship North with an incredible unbeaten season, securing promotion to SWPL 2 with a 4-1 victory over promotion rivals East Fife.[10] The club also reached the inaugural SWF Championship Cup final that season, losing 1-0 to league rivals Dryburgh Athletic at Falkirk Stadium.[11]

In the 2022-23 SWPL 2, Montrose had a very strong debut season in Scotland's second tier, losing only three times. The club were finally crowned league champions after a 6-1 win over East Fife on 30 April 2023. As champions, Montrose also sealed back-to-back promotion to the Scottish Women's Premier League, the top tier of women's football in Scotland, for the first time in the club's history.

Honours

Scottish Women's Premier League 2 (second tier):

Scottish Women's Football Championship North (third tier):

Scottish Women's Football League Second Division North (fourth tier):

SWF Championship Cup:

  • Runners up: 2021-22[14]

Club records

Biggest win:

Biggest loss: 0-12 v Rangers, 17 Sep 2023, Scottish Women's Premier League[18]

Largest attendance: 459, v Celtic, 13 Aug 2023

References

  1. ↑ "Montrose Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Scottish Women's Football: Here's all the details to help you follow your local Scottish women's team this season". www.scotsman.com. 2022-08-05. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  3. ↑ Lorimer, Scott. "Montrose Women's boss eyes SWPL 2 bid as Gable Endies seek to complete 'invincible' title season". The Courier. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  4. ↑ "Summary - SWFL 2 - Scotland - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Women Soccerway". uk.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  5. ↑ Wilson, Robert (2018-10-08). "Montrose break Stonehaven hearts to win title decider". Scottish Women's Football. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  6. ↑ "Summary - Women's Championship - Scotland - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Women Soccerway". uk.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  7. ↑ "SWPL season declared null and void". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  8. ↑ "SWF Statement - Senior Performance Arm update (29/04/21) | Scottish Women's Football". 2021-04-29. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  9. ↑ "Alan Campbell: Forfar Farmington a sorry casualty of the professional era | HeraldScotland". 2021-08-15. Archived from the original on 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  10. ↑ Frith, Wilf (2022-04-11). "Montrose promoted to SWPL 2". SheKicks. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  11. ↑ Wilson, Robert (2021-11-28). "SWF #ChampionshipCup - Dryburgh Athletic 1-0 Montrose". Scottish Women's Football. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  12. ↑ Newsroom (2022-05-27). "Angus World | Football | Montrose women score hat-trick of player of the year nominations". www.anguscountyworld.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  13. ↑ Frith, Wilf (2018-10-10). "Montrose win SWFL 2 title decider". SheKicks. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  14. ↑ "Montrose FC Online - GALLERY - Category: Dryburgh Ladies v Montrose FC Women". www.montrosefc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  15. ↑ Thomson, Janet. "Resounding victory for Montrose ladies after gruelling journey". The Courier. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  16. ↑ Goodwin, Sophie. "Aberdeenshire striker Aimee Ridgeway dazzles in SWF Championship North". Press and Journal. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  17. ↑ "Dundee West vs. Montrose - 27 February 2022 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  18. ↑ "Montrose Women v Rangers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
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