Hamilton Academical W.F.C.

Hamilton Academical Women Football Club is a women's football club affiliated with Hamilton Academical. The team currently competes in the Scottish Women's Premier League 2, the second division of women's football in Scotland, and plays its home games at New Douglas Park.

This article is about the women's football club. For the men's football club, see Hamilton Academical F.C.
Hamilton Academical Women
Full nameHamilton Academical Women Football Club
Nickname(s)The Accies
Founded1999 (as Hamilton Athletic)
GroundNew Douglas Park, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Capacity6,018[1]
ChairmanDerek Thomson
ManagerGary Doctor
LeagueSWPL 2
2018SWPL 1, 8th of 8 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

History

Founded in 1999 as Hamilton Athletic LFC and elected to the Scottish Women's Football League the same year, the club won promotion in each of its first three seasons to join the Scottish Women's Premier League in 2002.[2] After a season as FC Hamilton in 2002–03, the club came under the auspices of professional men's club Hamilton Academical F.C. and adopted their current name.[2]

Stadium

The club, who previously played at the Castle Park ground of Blantyre Victoria,[2] currently plays its home games at New Douglas Park.[3]

Players

Current squad
As of 17 January 2020

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  SCO Carys Hopkins
2 DF  SCO Sara McWhirter
3 DF  SCO Megan Quinn (vice-captain)
4 DF  SCO Dani Connolly
5 DF  SCO Kirsty Fraser
6 MF  SCO Kirstie McIntosh
7 FW  SCO Teigan McCann
8 MF  SCO Amy Anderson (captain)
9 FW  SCO Dionne Brown
10 FW  SCO Nichola Sturrock
— MF  SCO Darcy Molley
— DF  SCO Hannah Coakley
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF  SCO Ellie Kane
12 FW  SCO Gillian Sloey
13 DF  SCO Nina Fitzsimmons
14 MF  SCO Amy Bulloch
18 MF  SCO Megan Quigley
19 FW  SCO MT Gardiner
20 DF  SCO Rachel Ross
21 DF  NIR Jade Lindsay
22 GK  SCO Lauren Grant
— FW  SCO Heather Richards
— FW  SCO Alise Stewart
— DF  SCO Georgie McTear

Staff

Coaching and medical staff[4]
As of 17 July 2019
  • Manager: Gary Doctor
  • Assistant manager: Robert Watson
  • First-team coach: Fiona Dainty
  • Goalkeeping coach: Stephen Bryceland
  • Coach: Amy Lindsay
  • S&C coach: Mark McKenna
  • Physiotherapist: Imran Alam
  • Head of youth academy: Lynsey Hogg

Honours

References
  1. "Hamilton Academical Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. "Hibernian LFC". Scottish Women's Premier League. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  3. "Hamilton Academical". Scottish Women's Premier League. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  4. "Staff – Hamilton Accies WFC". Retrieved 17 July 2019.


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