SCOTTISH BUILDING women SOCIETY SWPL1 THURSDAY 18TH APRIL 2019 CELTIC KICK OFF 8PM GLASGOW CITY FROM A NOTE THE MANAGER Good evening and welcome along to Lennoxtown as I extend a warm welcome to “ The players have Glasgow City who are our visitors tonight. responded superbly to The weekend saw them defeat Rangers in the semi-finals of the League Cup and Scott Booth will not have had our tough training regime “ much pitch time with his players since they returned from international duty, however that is the nature of the over the past few weeks. women’s game. We have to adjust our plans and adapt to the circumstances. City took a great step towards retaining the title by overcoming Hibs a week past Friday. I watched the game and thought City were worthy winners on the night. GLASGOW CITY We have kept ourselves ticking over by taking a practice match and the players have responded superbly to our PROFILED tough training regime over the past few weeks. Our Wolecki Black welcomes another former club in the previous game saw us overcome Rangers on the same shape of Glasgow City as the Hoops play just their day our male equivalent also went to battle. third home tie of the season, tonight running out at Lennoxtown. Celtic faced the reigning champions recently in the League Cup in what ended in disappointment for the Hoops who exited the cup, following a 4-0 defeat. It turned out to be a derby day Despite the heavy scoreline, the Celts take belief from the fact they created so many chances while the game double as first the men’s team saw remained 0-0, and head into the first league meeting of off the challenge to win 2-1 and the two in second spot, making for an interesting battle we duly followed that up with an at the top. emphatic 4-1 win. MANAGER: SCOTT BOOTH HOME GROUND: PETERSHILL PARK HONOURS: CURRENT SWPL1 The win coupled with the other results that weekend saw us jump up the league table into second spot, thus CHAMPIONS making tonight’s tie a top of the table clash. Of course, for the victors the reward is huge, so I hope it is an entertaining match, enjoy the game! LAST MEETING SWPL CUP QUARTER-FINAL: GLASGOW CITY 4-0 CELTIC LAST 5 Eddie Wolecki Black CELTIC – WWDLW GLASGOW CITY – WWWWW Manager, Celtic FC Women CAPTAIN’S COMMENTS The double derby day victories feel like a while ago now but I’m sure all the girls would agree that it was a very enjoyable and special day to be part of the club. Another international break has given us an extra week to prepare for this game against Glasgow City and we have worked hard both on and off the pitch ACADEMY GRADUATE so we are as ready as we can be. We know we can push them all the way if we play to NICOLE CAIRNEY our potential as we came really close to causing an LOVING LIFE AT THE TOP upset towards the end of last season. Graduating from the Academy to the first-team may have We were disappointed with our last performance meant Nicole Cairney had to swap the luxury of time on against City in the cup so we’re glad we haven’t had the ball for the nitty gritty of top-flight football, but she to wait too long to play them again. wouldn’t have it any other way. As a player these are the fixtures that you want Midfielder Cairney split her time last season between the to be part of and everyone is looking forward to first-team and the Academy squad, which she captained to the occasion. a SWFL1 Cup championship. Enjoy the game, Kelly “Last year I was so nervous whenever David Haley would ask me to come up but after a few games and training sessions I settled in.” she began. CLARK NOMINATED FOR SWPL POTM Cairney’s development through her time last season Kelly Clark has been shortlisted for the Scottish dipping in and out of the first-team rocketed, but it has Building Society Scottish Women’s Premier been nothing compared to the full step-up. League Player of the Month for March after helping the club leapfrog Hibs into second. She said: “Progression wise it was such a big jump. At Academy, you have a lot more time and if you make a The midfielder has led the Hoops to an mistake its fine. However, in the first-team you have to be undefeated March in the league, resulting in Celtic quicker on the ball and in decision making. It’s a higher sitting second after five games played. tempo and there is less room for mistakes.” The Celts scored nine in March and conceded only The twenty-year-old has never known anything other two, taking their record to 14 scored and only four than Celtic. Joining the club’s youth ranks in 2008 she conceded in league action for 2019. progressed rapidly through the system and developed into a promising first-team prospect – not that she ever The skipper nodded home the second in a 4-1 rout expected it to pan out like that. over Rangers on double derby day to mark her first goal of the season, just moments after setting “I never really thought I would actually do it. I’d been at the up Josi Giard for the opener. Academy for about two and a half years when I moved up but it wasn’t something I believed would happen for me.” Good luck Kelly! EWENS RARING TO GET BACK TO ACTION Sarah Ewens is itching to get back to action after a two week break and is ready to stay at the top end of the table. Celtic put four past Rangers in their last outing lifting the spirits after two goalless games, and the striker says they are keen to take that form forward. “I think when you come off a game like that, when we played really well and scored some good goals, confidence is high and you want to keep going so it is a bit frustrating having to wait a couple of weeks,” the forward confessed. “We just need to keep working hard at training and stay focused.” QUIZ Celtic’s double derby day victory took them up 1 WHO SCORED CELTIC’S OPENER AGAINST RANGERS? to second place on goal difference and a win against Glasgow City at Lennoxtown would see 2 WHERE IS THE SCANIA CUP HELD IN JUNE? them go top. 3 WHAT POSITIONS DO NEW SIGNINGS FARRELL AND She said: “It’s good to keep towards the top of the HODGES PLAY IN? table and be competitive with City and Hibs, so to 4 WHICH CELT IS UP FOR MARCH’S SWPL PLAYER OF go in at second does add to the confidence and makes it a bit more of an exciting game.” THE MONTH? 5 HOW MANY CELTS WERE PART OF THE SCOTLAND UNDER-19S SQUAD WHO PLAYED A DOUBLE HEADER WOLECKI BLACK WELCOMES TWO AGAINST ENGLAND? FORMER CELTS BACK INTO THE FOLD ANSWERS: 1 Josephine Giard | 2 Paris | 3 Goalkeeper and centre back | 4 Kelly Clark | 5 Two – Kathleen McGovern and Emma Craig Eddie Wolecki Black has welcomed two former Celts back to the club in the shape of defender Kelsey Hodges and goalkeeper Autumn Farrell. The added reinforcement offers a new depth to YOUTH UPDATE his squad he says, as the Hoops look to build on Celtic discovered their Scania Women’s their recent move into second in the league. Under-19s Cup opposition as they gear up to head to France this summer for the international tournament. “They add a lot of depth to the squad and it helps settle the squad if there are injuries,” he said as he Heading to Paris in group 4, the squad will be officially welcomed them to the club. joined by host nation sides Paris and Montpellier as well as Germany’s Turbine Potsdam. Wolecki Black links back up with Farrell, who he signed from Celtic while at Glasgow City and is Held at the Stade Rémy Lambert in Sablé-sur- well aware of Hodges’ attributes following her Sarthe near Le Mans, the Under-19s invitational involvement at training for the past few months. is part of an international, inter-age group And with both returning to the club with a good tournament welcoming women’s and men’s teams. idea of the setup, he believes they understand the The competition running across 23 and 24 June task they face to break into his plans. will coincide with the World Cup in France, where Scotland will make their debut appearance, drawn “They know a fair number of the girls as well and in Group D with England, Japan and Argentina. Kelsey has been training with us for a couple of months now, so she’s well aware of the quality here,” he explained. 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