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Scottish Women's Football Club

Football club
Full nameBoroughmuir Thistle Football Club
Nickname(s)Thistle, BTFC, BT
FoundedFebruary 2007; 17 years ago (February 2007)
GroundMeggetland Sports Complex, Edinburgh
Capacity1,000
ChairpersonGavin Michie
LeagueSWPL 2
2023–244th
Websitehttps://sites.google.com/boroughmuirfc.com/main-btfc-club-site/home
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Boroughmuir Thistle Football Club is a Scottish women's association football club founded in south east Edinburgh in 2007. It is the largest girls and women's football club in Scotland and their first team compete in Scottish Women's Premier League 2.

The club has a long term partnership with Edinburgh University and Edinburgh University Women's football club. The club are based at various locations around Edinburgh including youth teams at Meggetland Sports Complex, Peffermill Sports Grounds, Meadowbank Stadium all facilities are in Edinburgh.

Boroughmuir have various youth teams from under 8 - to under 18 age groups. They also have National Academy Programme teams who played under Scottish Women's Football including under 14, under 16 and under 18 which is part of the Purple Pathway. These teams play some of the best club teams in Scotland. The "Purple Pathway" is the journey and development of players as they progress through the youth academy to adult football. The club has produced several players since it was founded who have played professional football and also played at college and university level.

References

  1. "Boroughmuir Thistle celebrate their 10th year as a club". Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. "League website". Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  3. "Leaguewebsite.co.uk has now closed".
  4. "Scotland - Boroughmuir Thistle FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  5. "The University of Edinburgh". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  6. "Edinburgh University Women's Association Football Club (EUWAFC)". euwafc. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  7. "Peffermill Playing Fields". The University of Edinburghn. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  8. "Meadowbank Sports Centre - Edinburgh Leisure". www.edinburghleisure.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  9. Boroughmuir Thistle
  10. "Welcome to the home of SWF". Scottish Women's Football. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
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