Busman’s holiday for women footballers

The Scottish Women’s Premier League enjoys a day off this weekend as Scotland take on Northern Ireland in an international challenge match at Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton on Sunday 23 May.
It is the first ever women’s international at the stadium and forms part of Scotland’s build-up to the World Cup Qualifying matches against Bulgaria and Denmark in June. The national team have begun the qualifying campaign in fine form with four wins out of four, and will use the match against Northern Ireland to maintain their momentum.
Glasgow City and Scotland forward, Jane Ross says the match is vital to keep focus and confidence. She said, ‘Our campaign has gone to plan so far and the girls were fantastic in the last match against Bulgaria in particular. We obviously have them to play again in the away leg next month and then face strong group favourites Denmark at Rugby Park. The Northern Ireland match is therefore crucial as it gives us time together again in a competitive match. Northern Ireland are always a good test for us and even if it is only a friendly, we will be looking to keep our winning run going. Let’s hope for a good performance and we can keep confidence high in the camp going into the qualifiers.’
The match is the first ever women’s international at the stadium. Kick off is 2pm. Tickets on the gate: Adult £5, child/concession £2.

Macedonia  Fixture

Scotland Under 19’s proudly flew off today (Friday 21 May 2010) to Macedonia to take their place in the Under 19 European Championships. It is a phenomenal achievement for our young guns to make it to the finals and they face an incredibly difficult challenge as they are grouped with holders England and former winners, Germany and Italy. The Scots first match is against the Auld Enemy on Monday.
Laura Montgomery