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Hibernian W.F.C.
Hibernian Women's Football Club is a women's football team based in Edinburgh that plays in the Scottish Women's Premier League, the top division of women's football in Scotland. They were officially integrated as a department of Hibernian F.C. in 2022, having previously been linked less formally via their community foundation, using the club's training facilities and colours. History Founded in 1997 by Iain Johnston and Paul Johnston, for the initial two seasons of its existence the club was under the auspices of Preston Athletic. The name changed to Hibernian Ladies in 1999 and they became one of the leading women's teams in Scotland. After being temporarily voted out of the Scottish Women's Premier League by its other member clubs in 2005 after officials failed to attend the body's AGM (subsequently downgraded to a warning and small fine), in 2006–07 Hibs secured a domestic double, finishing the league campaign with a 100% record. The club has won the league championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meadowbank Stadium
Meadowbank Stadium (officially the Meadowbank Sports Centre) is a multi-purpose sports facility located in the Meadowbank area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Built on the site of the earlier New Meadowbank and Old Meadowbank sports venues, it was originally built to host the 1970 Commonwealth Games. It also hosted the Games in 1986, becoming the first venue to host the Games twice. It is the current home of side F.C. Edinburgh. The stadium has also regularly hosted football. It was the home ground of Scottish Football League team Meadowbank Thistle between 1974 and 1995. From 1996, it hosted senior non-league football as the home ground of Edinburgh City. League football returned to Meadowbank in 2016 following City's promotion to the Scottish Professional Football League. The Meadowbank complex also hosted Leith Athletic, which played on the Meadowbank 3G artificial pitch adjacent to the main stadium since 2013. In the early months of 2019 the sports centre was demolished and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broxburn Athletic F
Broxburn ( gd, Srath Bhroc, IPA: �s̪ɾaˈvɾɔʰk is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, on the A89 road, from the West End of Edinburgh, from Edinburgh Airport and to the north of Livingston. Etymology The name Broxburn is a corruption of "brock's burn", brock being an old Scots name for a badger whether from the Gaelic ''broc'' or the Pictish/Welsh/Brythonic ''Broch'' and burn being a Scots word for a large stream or small river. The village was earlier known as Easter Strathbrock (Uphall was Wester Strathbrock) with Strath coming either from the Gaelic ''srath'' or the Pictish/Welsh/Brythonic ''ystrad'' meaning a river valley. History The village that later became Broxburn probably originated around 1350 when Margery le Cheyne inherited the eastern half of the Barony of Strathbrock (Easter Strathbrock) on the death of her father, Sir Reginald le Cheyne III. The hamlet that grew up around her residence was then called Eastertoun (eastern town) after the land on which it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachael Boyle
Rachael Boyle (née Small; born 20 December 1991) is a Scottish international footballer who currently plays as midfielder for Hibernian in the Scottish Women's Premier League. Career Boyle grew up in Aberdeen and represented Scotland at schools' level in 2005 while a pupil at Northfield Academy. She later progressed through the national under-17 and under-19 squads, captaining the latter in the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship finals in Macedonia. She made her full debut for the Scotland women's team in July 2010 against Poland. At club level, Boyle began with her hometown team, Aberdeen Ladies before moving to Forfar Farmington in 2010. She also attended the Scottish FA's North Regional Football Academy in Aberdeen. In July 2013, Boyle returned to Aberdeen after Forfar failed to make the top six at the SWPL mid-season split. Boyle joined Hibernian Ladies in July 2016, with her fiancé Martin Boyle playing for the Edinburgh club's men's side at the same time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Thomas
Crystal Elaine Marie Thomas (born January 18, 1994) is an American soccer player who plays for Hibernian in the Scottish Women's Premier League. Early life Thomas grew up in Chicago and graduated from Wheaton Academy in West Chicago. She helped the school claim a state title in 2009 as well as three Class 2A super-sectional and sectional titles (2009–11), and four regional titles (2009–12). As a senior in 2012 she tied a school record, scoring 36 goals, and was an all-state first team selection. Thomas played club soccer with Chicago Sockers, helping the team win a pair of Illinois State Cup titles in 2010 and 2011. She also spent time with the Olympic Development Program Region II team, captaining at both the regional and state levels. College Thomas began playing college soccer at the University of Notre Dame in 2012. As a freshman, Thomas appeared in all of the Fighting Irish's 24 matches including 19 starts. She scored a team-leading 10 goals as well as registeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joelle Murray
Joelle Louise Murray (born 7 November 1986) is a Scottish international footballer who plays as a defender for Hibernian of the Scottish Women's Premier League. Murray grew up in Chirnside, Scotland, and started her career playing with local boys' clubs. At the age of 12 she joined the youth set-up at Hibernian Ladies. She progressed through the age groups and into the senior side, winning all domestic honours along the way and latterly being under-17 captain. Murray made her UEFA Women's Cup debut in July 2004 against Rapide Wezemaal and has made six appearances in the competition to date. After being called up to the Scotland Under-17 squad in 2002, Murray came through the various age-group teams and made her full international debut against Belgium in August 2007. She scored her first international goal against Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedicte Håland
Benedicte Iversen Håland (born 10 February 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Women's Premier League Hibernian W.F.C. Håland has played for the Norwegian national team U17 and U19. Career statistics ''As of 30 September 2021'' Club career Håland was born in Norway and started her professional career at Arna-Bjørnar. She then spent a short time at Sandviken, which included a spell on loan to Fyllingsdalen. Håland agreed a one-year contract with Swiss Women's Super League club Lugano in January 2020, before moving to Bristol City of the FA WSL in September 2020. After finishing the season at the bottom of the table, Bristol City were relegated. Straight off the back of the completion of the FA WSL season, Håland joined Icelandic top league team UMF Selfoss. She spent the second half of the 2021-2022 season at Italian side Hellas Verona. In May 2022, it was announced that Benedicte would join the Scottish side Hib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nor Mustafa
Nor Mustafa (born 29 November 2001) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Saudi Women's Premier League club Al Ittihad. She spent the 2020–21 season in England with FA WSL club West Ham United. Mustafa is of Kurdish descent. Club career West Ham Mustafa joined West Ham in July 2020, becoming West Ham's fifth signing of the summer. Mustafa made her debut on 6 September coming on in the 81st minute in a 1–1 draw with Tottenham. She was transferred to French Division 2 Féminine club Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very ... in September 2021. Career statistics Club ;Notes References External links *Nor Mustafaat Footofeminin.fr (in French) 2001 births Living people Swedish people of Kurdish descent Swedish w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liana Hinds
Liana Kayla-Marie Hinds (born 23 February 1995) is an American-born Trinidadian footballer who plays as a defender for Hibernian and the Trinidad and Tobago women's national team. College career Hinds attended the University of Connecticut. International career Hinds represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and the 2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The 2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the seventh edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The United States went into the tournament as defending champions and successfully retained their title. The tournament was hosted by th .... She made her senior debut in 2014. International goals ''Scores and results list Trinidad and Tobago's goal tally first'' References 1995 births Living people Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders Trinidad and Tobago women's footballers Trinida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Eddie
Leah Eddie (born 23 January 2001) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for Hibernian in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) and the Scotland national team. Club career Eddie attended the Performance School at Graeme High School in Falkirk, and played for Central Ladies Academy. After a stint with Rangers she joined Hibernian in 2018. She missed most of the 2019 season due to a knee injury. International career Eddie represented Scotland at the under-17 and under-19 levels. She was added to the full national team in June 2021 and made her international debut that month in a 1–0 win against Northern Ireland. Eddie was not in the original 26-player Scottish squad to play in the 2022 Pinatar Cup, but Erin Cuthbert Erin Jacqueline Cuthbert (born 19 July 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Chelsea in the FA WSL and is a member of the Scotland national team. She studied at University of the West of Scotland, combining graduation from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siobhan Hunter
Siobhan Hunter (born 10 April 1994) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for Hibernian in the Scottish Women's Premier League. Hunter first signed with Hibernian youth as a 9-year old in March 2004. Hunter, returning from a broken collar bone, came on as a substitute in the 2018 SWPL Cup Final, in which Hibs beat Celtic 9–0 at Falkirk Stadium. 2017 Scottish Cup Final In the 2017 Scottish Cup final against Glasgow City, Hunter scored the third goal with a 40-yard free kick, in a 3–0 win. The goal was nominated for, and subsequently won, the Women's Soccer United goal of the month. International career Hunter has been capped for the Scotland Under 15, Under 17, Under 19 and Women's teams. Hunter appeared over 30 times before being capped at full level. Hunter made her debut for the Scotland Women's team in a 3–2 friendly win over Iceland in Reykjavik, in June 2013. Hunter was capped twice in 2013. Honours Hibernian * Scottish Women's Cup (3): 2010, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livingston, West Lothian
Livingston ( sco, Leivinstoun, gd, Baile Dhunlèibhe) is the largest town in West Lothian, Scotland. Designated in 1962, it is the fourth post-war new town to be built in Scotland. Taking its name from a village of the same name incorporated into the new town, it was originally developed in the then-counties of Midlothian and West Lothian along the banks of the River Almond. It is situated approximately fifteen miles (25 km) west of Edinburgh and thirty miles (50 km) east of Glasgow, and is close to the towns of Broxburn to the north-east and Bathgate to the north-west. The town was built around a collection of small villages, Livingston Village, Bellsquarry, and Livingston Station (now part of Deans). The town has a number of residential areas. These include Craigshill, Howden, Ladywell, Knightsridge, Deans, Dedridge, Murieston, Almondvale, Eliburn, Kirkton, and Adambrae. There are several large industrial estates in Livingston, including Houston indust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almondvale Stadium
Almondvale Stadium, also known as the Tony Macaroni Arena for sponsorship purposes, but most commonly referred to as ‘The Spaghettihad’ (alluding to the Etihad Stadium), is a football stadium, located in the Almondvale area of Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland. It has been the home ground of Scottish Premiership club Livingston since 1995, and has an all-seater capacity of 9,512. History The stadium was constructed in 1995 as a joint venture between Edinburgh football club Meadowbank Thistle F.C. and the Livingston Development Corporation (LDC). Part of the deal involved the relocation of Meadowbank Thistle to the town and a name change to Livingston. When the LDC was wound up, ownership of the Stadium was transferred to West Lothian Council. It is hired by Livingston from West Lothian Council every year. Livingston initially rapidly moved up the divisions of Scottish football, and the stadium was expanded to meet Scottish Premier League (SPL) standards in time for the club' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
