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Montrose Women's Football Club are a Scottish women's football club based in the town of Montrose, Angus. They are Scottish Women's Football members and currently play in the Scottish Women's Premier League 1 in the top tier of women's football in Scotland.[2]
| Full name | Montrose Women's Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Gable Endies | ||
| Founded | 2016 | ||
| Ground | Links Park, Montrose | ||
| Capacity | 4,936[1] | ||
| Chairman | Barry O'Neil | ||
| Manager | Craig Feroz | ||
| League | SWPL 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | SWPL 2, 1st of 8 (promoted) | ||
| Website | https://montrosefc.co.uk/women | ||
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The club was established by the Montrose Community Trust, the charitable arm of Montrose FC, in 2016. The team is still a member of the Montrose Community Trust, along with Montrose Youth FC, Montrose Amateur FC, Montrose Walking FC. They began playing competitive football a year later and first played in the SWFL Second Division (East).[3] They finished their debut season in seventh place.[4]
Montrose then moved in the 2018 season to the Second Division (North). Montrose were crowned champions and promoted to First Division (North) on the final match day with a 1-2 away to runners-up Stonehaven.[5]
In the 2019 season, their first season in the Scottish third tier, Montrose placed seventh.[6] The following two seasons (2020 and 2020–21) were both abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic.[7][8] After the withdrawal of Forfar Farmington from the SWPL at the end of the 2020–21 season, Montrose became the highest-ranked Angus team in the Scottish national leagues.[9]
Montrose won the 2021–22 Scottish Women's Football Championship North with an incredible unbeaten season, securing promotion to SWPL 2 with a 4-1 victory over promotion rivals East Fife.[10] The club also reached the inaugural SWF Championship Cup final that season, losing 1-0 to league rivals Dryburgh Athletic at Falkirk Stadium.[11]
In the 2022-23 SWPL 2, Montrose had a very strong debut season in Scotland's second tier, losing only three times. The club were finally crowned league champions after a 6-1 win over East Fife on 30 April 2023. As champions, Montrose also sealed back-to-back promotion to the Scottish Women's Premier League, the top tier of women's football in Scotland, for the first time in the club's history.
Scottish Women's Premier League 2 (second tier):
- Winners: 2022–23
Scottish Women's Football Championship North (third tier):
Scottish Women's Football League Second Division North (fourth tier):
- Winners: 2017[13]
- Runners up: 2021-22[14]
Biggest win:
- 0-19 v Caithness, 18 Feb 2018, Second Division (North)[15]
- 0-19 v Gleniffer Thistle, 29 Aug 2021, SWF Championship Cup[16]
- 19-0 v Dundee City West, 27 Feb 2022, Championship North[17]
Biggest loss: 0-12 v Rangers, 17 Sep 2023, Scottish Women's Premier League[18]
Largest attendance: 459, v Celtic, 13 Aug 2023
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