CELTIC SCOTTISH BUILDING SOCIETY SWPL1 SUNDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2019 KICK-OFF 12PM - Celtic FC Women
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CELTIC
SCOTTISH BUILDING women
SOCIETY SWPL1
SUNDAY 20TH
OCTOBER 2019
KICK-OFF 12PM MOTHERWELL
A NOTE FROM
THE
MANAGER
Good afternoon and welcome to K-Park for this
afternoon’s return to league business. “ We must continue to fight
Our last league game at Spartans saw the referee call a halt
to proceedings after 50 minutes due to an injury to one for second place as it is still
of the Spartans players. The first half was goalless but I was
confident we were going to find a way past the home keeper mathematically possible. “
whilst remaining solid defensively. We had created several
opportunities in the opening 45 but sadly were unable
to convert those into goals.
As it stands, we still have five games remaining but now
MOTHERWELL
trail to Hibs by six points. However, we must continue to fight
for second place as it is still mathematically possible.
We have seen an improvement
PROFILED
Celtic welcome Eddie Wolecki Black’s previous
this season and our consistency right-hand man to K-Park with the Lanarkshire side
having just exited the Scottish Cup at the semi-final
has helped us hold a top two position stage to Hibs.
for most of the campaign. Motherwell arrive in East Kilbride in fifth place, just four
points off of fourth placed Rangers, while Celtic are
gunning for a return to winning ways after their Scottish
Cup exit and their abandoned match against Spartans.
Sadly, we discovered Scotland will not have two teams
The two have already came face to face twice this
in the Champions League next season. Therefore the aim
season with nothing separating the pair in a dogged
for forthcoming seasons is now very simple — win the league
0-0 draw back in March, before Kirsty McLaughlin
or watch from the sidelines.
and Kathleen McGovern’s strikes were enough to
better Katie Rice’s equaliser.
Today’s opponents are a team I know very well. They have
settled into top flight football really well and look near
certainties to survive. Our previous two encounters have been
tightly fought affairs; the first game ended in a goalless draw MANAGER: DONALD JENNOW
but in the final match before the break we took away a 2-1 win.
Since the restart, Motherwell have reached the Scottish Cup
HOME GROUND: RAVENSCRAIG REGIONAL
semi-finals for the second year running. SPORTS FACILITY
As ever, thank you for your support and I hope you enjoy
the match.
LAST MEETING
SWPL1: MOTHERWELL 1-2 CELTIC
LAST 5
CELTIC - WWLLA
Eddie Wolecki Black STIRLING UNI – DWWLL
Manager, Celtic FC Women
ROSS:
WE CAN’T WAIT
TO GET BACK
After two weekends without league action,
Natalie Ross is raring to get back on the pitch,
KEEVA KEENAN CELEBRATES as she admits everyone is “buzzing to get back”.
FULL IRELAND DEBUT Celtic’s game against Motherwell marks the Hoops’
return since their abandoned game against Spartans
After a blistering season in the Hoops which has seen and the midfielder confessed the pause has felt
her score her first goal for the club and take home long, but has only made them hungrier to get back.
the Player of the Year award, fullback Keeva Keenan
celebrated even further success as she was given “It feels longer than two weeks so I’m really looking
the nod for her first senior international appearance. forward to it! We’ve had a good session there
and got half an hour of games so everybody’s
Keenan travelled back to her native Dublin for the Republic buzzing and looking sharp,” she said.
of Ireland’s Euro 2021 qualifier against Ukraine, linking
up with new manager Vera Pauw before playing for the Despite the Hoops’ trip to Edinburgh ultimately
entirety of their thrilling 3-2 victory. The defender, who ending up void, Ross said they take confidence
had been involved at youth level for Ireland, found herself from how much they dominated the 50 minutes
in the starting eleven at the first time of asking, as Ireland that were played.
maintained their 100% start to the qualifiers and pulled
into second place behind Germany. “It was a shame what happened but we just keep
focused on the next game. I thought we done alright
The 22-year-old’s debut came in front of a record Ireland and were on top of them so it was a shame that it
Women’s National Team crowd of over 5,000 in Shamrock got cut short,” she said.
Rovers’ Tallaght Stadium in her home county of Dublin.
BLACK: WE USE
TIME OFF WISELY
Celtic head into the Motherwell fixture off the back
of two weekends without a game and their last match
being called early due to injury.
But despite frustrations at not playing, Emma Black said
the side would use the time wisely to ensure they are ready
to go for the last five games of the season.
“When you don’t have a game at the weekend, you can
increase the load of training,” she told, shortly after Celtic’s
game at Spartans was called off in the 50th minute.
“We’ve focussed a lot on our fitness this week and every
player coming to training knows that it will be difficult in
that sense. It’s got to be an intense week because it allows
you to do extra runs or lift heavier weights in the gym
and then we taper it as we approach the game against
Motherwell at the end of the month.
“As far as the Spartans game, the player’s welfare obviously
comes first and everyone is glad there’s no lasting damage
and we wish her a speedy recovery and hope she’s back
on the pitch soon. You train all week for a game but these
things happen, so you take it on the chin and then start
back training which we’ve done,” she said.
QUIZ YOUNG CELTS ENJOY MORE
SCOTTISH RECOGNITION
1 WHO SWITCHED THE GREEN AND WHITE Celtic celebrated more Scotland Youth success,
with a remarkable 15 players receiving call-ups
FOR AMBER AND CLARET IN THE SUMMER? to represent their country.
2 WHO SCORED THE WINNER AGAINST MOTHERWELL
The Hoops have been well-represented all year
IN THE LAST MEETING? in the Scotland setup across all age groups,
and their success was further reinforced with
3 OTHER THAN CELTIC AND MOTHERWELL, WHICH the latest batch. At under-19s level, Chloe
OTHER SWPL CLUB HAS WOLECKI BLACK MANAGED? Warrington and Kathleen McGovern secured
European Elite Round qualification in Poland,
4 WHERE ARE MOTHERWELL IN THE SWPL1 TABLE? while a magnificent seven Academy players
faced Northern Ireland, Montenegro and Italy
5 WHO SCORED AGAINST THEIR PREVIOUS CLUB on home turf in their UEFA qualifying round.
IN THE LAST MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO?
Furthermore, six Girls Academy players were
called into action for a friendly double-header
against Wales as they continue their
ANSWERS: development for both club and country.
1 Nicole Cairney | 2 Kathleen McGovern | 3 Glasgow City | 4 Fifth | 5 Kirsty McLaughlin
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CELTIC MOTHERWELL
MANAGER: MANAGER:
EDDIE WOLECKI BLACK DONALD JENNOW
Chloe Logan 1 1 Morgan Hunter
Keeva Keenan 2 2 Steph Knox
Cheryl McCulloch 4 2 Maxine Welsh
Natalie Ross 5 4 Kirstin Rolph
Chloe Craig 6 5 Georgie Rafferty
Kirsty McLaughlin 7 6 Katie Rice
Katherine Smart 8 7 Lauren Doran-Barr
Josephine Giard 9 8 Kerry Montgomery
Sarah Ewens 11 9 Lori Gardner
Rachel Donaldson 12 11 Chelsea McEachran
Kelly Clark 15 12 Georgia Crooks
Emma Black 16 15 Natasha Roberts
Kodie Hay 17 16 Myia Arbuckle
Kelsey Hodges 19 17 Anna Vincenti
Emma Craig 24 18 Nicole Cairney
Megan Cunningham 25 19 Mhairi Fyfe
Cara McBrearty 33 21 Kirsty McDonald
Rachael O’Neill 40 23 Claire Adams
Kathleen McGovern 63 26 Abby Callaghan
29 Sam McManus
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