Sion Swifts Ladies F.C.

Sion Swifts Ladies F.C.

Full name	Sion Swifts Ladies Football Club
Founded	2010; 15 years ago (2010)
Ground	Melvin Sports Complex, Strabane
Manager	Tony McGinley[1]
League	Women's Premiership
2023	4th
Home colours

Sion Swifts Ladies Football Club is a women's association football club based in Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. They were founded in 2010 and promoted into the Irish League Women’s Premiership in 2015.[2] They won the IFA Women's Challenge Cup in 2017, beating Newry City 2–0 at Windsor Park in Belfast.[3]

Throughout its history the club has fielded a number of players from nearby County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.[4] In June 2019 the club was subject to media attention when their goalkeeper Nicole McClure played for Jamaica at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, then played in a league match for Sion Swifts the following day.[5]

The club lost a close battle[6] with rivals Linfield for the 2019 Women's Premiership title in 2019. In August 2020 they announced the double signing of Linfield captain Kirsty McGuinness and her sister Caitlin McGuinness.[7]

Players

For a list of all former and current Sion Swifts Ladies F.C. players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Sion Swifts Ladies F.C. players.

Honours

• IFA Women's Challenge Cup: 2017
• NIFL Women's Premiership League Cup: 2022

References

1. Nethery, Tommy (11 June 2020). "Positive signs for Sion Ladies". Strabane Chronicle. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
2. McCarthy, Nicola (17 June 2020). "Swifts shaking things up in Women's Premiership". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
3. "Sion Swifts Lift Electric Ireland Cup - She Kicks Women's Football Magazine". shekicks.net. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
4. McNulty, Chris (7 September 2017). "Sion Swifts' strong Donegal connection bid for history in Windsor Park final". Donegal Sport Hub. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
5. "Nicole McClure: Jamaica keeper in club action 24 hours after making World Cup debut". BBC Sport. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
6. "Women's Premiership: Sion Swifts title success would be 'incredible'". BBC Sport. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
7. "Sion Swifts: Women's Premiership side sign Kirsty and Caitlin McGuinness from Linfield". BBC Sport. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

External links

• Sion Swifts Ladies F.C. on Twitter

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