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Spartans Premier League Team
30 May 2012
	Spartans 1 Glasgow City 5 Glasgow City claimed the first silverware of the season by beating Spartans 5-1 to be crowned Scottish Premier League Cup Champions at Alloa’s Recreation Park. Last season’s league champions took a four goal advantage into the half time break through strikes from Jane Ross, Danica Dalziel, Emma Mitchell and with Leanne Ross getting a goal either side of the half time giving the league leaders a five goal advantage going into the last half hour. Spartans did manage to get a consolation goal back through their
playmaker Lana Clelland however City’s first half display proved to be too much for the Edinburgh side resulting in the trophy heading west along the M8 to Glasgow. Read More........

Spartans Feature

29 May 2012

THE FINAL CURTAIN ON THE CAPTAIN’S CAREER? WE HOPE NOT

Leading your team out in a cup final is every players dream and Spartans Captain Louise Young is no different. Having been with the club since its inception in 2008, Lou is looking to get her hands on a trophy in what could potentially be one of her last seasons with the club.

After leading out her team in the last two league cup finals, Lou is determined to lift the coveted Premier League Cup at what is the third time of asking, especially after the determined and steely performance in the semi-final against Celtic.

“I am really excited to play in yet another cup final this year. Some may say ‘third time lucky’ for us but I know it will come down to hard work, commitment, determination and team work, rather than luck on the night! Read More........

Spartans Round Up

27 May 2012

Spartans Reserves 10
Musselburgh Windsor 1
Spartans Reserves remained at the top of the league with a handsome win at the Academy today. Doubles from Anne Smollet, Emma Stewart, Kerry Montgomery, a hatrick from Helen Lyons and a penalty from Heather Laing wrapped up the three points.

Spartans 5 Hutchison Vale 0

A hatrick from Sophie Cunningham and one each from Brogan Douglas and Ronha Douglas gave the U15 girls a good win on a very hot day.

Spartans Premier League News
26 May 2012
	Spartans youngster grateful for support from Venables Oak. Spartans are delighted to announce the sponsorship of young winger Lana Clelland for the current season. Lana an U19 Scottish International with a great future ahead of her in the game has attracted sponsorship from hardwood specialists Venables Oak. Lana an ever present in the Spartans team since joining from Rangers in August 2011 has a natural talent which mixed with hard work and focus will see her rise to the top of the game and mirror her sponsors who are a major supplier within the timber industry. Venables Oak are based in Shropshire and For over 150 years have been supplying the finest European hardwoods and quality products derived from them.

Venables Oak is a trading name of Venables Brothers Limited. It is a brand name rooted in one family's 150 year association with the supply of this wonderful timber.
Venables pioneered online sales of European Oak and offer a wide range of Oak products online including planking, sawn to size, planed all round and European oak beams. You can also view and purchase our flooring, skirting and architrave range all online.
Paul Venables said "Venable Brothers are delighted to be associated with Spartans FC and sponsoring Lana one of their talented young International players, we wish Lana and the Spartans

team all the best and every success for the season ahead, good luck Spartans". View Venables Oak at www.venbros.co.uk

Spartans Premier League News
25 May 2012
	Ton up for Di Congratulations to Spartans Diana Barry who is the first player to play 100 games for the club. Di a Scottish International played her first game as a Spartan on the 10th August 2008 Spartans first competitive game away to Kilmarnock and has been an ever present in Spartans starting line-up ever since. Di has a fantastic record for the club having played 100 games out of a possible 104 while scoring an impressive 123 goals along the way. It has been a pleasure to have Scotland's Players Player of the year in 2010 at the club since it's birth in 2008, Di is a bubbly character who has a positive influence on the rest of the squad both on and off the park and is a great role model to the younger players at the club. We look forward to seeing Di in a Spartans shirt for a long time as at only 25 she still has her best years ahead as a footballer.

Spartans Round Up
25 May 2012
	Spartans Reserves 3 Boroughmuir Thistle 0 Spartans Reserves continued their good league form with a midweek win against city rivals to move to the top of the 2nd Division. The reserves bounced back from a narrow 2-1 away defeat to Hearts in the League cup last weekend. Meanwhile Spartans U13's had a good 5-2 victory against Hibs to progress to the final of the League Cup.

Scottish Women's Premier League
20 May 2012
	Glasgow City 9 Spartans 0 Spartans were heavily defeated today by a rampant Glasgow City. City scored in the fourth minute of the match from a clearly offside goal which seem to set the tone for the rest of the match. Instead of Spartans rolling up their sleeves and battling to get back into the match they never really got going and were pinned back for long periods of the game. City scored with four stunning strikes from outside the box which didn't help Spartans cause. On the day a combination of a very good Glasgow City side and a below par
Spartans resulted in this poor score line, we are all disappointed with the way we performed. We will now dust our selves down and prepare for the Cup Final against the same opponents on the 30th May when we will be looking for a much improved performance.

Scottish Women's Premier League
13 May 2012
	Spartans 4 Hamilton 4 Spartans and Hamilton served up a thriller for the neutral today with a 4-4 draw. Spartans took the lead when Barry lobbed Cunningham. Two goals from Hamilton's Crilly and McCulloch gave the visitors a half-time lead. Spartans then equalised through Ewens and edged in front when Barry scored her second to make it 3-2 Hamilton then drew level again through Richardson before Young looked like scoring the winner in the 90th minute. Hamilton however grabbed a 94th minute equaliser to rescue a point.

Match report click here..... Photographs click here.... Video Highlights to follow

Spartans Round Up
13 May 2012
	Hamilton Reserves 1 Spartans Reserves 2 Spartans Reserves progressed through the first round of the Scottish Cup with an excellent away win to Hamilton Reserves. Goals from Kerry Montgomery and Emma Stewart were enough for Spartans Reserves to book their place in round two of the Cup.

Scotland International Challenge Match
26 May 2012
	Scotland v Sweden Scotland will later this month test themselves against one of the best National teams in Women's football (Click the picture left for full details). Currently fifth in the FIFA World and second in UEFA rankings, Sweden will provide a stern test for the Scots and give an indication on how well the Scotland team are progressing. Under the leadership of Scotland National Team Coach Anna Signeul Scotland have themselves risen up the rankings to twenty-first in the world and thirteenth in Europe a fantastic achievement. Scotland now have the opportunity to see how they fare against one of the truly elite. Anna being Swedish will no doubt help as she is sure to know a lot about the opposition however the same can be said off the Swedish Assistant Coach Ann-Helen Grahm who spent six great years in Scotland as Anna's assistant. Why not get along to the game and support the National Team.

Scottish Women's Premier League
06 May 2012
	Aberdeen 1 Spartans 2 Spartans travelled to Aberdeen on league duty and met a stubborn Aberdeen side. Spartans found it difficult to get the ball down and pass it on a bumpy pitch. It took until the 54th minute for Spartans to break the deadlock when Sarah Ewens from eight yards volleyed home a Diana Barry cross from the left. Aberdeen then squared the match against the run of play when Rebecca Dempster fired home from the right across Harrington in to the far corner.
Di Barry then won the game for Spartans from the penalty spot after Sarah Ewens was brought down by the outrushing Lauren Sangster giving Morag Pirie an easy decision. Barry giving Sangster no chance from the spot.
Match report Click Here...... Photo Gallery Click Here...... Video Highlights Click Here......

Spartans Round Up
06 May 2012
	Spartans Reserves 2 Hibernian 1875 1 Spartans Reserves continued their winning ways with a league victory over Hibernian 1875 and maintain their challenge at the top of the 2nd Division South East two points behind Hearts and three points behind leaders Falkirk although Falkirk have played one game more. Full Match Report...........

Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
02 May 2012
	Spartans 1 Celtic 0 Spartans took their place in the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup Final after a hard earned victory against Celtic at Prestonfield Park in Linlithgow. The game kicked off in glorious sunshine and perfect playing conditions. In the eighth minute of the game the impressive Sarah Ewens was played through the centre by Diana Barry, Ewens outstripped the Celtic defence and calmly slotted the ball beyond the Scotland number 1 Gemma Fay in the Celtic goal. The remainder of the game saw Celtic with a lot of possession and Spartans defending resolutely and breaking on the counter. There were no further goals and Spartans will meet the winner of the Glasgow City v Forfar semi-final at Recreation Park, Alloa on Wednesday the 30th May. Read Full match report...................

Spartans FC Round up
29 April 2012
	Spartans Reserves progress Spartans Reserves earned a place in the next round of the League Cup after a hard earned victory away to Claremount in East Kilbride. The girls came from behind to win 3-2 with goals from OG, followed by an Emma Stewart double. A full match report and pictures can be found at the SW Fitba website who were at the game. Click here..... Meanwhile the U13's had a terrific 6-1 win against Broxburn and progressed to the semi-final of the League Cup. The U15's were defeated 4-1 by Boroughmuir.

Spartans FC Premier League
29 April 2012
	Forfar spoil Spartans 100th game Spartans met Forfar in what was Spartans 100th game but it was a disappointing result for the Ainslie Park side. In a hard fought match Forfar converted their chances while Spartans failed to convert theirs. With very little chances for either team in the first half it was no surprise that the score sheet was blank at the half-time interval. Spartans lost Lana Clelland at half time with a wrist injury which was a blow as she had caused the Forfar rearguard problems in the first half. It was Forfar who opened the scoring when Grant rose unchallenged to head home from a cross from the left. Spartans were pushing for an equaliser and went further behind when Forfar substitute Caroline Heron
lifted the ball over Rachel Harrison to wrap up the points for the visitors. Click here for Match Report.... Click here for photographs...... Click here for Video highlights.....

Spartans FC Premier League

25 April 2012

Spartans welcomed Sundborns Goif Women’s Football team from Sweden who have spent the last week in Edinburgh on a training camp. The Spartans Community Football Academy hosted training sessions throughout the week the girls enjoying both morning and evening sessions. Last Sunday the girl’s trained in the morning at the Academy before having lunch in the cafe bar and taking their places on the touchline to watch the Scottish Women’s Premier League match between Hutchison Vale and Spartans which was transferred to the Academy at late notice due to unforeseen circumstances with Hutchison Vales home pitch. Spartans gave the girl’s something to cheer with a 3-1 victory.

On Monday evening the girl’s trained with the Spartans first team and on Wednesday they took part in a training match on the Stadium pitch. The match allowed the girl’s from Sweden the opportunity to play with the Spartans first team players, an experience which they thoroughly enjoyed and hopefully one that will help them in their football development.

The girl’s as well as football activities had time out to visit the sights of Edinburgh taking in the Castle and the shops on Princes Street.

The girls returned to Sweden on Thursday to prepare for their season back home.

Spartans FC Premier League
22 April 2012
		Hutchison Vale 1 Spartans 3 Spartans overcame their nearest neighbours Hutchison Vale by 3-1 through goals from Claire Crosbie, Sarah Ewens and Diana Barry. Hutchison Vale scored a consolation goal through Michelle Russell, Spartans Crosbie headed home the opener to take a 1-0 lead into the interval after an even first half. Spartans increased the pace in the second half and started to control the match and as a consequence added two goals to their half-time lead. Sarah Ewens outstripped the defence and rounded the goalkeeper to keep up her good scoring form and Di Barry slotted home a penalty after Claire Crosbie had been brought down in the box. Spartans 3-0 ahead then relaxed their grip on the game allowing Hutchison Vale to come more into the match and capitalise on poor marking in the box
to pull a goal back when Michelle Russell headed home unchallenged, Hutchison Vale pressed to reduce the deficit but the game finished 3-1 to Spartans. Full Match Report click here Photo Report Click here Video highlights Click here.

Spartans FC
21 April 2012
		The Cosmic Piper sponsors Bobbie Spartans are delighted to announce the sponsorship of Bobbie Beveridge for the 2012 campaign.
Billy McNeil has already written a song for Spartans called "Spartans Are You Ready" which can be heard blaring out down at the Ainslie Park Stadium before home games. Having been a musician all his life, playing the bagpipes and the flute, Billy has taken to composing his own music available to buy through his website. www.cosmicpiper.com The idea for composing a special song for the Spartans Women’s team came about after knowing Spartans full-back Bobbie Beveridge. Billy said: “Having known the Beveridge family for a number of years and having been extremely impressed with Bobbie’s dedication to her sport, I thought a Spartans song would be appropriate. On top of that Billy has decided to sponsor young fullback Bobbie for the season. Click below to hear Spartans song and to hear another favourite called SeaEagle

Spartans Are You Ready		Sea Eagle

Spartans FC Premier League Cup S/F
18 April 2012
		Spartans V Celtic in SWPL Cup Spartans will face Celtic in the Semi-finals of the Scottish Women’s Premier League Cup after the draw was made by Scotland U21 Coach Billy Stark on Monday. Having already met earlier in the league campaign with the Glasgow side being victorious by three goals to nil, Spartans Head Coach Debbie McCulloch knows that to book their place in the cup final will be an extremely difficult task but is happy with the draw. She said: “To win the cup you must beat the best teams and Celtic are one of those without a
doubt. Having lost 3-0 earlier in the season we now know what we are up against and I am sure it will be a very tough test to get through to the final.” Spartans will play Celtic on Wednesday 02 May at Prestonfield, Linlithgow, home of Linlithgow Rose with a 7:30pm kick-off In the other semi-final Forfar Farmington will face off against Glasgow City on Thursday 03 May at Keirs Park, Hill of Beath, home of Hill of Beath Hawthorn also with a 7:30pm kick-off.

Spartans FC Premier League Cup Q/F
15 April 2012
		Spartans 2 Inverness City 1 SPARTANS Spartans entertained Inverness in the second instalment of a League and Cup double header at Ainslie Park Stadium today. After drawing 2-2 in the league last weekend, Spartans reached the semi finals of the Scottish Premier League Cup after coming back from a goal behind to win 2-1 thanks to another brace from Sarah Ewens. Match Report Click here Photo Gallery Click here Video Highlights Click here

Spartans FC Premier League
13 April 2012
	ALERT GOALKEEPING IN SAFE HANDS Spartans are delighted to announce that goalkeeper Rachel Harrison has signed a season long contract with Alert Goalkeeping - to be her official glove supplier Having used gloves by the specialist supplier for the second half of last season, the Spartans Keeper was determined to keep wearing the specialist brand for the 2012 campaign
and feels the supply of top quality gloves will help her keep the ball out of the net. Read More.................

Spartans FC Premier League
09 April 2012
		DANNI PUTS PEN TO PAPER Spartans are delighted to announce the signing of Danni Pagliarulo, who returns to the club after a two year break from the game. Danni played 39 out of 40 games for Spartans during sixteen months in 2008 and 2009 scoring 7 goals from her centre midfield role and once she is match fit will give the club a huge boost going forward. Danni is a really clever footballer and her reading and knowledge of the game along with a natural talent will be a great asset to the current Spartans squad. We have had a shortage of players to cover the central midfield role so far this season with injuries restricting captain Lou Young and Molly McKean's participation and we are looking forward to seeing Danni and Sarah Archibald competing for these positions and allowing players such as Lana Clelland, Bobbi Beveridge and Lou Magilton who have needed to cover these roles to return to their more natural positions. Danni was a member of the U19 Scotland team that qualified for the European Championship finals along with current Spartans Diana Barry and Claire Crosbie back in 2005 and brings a wealth of experience to the club.

Spartans FC Premier League
08 April 2012
		Spartans 2 Inverness City 2 SPARTANS DROP POINTS Spartans entertained Inverness in the first of a League and Cup double header at Ainslie Park Stadium today. In the Scottish Women's Premier League game at Ainslie Park, the match between Spartans and Inverness ended 2-2 with the away side coming from two goals down to take a share of the spoils. A brace in the first half from Sarah Ewens (left) was cancelled out by a Natalie Bodium strike and a last gasp penalty converted by Karin Mason. Read Match Report.......

Spartans FC Premier League
07 April 2012
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G Mason Body Repairs Gary Mason from G Mason Body Repairs is the proud sponsor of daughter Louise (pictured above). Louise Mason joined Spartans in 2010 from Rangers and has received great support from her Dad during her Spartans career, both her Dad and Mum Elaine come along to support the team on a regular basis. Louise is one of Spartans talented strikers in the Scottish Women's Premier League team. Spartans would like to thank the Mason family for their continued support. G Mason Body Repairs carry out Insurance Work, Spray Painting and Alloy Wheel Refurbishment. So if your car needs a little bit of TLC then get in touch with Gary who will be pleased to help you out. For more information, click on the advert above.

Spartans Premier League
05 April 2012
Spartans Re-sign three players

Sarah Archibald	Jo Hutcheson	Ashley Nicolson
Spartans are delighted to announce the return of three players to the squad. Sarah returns after a long break from the game due to injury. A talented midfielder or centre back who once fully fit will add quality to the Spartans squad. Sarah has good experience in the game having captained the Scottish Under 17's and played at under 19 level before injuries cut a promising career short in 2009, Sarah will be looking forward to regaining her match fitness and turning out for Spartans again. Jo has only been away since the start of last season when work took her abroad to Malawi. Now back in Edinburgh, Scotland International Goalkeeper Jo will be looking to re-start her career between the sticks for Spartans. Ashley has returned after a very short spell at Rangers in fact so short that it doesn't feel if she has been away, the full back will fit straight back in to the squad.

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