Sunday 11th August, 2024 at 8:29am
This Sunday August 11th, PTWFC take on Hibs in a SWPL1 match at Lochburn Park in a 13:00 kickoff.
With a fresh campaign set to get underway, the girls are raring to go as a match against Hibs awaits for Brian Graham’s side.
📍Lochburn Park
🕐Sunday 11th August 2024 1pm
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Hibs come into this new season having finished in 5th place ahead of the Jags in 6th last season with a very different looking side compared to last.
Hibs have lost some key members of their squad such as Jorian Baucom, Hibs’ top scorer, Leah Eddie, who returned to Rangers, and Shannon McGregor, who made the switch to league champions Celtic.
That being said, Hibs recruitment this summer has been stellar having brought in the likes of Erin Clachers from Glasgow City, Kathleen McGovern and Ciara Grant from bitter rivals Hearts as well as former Jag Linzi Taylor making her move to Leith this summer. Alongside this, Grant Scott managed to keep some big names at the club such as former Thistle forward Abbie Ferguson and Poppy Lawson just a couple of regulars who chose to remain in Green and white.
The last meeting with Hibs ended in a 3-2 win for the Jags at Petershill, with Carla Boyce grabbing a brace and Imogen Longcake scoring the other. That game saw us secure our first win in the top 6 in the club’s history, as well as besting Grant Scott’s side across the season only losing once to the Edinburgh side. We look forward to welcoming them to our makeshift home as we kick off the season.
Thistle’s preseason ended on a high note as we made the trip to Ayrshire to face Kilmarnock with PTW coming out 8-0 victors.
Key performances all around the pitch but standouts came from Tiree Burchill who grabbed two and was unfortunate not to walk away with a hattrick. Cara Henderson saw her preseason tally reach 8 goals as she picked up where she left off last season while Carla Boyce, now dawning our number 10, also grabbed a brace as she impressed.
Strong Followings from the Red and Yellow army helped our girls massively last season, with our numbers across the season being over 5,000 Jags fans. We hope to see as many of the Red and yellow as possible as we play our first match at our temporary home ground at Maryhill.
A well needed rest last season following a tough preseason allowed the girls to rest up ahead of the start of the campaign. Kodie Hay suffered a broken ankle during preseason so is ruled out for some time this year whilst Cheryl McCulloch isn’t quite ready for her return in Red and Yellow having been out for over a year with an ACL injury.
Several players impressed during preseason and are all in line for their first competitive starts in Thistle colours.
With that being said, it will be up to the gaffer and the rest of the management team to field the best possible side heading into this fixture with the chance to start our season with a bang against our visitors from the capital.
1st May 2024
PARTICK THISTLE 3
(Boyce, 45+’, 71′) (Longcake, 67′)
HIBERNIAN 2
(Cunningham O.G., 45′) (Baucom, 90′)
