Heather Walker, managing director of global colleague services and site leadership at Barclays, and Aileen Campbell, executive director of SWF, with players from the team. (Aimée Todd/Sportpix)
Scottish women’s football has announced that its league and Ligue 1 will benefit from record investment after joining the Barclays Football family.
Barclays becomes the first sponsor of the Barclays Scottish Women’s Championship and Barclay’s Scottish Women’s League One, the third and fourth women’s tiers in Scotland.
The leagues form the bridge between regional grassroots football and the Scottish Women’s Premier League, where the most productive regional groups are promoted to League One and the two most sensible teams in the league have the opportunity to register for the SWPL through the promotion and gaming. outside the system.
The leagues also have a geographical reach, from Queen of the South in Dumfries to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Highlands.
The new partnership extends Barclays’ record in women’s football in Scotland to more than three years for the first time and underlines the bank’s commitment to football at all levels.
Aileen Campbell, chief executive of Scottish women’s football, said: “Barclays has played a huge role in expanding women’s football south of the border. It is therefore an exciting time to recognise their continued advancement of pyramid design through the SWF in Scotland.
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“The Championship and League One have become national leagues to keep pace with the astonishing expansion of women’s football in Scotland, to help the popularity of grassroots football and to enable clubs to realize their Premier League betting aspirations. League.
“As the first-ever sponsor, Barclays will further increase the aspirations and visibility of women playing in those leagues, with positive effects for women’s football in Scotland as a whole. “
Tom Corbett, Head of Sponsorship, said: “Barclays has had a practical and well-established relationship with football for more than two decades. From our 23-year relationship with the Premier League to the biggest investment ever made through a logo in women’s football in 2019, when we were the first sponsor of what is now the Barclays Women’s Super League.
“This partnership is another big step forward in strengthening our football pyramid across the United Kingdom, and we are very pleased to be collaborating with Scottish women’s football to contribute to the expansion of women’s football in ScotlandArray. “
Koral Anderson, Chief Transformation Officer at Barclays United Kingdom and Scotland, said: “As one of Scotland’s largest monetary firms, I am proud that Barclays is expanding its football sponsorship in Scotland. Based at our flagship campus in Glasgow, we are committed to supporting thriving local communities through access to the game and are excited to play our part in expanding gender diversity in football.
To mark the start of the new partnership and preview the new season starting on Sunday 11 August, representatives from Scottish women’s football and Barclays were joined by players from the 23 groups competing in the women’s championship. Barclays and Barclay’s Scotland. Scottish Women’s League One. Barclays’ iconic new campus on the banks of the River Clyde.
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