We’re proud to launch the brand new Motherwell FC girls academy.
After numerous trials over the past four weeks, our foundations are now in place for young players to come through from the academy to first-team level.
Head of women and girl’s performance Paul Brownlie, who joined the club in May 2021, was hired in a joint role of both coaching our first team and overhauling our pathway for female players.
Having guided his side to fifth place in the SWPL1 table so far this season, his work behind the scenes is now also coming to the fore.
“We are finally in the position to launch the new girls academy at Motherwell Football Club,” Paul Brownlie said.
“Behind the scenes at Fir Park, we have worked extremely hard to make sure that we had everything in place before the launch.
“All players went through an extensive trial process, making sure we got the right players. With the full support of our Community Trust here at Motherwell, we feel we are now in the best position to move to the next level with the academy.”
The new academy structure will have teams representing at Under 11, 12s, 14s, 16s and 18s levels. These five age groups will have teams playing at regional and national performance level.
“This is a new direction from the football club and one which fully integrates the Girls Academy into the football club,” Brownlie added.
“Our approach will be to develop elite female players who can represent Motherwell at first-team level.
“Building the right pathway will be crucial to the success we want to build here. Within the pathway, it’s important that standards are maintained across the board.
“Motherwell’s boys academy has a terrific reputation for developing young players and carrying that success over to the girls equivalent will be paramount to our success of developing players who can compete at the top level.
“It is now the responsibility of the coaches to make sure we develop each player to the best of their ability and that’s a challenge I know the coaches are looking forward to.”
