Campbell states the case for SWF to run game

Scottish Women’s Football chief executive Aileen Campbell has held “positive” talks with SWPL clubs, as top-flight teams continue to weigh up their future.

Earlier yesterday, Campbell held a meeting with SWPL clubs, including Aberdeen Women, following a presentation her SPFL counterpart Neil Doncaster gave teams in December last year.

In the meeting she outlined her organisation’s ambitions which included proposals for new staff structures, increased staff capacity and a dedicated SWPL board to give players and clubs a more “substantial voice”.

The hope of such proposals will have been to convince SWPL clubs that SWF should remain the governing body of women’s football in Scotland beyond 2022 – rather than a move to the SPFL.

Campbell said: “SWF wants to take an inclusive approach to the SWPL, drawing on its own experience and blending it with the knowledge of our clubs, the perspectives of our players, the expertise of our partners and guided by an independent and effective board chair.

“I have never seen my role or that of SWF as being solely about league administration or 90 minutes on the pitch – women’s football and the SWPL are much more important than that. Our aim is to develop, build upon and sustain an everstrengthening narrative to entice interest and resources into our game.”

A clearer vision of women’s football might now be more apparent to SWPL clubs having heard proposals from both SWF and SPFL, but it’s expected that further talks will take place before any vote or decisions are made.