I was in seventh heaven at Hampden, and now women’s football must kick on
What a high this week to see the Scottish Women’s National Team return to Hampden Park for the first time since 2019 to qualify for the World Cup with a 7-1 win against the Faroe Islands.
No doubt they will have learned a lot from the last campaign and when you score a lot of goals there is a real buzz, on and off the pitch.
Women’s football is very much on the rise – both in level of performance, participation and fan base – so I hope that we all continue to give it the support and the visibility it needs in order to keep improving.
Women’s football has to offer top-level performance for people to want to watch it, promote it and sponsor it, so the development pathway from grassroots to international team has to be seamless and given sufficient backing to allow it to succeed.
But it also needs a shop window, we have
to be able to see it. The Women’s Premier League matches in England are now being televised and that is a huge step forward.
There aren’t as many women’s teams in Scotland but I’m sure that will come as its profile and popularity grows.
Women’s football in Scotland was late to the party. We got started as a professional unit much later than England but it’s now starting to catch up, and that’s very exciting.