City manager Laura Montgomery confirmed the money would go towards travel and Covid-19 testing costs. Van Wyk sees her long-term future back at her club on the outskirts of Johannesburg, bringing through a new generation of South African talent. The challenges that face aspiring women footballers in South Africa are such that Van Wyk eventually felt it necessary to set up her own club, JVW, which was formed in 2012 and won promotion to the Women’s National League, South Africa’s top flight, last year. The stark reality is if James hadn't come forward then I don't know how we could ever have played this game,” Montgomery told BBC Scotland. Il Glasgow City Football Club è una società di calcio femminile scozzese con sede nella città di Glasgow. In particolare, nel 2014 il Glasgow City vide interrotta la sua imbattibilità casalinga che durava da sei anni, venendo sconfitto per 1-0 dallo Spartans[8]. Nei primi anni disputava le partite casalinghe al Petershill Park, situato al numero 30 di Adamswell Street a Glasgow. We don’t know what’s going to happen to women’s football, when sport will return to our country, and I had to make a decision to try to find a club overseas for me to play. “Because I just see myself as a normal person, a normal player, and people were writing headlines about the biggest signing in the world. It’s a one-off game in a neutral venue, anything can happen, football is unpredictable.”. Il Glasgow City ha partecipato più volte alla UEFA Women's Champions League, ottenendo il suo miglior risultato nella stagione 2014-2015 raggiungendo i quarti di finale. “With this pandemic that happened, the situation in South Africa is quite disastrous. Glasgow City Football Club is a women's football team based in Glasgow that plays in SWPL 1, the top division of women's football in Scotland and also the higher of two levels of the Scottish Women's Premier League.The club has competed in the UEFA Women's Cup and UEFA Women's Champions League.They also have a reserve team and youth teams. Women's Champions League last eight team guides – No 5: Glasgow City Read more “I wanted to stay in South Africa and play with my team in the National League,” Van Wyk says. Van Wyk certainly has experience: of success at club level with Palace Super Falcons in South Africa, playing in Denmark and for Houston Dash in the US, and with 170 international appearances she is the most capped player, either male or female, in South African history. “I’m super excited to compete in the Champions League,” she says. I’ve played in the World Cup, I’ve played in the Olympic Games, in the African Cup of Nations for Women and now another major tournament in the Champions League. Polish side GSK Gornik Leczna come to Scotland as national Champions and City … Two time UWCL winners Wolfsburg are coming to Petershill... Jump to. Neither Janine van Wyk nor Glasgow City would be preparing for a Champions League quarter-final had it not been for brief visits to Denmark earlier in the season. “It was always something I wanted to achieve, so I’m super stoked about it. The South Africa captain on facing the ‘giants of European football’ in the women’s Champions League – and setting up her own club, Thu 20 Aug 2020 03.00 EDT Philanthropist James Anderson has funded Glasgow City’s Champions League costs to enable them to play in the quarter-finals in Spain. Questa pagina è stata modificata per l'ultima volta il 21 ago 2020 alle 07:45. “He has been amazing. City are scheduled to play Vfl Wolfsburg in the quarters and if they are victorious they will compete against either Atletico Madrid or Barcelona in the semis. Nei quarti di finale subì una pesante sconfitta dal Paris Saint-Germain[14]. Last modified on Fri 21 Aug 2020 10.46 EDT. 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La FA WSL respinse questo interesse chiudendo le porte all'accesso del Glasgow City al campionato inglese[11]. Milita nella Scottish Women's Premier League, la massima divisione del campionato scozzese, di cui è campione in carica ininterrottamente dal 2008. Glasgow City's Janine van Wyk: 'I've faced challenges since I was six'. Nell'ottobre 2013 il Glasgow City espresse nuovamente il proprio interesse a giocare nel campionato inglese[12]. In the beginning it is a bit nerve-racking but you tend to just grab it and go for it.”. Il club fu fondato nel 1998[2] da Laura Montgomery e Carol Anne Stewart. First, though, she has a few more ambitions to realise on the pitch. Maggior numero di gol in una partita: 12. Sections of this page. I think I learned a lot from that, and how to manage different players. “We’re working extremely hard in training to get the best out of each other, to get as fit as possible, to be able to maintain the level that Wolfsburg will bring. “I won’t lie, I was a bit nervous when I came over,” she says. Successivamente ha trasferito la propria base all'Excelsior Stadium di Airdrie[2], dove gioca attualmente le partite casalinghe. 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Nell'ottobre 2016 ha vinto il suo undicesimo campionato, il decimo consecutivo[17]. I was looking for a team to play for abroad and they were looking for an experienced defender and the pieces of the puzzle just came together.”. "He is now taking care of testing and our means to travel, because Uefa want teams to go on their own plane. Two weeks later they lost the home leg by the same scoreline but prevailed on penalties, in the process qualifying for Friday’s match against Wolfsburg and making themselves a significantly more attractive prospect for club-seeking international defenders. “And during that time I was just scrolling through my social media pages, following all the women’s teams and leagues, and I happened to follow Glasgow City and Laura [Montgomery, the club manager] sent me a direct message straight away asking if I was interested in coming over to Glasgow. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Nel febbraio 2013 il Glasgow City comunicò il proprio interesse a entrare a far parte della Football Association Women's Super League (FA WSL), la federazione calcistica inglese[10].

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