Edinburgh Castle was illuminated with images of Scotland\u2019s female footballers in a tribute to the women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
At the Castle Esplanade, players, coaches and parents gathered at dusk as the historic fortress was illuminated with projected footage showcasing the journeys of young players developing into emerging professionals.<\/p>\n
It also celebrated existing stars and professional players.<\/p>\n
\nRenewing our support for another three years is a clear statement of our intent. We\u2019re in this for the long term, committed to building momentum and helping women\u2019s football in Scotland reach its full potential<\/p>\n
Keith Anderson, ScottishPower<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The event took place to mark ScottishPower signing up to support women\u2019s football north of the border for another three years.<\/p>\n
The company is extending its partnership with Scottish Women\u2019s Football and the Scottish Women\u2019s Premiere League.<\/p>\n
Keith Anderson, the energy company\u2019s chief executive, said: \u201cAt ScottishPower, we\u2019re committed to equality of opportunity, and over the past three years our partnership with Scottish Women\u2019s Football and the Scottish Women\u2019s Premier League has shown just how powerful the right support can be for girls and women across Scotland.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re proud to back the elite end of the game, but just as importantly, to help strengthen the entire pathway \u2013 from grassroots and youth football right through to the highest level.<\/p>\n
\u201cTogether, we\u2019ve focused on making a real, practical impact, from providing kit and boots to girls across the country to supporting development in areas like the Highlands and Islands that can too often be overlooked.<\/p>\n
\u201cRenewing our support for another three years is a clear statement of our intent. We\u2019re in this for the long term, committed to building momentum and helping women\u2019s football in Scotland reach its full potential.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aileen Campbell, chief executive at Scottish Women\u2019s Football, added: \u201cScottishPower\u2019s continued commitment is a hugely important vote of confidence in the women\u2019s and girls\u2019 game across the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis partnership has already helped us strengthen the foundations of football in communities, supporting participation, improving the player pathway, and creating more opportunities for girls to stay in the sport and progress, whatever their starting point.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe continuation of support for our National and Regional cups, the Youth Challenge Cups and the Highlands and Islands League and Cup is especially significant, because it reaches players and volunteers at every level.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re proud of what has been achieved so far, and we\u2019re excited to keep building real momentum over the next three years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Castle was illuminated with images of Scotland\u2019s female footballers in a tribute to the women\u2019s game. At…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":905824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,27651,4884,712,16,15,1292],"class_list":["post-905823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edinburgh","tag-britain","tag-edinburgh","tag-edinburgh-castle","tag-great-britain","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-women"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116434447077863248","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}