Forfar Farmington Football Club are a

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who are based at Station Park in

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. They were members of the top division

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(SWPL) from 2005 until withdrawing from the competition in 2021.

Women's teams

Forfar Farmington (SWPL)

The club's senior side (listed as Forfar Farmington), played in the

having been promoted from the Scottish Women's First Division in the summer of 2005. With the exception of Glasgow City, Forfar Farmington have secured the most successful league finishes in recent years for a Women's team operating fully independent of a provincial men's football club. Due to problems with player recruitment, Farmington struggled to build a competitive squad for the 2021–22 season. After losing their first match of the season 10–0 against

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in the League Cup, the club chose to withdraw from the SWPL before the start of the new season and concentrate on youth and community schemes.

Forfar Farmington Reserves

Established in January 2010 using the name 'Forfar Farmington Ladies', the club's second tier side played in the

Scottish Women's Second Division (North) The Scottish Women's Football League Second Division (SWFL 2) was a division in the Scottish women's football pyramid between 1999 and 2019. The third league tier from 1999 to 2015, it later became the fourth tier. Its top teams won promotion to t ...

before moving to Scottish Women's Football League Second Division East for season 2011 where they would secure the league title. The side contained a high number of experienced players who assisted in helping the team reach the Semi Finals of the

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in their first season of participation. The side was re-branded 'Forfar Farmington Reserves' for season 2012, where it will participate in the Scottish Women's First Division

Forfar Farmington Ladies

Farmington Ladies play in the

for 2012, having used the name Farmington Blues in the previous two seasons. Farmington won the SWPL 2 in 2017 to return to the first tier of Scottish women's football for the 2018 season. /// Forfar Farmington ladies has since been reformed and play in League 2 football, with some of its old Premier side players returning to the club to help the ladies side progress; most notably Erin Cattanach and Cheryl Kilcoyne, both of whom have played in the highest level of women’s football in Scotland. Forfar Farmington became 2022/23 “Scottish Women’s football league cup champions” with a new, strong squad, filled with familiar and new dedicated talent. This win saw them secure a League 1 Play-off spot, in the hopes of being promoted next season.

References

External links

Official Website Of Forfar Farmington F.C.
{{Football in Angus, state=collapsed Women's football clubs in Scotland 1984 establishments in Scotland Football clubs in Angus, Scotland Scottish Women's Premier League clubs Forfar Association football clubs established in 1984