Pauline Hamill

Pauline Hamill
Hamill (11) playing against Northern Ireland in May 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-12-18) 18 December 1971[1]
Place of birth Motherwell
Playing position Winger, Striker
Club information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 11
Youth career
Craigburn Boys Club
Coltness Ladies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cumbernauld Ladies
Stenhousemuir Ladies
Kilmarnock Ladies
2001 ÍBV
2002–2005 Hibernian Ladies
2005–2007 Doncaster Rovers Belles
2007–2008 Hibernian Ladies
2008 Blackburn Rovers Ladies
2008–2009 Celtic
2010 Spartans Women
2011 Celtic
National team‡
1992–2011 Scotland[2] 141 (29)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:00, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Pauline Hamill (born 18 December 1971) is a former Scottish female international football forward who retired in 2011 while playing for Celtic in the Scottish Women's Premier League. Hamill made her senior Scotland debut in 1992 and has since amassed a record 141 appearances for the national team.

A left–sided winger or forward,[3] Hamill has enjoyed a long career at club level with spells in Iceland and England. She was the first woman to reach 100 caps for Scotland and retired having made the most appearances for the Scottish national team of any player, male or female.

Club career

Brought up in Airdrie, Hamill played for Craigburn Boys U-12s and Coltness Ladies before commencing her senior career with 13 years at Cumbernauld Ladies.[4]

Playing for Stenhousemuir in 1999–00, Hamill failed to score in a 9–0 Scottish Women's Cup final win over Clyde.[5]

After switching to Kilmarnock Ladies, Hamill spent the 2001 summer season in Iceland with ÍBV and scored 16 goals in the Úrvalsdeild.[6] Back with Kilmarnock for the following season, Hamill scored in the Ayrshire club's 2-0 Women's Scottish Cup final win over local rivals Ayr United.[7]

Hamill then joined Hibernian Ladies and, in July 2004, made her debut in European club competition with the Hibees.[1] In summer 2005 Hamill signed for English Premier League team Doncaster Rovers Belles, where she impressed as a goalscoring midfielder.[8] After a short spell back with Hibernian, Hamill returned to England in January 2008 and finished 2007–08 with Blackburn Rovers Ladies.[3]

Hamill joined Spartans Women ahead of the 2010 Scottish Women's Premier League season.[9] She had been playing for Celtic in the intervening period.[10] Hamill returned to Celtic for season 2011.[11]

International career

Hamill made her senior Scotland debut in a 1-0 Euro 1993 qualifier defeat to England in Walsall on 17 April 1992.[1] In August 2007 Hamill became the first female player to win 100 caps for Scotland, in a friendly against Belgium at McDiarmid Park.[12] Two months later Hamill won her 103rd cap, scoring in a 3-0 away win against Slovakia, overtaking Kenny Dalglish's record of 102 and becoming Scotland's most capped footballer of all time.[13] Her last cap for the National Team was in an away draw v Denmark in 2010.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentResultCompetitionScored
127 October 2007 Slovakia, NTC Stadion, Senec Slovakia3–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying 16'
210 March 2008 Cyprus, Alpha Sports Center, Larnaca Canada2–0Friendly 80'
328 September 2008 Scotland, McDiarmid Park, Perth Slovakia6–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying 38'
426 October 2008 Scotland, Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh Russia2–3UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying 3', 13'
530 October 2008 Russia, Spartak Stadium, Nalchik Russia2–1UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying 64'
612 March 2009 Cyprus, GSP Stadium, Nicosia Russia2–12009 Cyprus Women's Cup 27'

Coaching career

Hamill is coach of the SFA Women’s National Football Academy at the University of Stirling and of the Scotland national women's U–17 team. She is now entering her 5th year in this role. As well as being WU17 coach, Hamill has coached the WU15 previously and assisted with the WU19.

In July 2003 Hamill became the first ever female coach at Rangers FC, when she was appointed to a youth development role at the Murray Park training complex.[14] Hamill completed her UEFA A licence in June 2013 and is starting an Msc in Performance Coaching at the University of Stirling, from September 2013.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pauline Hamill". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  2. ↑ "Pauline Hamill - Women's A Squad". The Scottish FA. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  3. 1 2 "Lakeland swoops for Ladies double". Blackburn Rovers FC. 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  4. ↑ "Pauline Hamill". Youth Football Scotland. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  5. ↑ Ian Black (2000-05-08). "'Magoo' regrets she was unable to save the day". The Herald. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  6. ↑ Denis Polsinelli and Óskar Ó. Jónsson (2005-01-15). "Iceland - Women's Premier League 2001". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  7. ↑ Hervé Morard and Hans Schöggl (2008-12-12). "Scotland (Women) Cups 2001/02". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  8. ↑ "We are progressing - Pauline". Women's Soccer Scene. 2005-10-20. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  9. ↑ "Spartans snap up Scotland star". Women's Soccer Scene. 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  10. ↑ "PLAYER PROFILES 2010: PAULINE HAMILL". Spartans FC. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  11. ↑ Gillian Campbell. "Celtic Women on the goal trail". Celtic FC. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  12. ↑ "WOMEN'S FOOTBALL: Hamill goes Ton up . . . but at what cost?". Evening Times. 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  13. ↑ Neil Drysdale (2007-10-27). "Princess Pauline: the new King Kenny". The Herald. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  14. ↑ Gordon Parks (1996-06-02). "Football: FIRST LADY OF MURRAY PARK; Rangers sign up female coach Pauline". Daily Record. Retrieved 2011-06-21.


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