Pauline Hamill

Pauline Hamill (born 18 December 1971) is a Scottish former female international football forward who retired in 2011 while playing for Celtic in the Scottish Women's Premier League. A left–sided winger or forward,[3] Hamill enjoyed a long career at club level with spells in Iceland and England.

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, Scotland
Position(s) Winger, Striker
Team information
Current team
 Scotland women's U19 (head coach)
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
International career‡
1992–2010 Scotland[2] 141 (29)
Managerial career
2010–2017 Scotland women's U17
2017– Scotland women's U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:00, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:00, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Hamill made her senior Scotland debut in 1992 and amassed 141 appearances. She was the first woman to reach 100 caps for Scotland and her total was the highest by any Scottish player, male or female, at the time of her retirement.

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 over Slovakia, overtaking Kenny Dalglish's record of 102 and becoming Scotland's most capped footballer of all time.[13] Her 141st and last cap for the national team was in an away draw versus Denmark in 2010; her 29th and final goal against Bulgaria two months earlier had set a record as Scotland's oldest goalscorer (aged 38 years, 183 days) which still stands.[14]

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

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.[15]

In 2010, while still playing at club level, Hamill was appointed head coach of the Scotland women's under-17 squad,[16] a position she held until 2017 when she moved up to the same role with the under 19s.[16] She also headed up the SFA Women's National Academy at the University of Stirling, and holds a UEFA Pro Licence as a coach.[16]

See also

References
  1. "Pauline Hamill". UEFA. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  2. "Pauline Hamill - Women's A Squad". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  3. "Lakeland swoops for Ladies double". Blackburn Rovers FC. 30 January 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  4. "Pauline Hamill". Youth Football Scotland. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  5. Ian Black (8 May 2000). "'Magoo' regrets she was unable to save the day". The Herald. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  6. Denis Polsinelli and Óskar Ó. Jónsson (15 January 2005). "Iceland - Women's Premier League 2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  7. Hervé Morard and Hans Schöggl (12 December 2008). "Scotland (Women) Cups 2001/02". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  8. "We are progressing - Pauline". Women's Soccer Scene. 20 October 2005. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  9. "Spartans snap up Scotland star". Women's Soccer Scene. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  10. "PLAYER PROFILES 2010: PAULINE HAMILL". Spartans FC. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  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. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  13. Neil Drysdale (27 October 2007). "Princess Pauline: the new King Kenny". The Herald. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  14. Oldest and Youngest Players and Goal-scorers in International Football, RSSSF, 20 September 2018
  15. Gordon Parks (2 June 1996). "Football: FIRST LADY OF MURRAY PARK; Rangers sign up female coach Pauline". Daily Record. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  16. Manager profile: Pauline Hamill, Scottish Football Association
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