User:Daftcelt/Airdrie United F.C. Ladies

Airdrie United F.C. Ladies we're a Scottish women's football club affiliated to Airdrie United FC until the club wound up their women's team in 2012. The entire ladies squad had quit and defected to play under Cumberland Colts midway through season 2012.

Recent History
United won promotion to the Scottish Women's First Division from the Scottish Women's Second Division West in the 2011 season as runners-up behind champions Kilwinning SC. They secured automatic promotion as the best runners-up of the four regional Second Divisions.

Midway through season 2012, all 20 members of the ladies squad inlcuding player/manager Julie McSherry quit and defected to play under Cumberland Colts claiming they didn't get the financial backing they needed to stay. McSherry, who had led the team for over 15 years, revealed they made the move reluctantly. The team couldn’t afford the costs of facilities for games and training. And with no youth set-up for a ladies team at United and not looking likely any time soon, they felt it was the right move. The team finished the season as Airdrie United Colts.

Before the 2013 season began, United decided to wind up their women's team explaining there was no market for it now. It left United without a women's team for the first time in over a decade. The defection of the players and United's decision to wind up their squad allowed Cumbernauld Colts to take their place in the First Division.