“It’s new, but it doesn’t feel different.”
Former Glasgow City manager Scott Booth has returned to the club as first team assistant coach to his former captain, Leanne Ross.
Booth first joined the club in 2015 and led the side to six consecutive SWPL titles during their 15-year dominance.
Since departing Petershill Park, the former Scotland international coached in the Women’s Super League with Birmingham City and in the Championship with Lewes.
On his return to a, “club that I have always loved,” Booth said, “football’s got a funny way of doing something that you don’t really expect”.
“The opportunity to come back home, to be closer to my family and be part of a club that I have always loved is something I am grateful for as you don’t always get that opportunity to return to a place where you have had so many amazing memories.”
Most of those memories were shared with Ross, who he added he has, “always got on [with], had honesty within [the] relationship and trust her experience and knowledge”.
Ross too expressed her excitement at working with her former manager again.
“We know each other really well,” the SWNT assistant coach said.
“We have respect for one another and I feel he is somebody that will come in and not just challenge me but also support me in making the decisions needed as we look to compete for trophies over the course of the season.”
“He is somebody that has immense experience in the women’s game and, importantly, he is also somebody who knows this club really well and I’m excited to be working with him again.”
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