DUWFC Announce Sponsors

The Dundee United Women’s Team today announced it has secured four main sponsors ahead of the kick-off of its inaugural season on Sunday, 6 March. The sponsors (Dr Noodles, ArabTRUST, Paint-tec and D.U.D.A.) were all present today alongside representatives of the DUWFC team as the UNITED for ALL Community Trust launched its first project within the new partnership agreement with Dundee United FC. Dundee United board member Justine Mitchell said, “I want to thank each of the sponsors who have offered their backing to the team. This support has ensured that the team remains totally self sufficient, and that is a vital ingredient in the project becoming a success. It was important to me that, as part of our community structure at the Club, we have a women’s team with a professional set-up and this has been achieved with the financial support of sponsors and some good old-fashioned hard work. "It is a very exciting day today. Seeing the fixture list really brings home the reality of the hard work that has been put into getting to this stage and it is now coming to fruition. Through the efforts of Head Coach Gavin Beith, his backroom team and other volunteers, we now have a squad of players who can make a real impact in the league. "The hard work of the various volunteers, from the head coach to administration staff, has added so much energy to the pace at which we have got things ready for the season. We have a fantastic set-up in place and I look forward to supporting the team over the course of the season and watching them become a success. This will be the first step in the vision of providing footballing opportunities for females of all ages." Head Coach Gavin Beith said, “Everything is now in place and seeing the fixtures on paper means we can now build up to the start of the season. The players have all been excellent so far in their efforts to get to the standard we want to be at. A big area of being part of Dundee United is ensuring we install the standards of the Club within the women’s team and getting the official kit and team wear makes the squad feel part of the set up. It is now about doing as well as we can on the park and I am sure the players we have will deliver performances to be proud of." Stuart Crighton of Dr Noodles said, “Dr Noodles have a strong relationship with Dundee United and I am proud to be the shirt sponsor of the women's team. I have no doubt that this team will be a success and I look forward to watching them with our company logo emblazoned on the front of the official shirts. Grant McKenzie, ArabTRUST Chairman, said:  “ArabTRUST is delighted to be one of the first sponsors of Dundee United WFC. The Trust strongly believes that by sponsoring and supporting this new venture we can play our part in helping deliver a pathway for female football participation in Dundee and the surrounding areas. “Supporting community projects is one of the core principles on which ArabTRUST is built upon and we are very excited to work with the Club, United for ALL and the wider Dundee United family to back the women’s team.” Stuart Campbell, MD of Paint-tec said, “As life-long supporters of Dundee United and proud sponsors of the Club, we are delighted to support DUWFC and the Community Trust as official short sponsors. Paint-tec have many customers in the Dundee area and helping such an important resource as the Community Trust is our way of giving something back locally." Colin Stewart, Chairman of DUDA, said, "DUDA are thrilled to be involved in supporting the Dundee United Women’s Team with a donation from the United Futures Lottery and 50/50 match day draw proceeds. “DUDA feel that this will help in the development of our aims and objectives and we look forward to continuing to support the project in the coming years. Dundee United have a large amount of female supporters and having a women’s team associated with the Club will be of great benefit." Speaking on behalf of United for ALL, Secretary Mike Barile said, "UNITED for ALL is delighted to be involved at the start of this fantastic initiative because an integral part of our aims is to offer hundreds of local women and girls the opportunity to enhance their sporting and footballing skills with new and exciting coaching programmes. "Today is just the start of an ambitious project designed to inspire our female community.  A successful DUWFC will definitely lead to more participation and encourage women of all ages and abilities to be involved.  The players will become very visible role models.” Details of the playing squad, upcoming fixtures, results and news can be found on this website before the beginning of the SWFL season.