Hibs have announced that Hibernian Women have officially moved under the football club’s ownership.
It means that executive chairman Ron Gordon has completed the acquisition of the SWPL 1 women's team, which sees the side join the Hibees' men's team, development squad, and under-18s among the core sides within the core football operation at Easter Road. With this, they have also reaffirmed their commitment to the development and progression of women’s football and are currently moving towards permanent status.
Manager Dean Gibson, alongside a number of players, have put pen-to-paper on full-time professional contracts this summer in a bid to help this aim and they will also be moving back to play home games in Edinburgh. Some of their matches had been taking place in Livingston and their new ground will be announced soon. Their first match kicks off against Celtic on August 7th 2022, and the first home game against Hamilton is a week later.
