Feroz lets heart rule his head to sign a new deal
Montrose Women boss Craig Feroz admitted he made the decision to stay on for a sixth season with “my heart than my head”.
The former Brechin City and Arbroath forward helped his side secure a place in the SPWL-1 for a third consecutive season as well as the Scottish Cup semi-finals.
Feroz told the club’s website: “I’m delighted to sign on for another season.
"Montrose has been a huge part of my life for the last six years and the club, and most importantly the players and staff, mean a great deal to me, so the decision to stay is definitely more made by my heart than my head.
"Again, we will be amongst the favourites to go down, but by now everyone will know we don’t listen to that and I am confident we can have another progressive campaign.”
The club’s director of women’s football, Barry O’Neill, added: “On the back of another successful season establishing ourselves as part of the fabric of the SWPL, the most important piece of the jigsaw for me to put in place was to secure the services of our manager.
"Craig has done a remarkable job since his arrival and last season took us to the brink of a top-six finish and a cup semi-final at Hampden, exceeding our expectations at the start of the season.
"I’m therefore absolutely delighted that he has agreed to sign on again to continue the great work.
"As a club, we have always been about stability and consistency with our managers and Craig will now lead us for a sixth season, which hopefully demonstrates how much people like it here. I’m very excited to see what we can achieve.”
Meanwhile, the fixtures for the inaugural season of the Sky Sports Cup league stage have been revealed.
The new format will get underway on July 26 featuring the bottom four from last season’s SWPL-1 as well as all the clubs in the SWPL-2.
Teams will play four matches in the opening round against four different teams, based on seeded pots.
Montrose will kick-off with a trip to Motherwell on the opening day, followed by hosting Falkirk on August 2.
They then head to St Johnstone on August 5 and are back at home for the visit on Hamilton Accies on August 9.
The top six will progress automatically to the second round, with next four teams competing in a play-off.