Caroline Weir: ‘I am not the loudest but I’d like to think I lead by example’
Midfielder wants to win silverware with Real Madrid and inspire girls and boys in Scotland as the SFA launches Galáctica, a documentary about herIn a Dunfermline back garden, a young girl doing keepy-uppies in her No 5 Zidane Real Madrid kit turns, shoots and scores in the bottom corner of a green, handbuilt, wooden board, painted by her dad to mark the outlines of a goal. Her family’s video footage is a reminder that the one club Caroline Weir always wanted to play for was Real Madrid.Fast forward two decades and that same all-white shirt – this time with Weir on the back – hangs on the walls of an Edinburgh cinema as the 29-year-old greets guests attending the premiere of a documentary the Scottish Football Association have made to honour their 108-times-capped midfielder. It feels fitting the film is being released within a fortnight of Weir scoring two decisive late goals in the women’s team’s first el clásico victory over Barcelona. Continue reading...

Midfielder wants to win silverware with Real Madrid and inspire girls and boys in Scotland as the SFA launches Galáctica, a documentary about her
In a Dunfermline back garden, a young girl doing keepy-uppies in her No 5 Zidane Real Madrid kit turns, shoots and scores in the bottom corner of a green, handbuilt, wooden board, painted by her dad to mark the outlines of a goal. Her family’s video footage is a reminder that the one club Caroline Weir always wanted to play for was Real Madrid.
Fast forward two decades and that same all-white shirt – this time with Weir on the back – hangs on the walls of an Edinburgh cinema as the 29-year-old greets guests attending the premiere of a documentary the Scottish Football Association have made to honour their 108-times-capped midfielder. It feels fitting the film is being released within a fortnight of Weir scoring two decisive late goals in the women’s team’s first el clásico victory over Barcelona. Continue reading...