GLASGOW CITY have announced that manager Eddie Wolecki Black has left the club by mutual consent.
After joining City in 2007, he lead his side to eight successive titles following his appointment as Head Coach in 2008 as he became the first full-time boss of a Scottish women's club.
Wolecki Black also took the Petershill Park outfit into the quarter finals of the Champions League and is confident the future is bright for City.
He said: "In football they say a manager has a shelf life of 4 years at one club.
"I have been fortunate to have had double that time at Glasgow City. During that time we have managed to achieve some wonderful memories and the highs far outweigh the lows.
"I would like to thank everyone who has played a part in our success throughout my time. Without their support, loyalty and hard work I doubt I would have lasted as long.
"I have nothing but praise for the club and of course will still take a huge interest in their future.
"After eight years my enthusiasm was not what it once was and the club deserve better than that. A new opportunity awaits me and it is a fresh start for Glasgow City.
"The past will now remain a standard bearer for the club and I sincerely hope the new manager can take the club to the next level and keep the name of Glasgow City prominent across the whole of Europe."
Wolecki Black spent his playing career in the lower leagues of Scottish football with Montrose and Deveronvale and started his coaching career at Dundee United.
He had a brief spell in the dugout at Montrose but has gone on to make a significant impact with Glasgow City as they have dominated in Scotland for several years.
City Club Manager Laura Montgomery said: "We would like to say a huge thank you to Eddie for all that he has helped our club achieve.
"It has been a quite a formidable partnership and one that has worked extremely well for all of us. Eddie achieved every target we put to him and that is nothing short of remarkable.
"Eight years is a long time and both Eddie and the Club Management felt a change was right for everyone. As a coach it is only right he seeks new challenges and for ourselves, we also felt now was a good time for someone else to come in and take over.
"We have forged a terrific friendship over the years and we wish Eddie every success in the future."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article