2010 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup

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2010 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
Tournament details
CountryScotland
Defending champions Glasgow City
Final positions
Champions Celtic
Runner-up Spartans
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored49 (4.45 per match)
  2009
2011  

The 2010 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup was the 9th edition of the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup which began in 2002. It was contested by all 12 teams of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL), with matches played between February and May 2010.

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After the transition of the women's football schedule in Scotland from autumn-spring to summer, the early-season SWPL Cup was completed in the first half of a calendar year instead of the second half as in previous editions; the 2010 final was played only 6 months after the 2009 final. The format remained unchanged.

First Round

Inverness, FC Kilmarnock, Rangers and Aberdeen received byes. [1]

Teams in bold advanced to the quarter-finals. [2] [1]

Home teamScoreAway team
21 February 2010
Hamilton Academical 3–0 Forfar Farmington
7 March 2010
Dundee United SC3–4 [lower-alpha 1] Spartans
Boroughmuir Thistle 1–3 Celtic
Glasgow City 2–0 Hibernian
  1. After extra time; 2–2 after 90 minutes.

Quarter-finals

Teams in bold advanced to the semi-finals. [2] [1]

Home teamScoreAway team
7 March 2010
Inverness 3–1 Hamilton Academical
FC Kilmarnock 0–5 Aberdeen
17 March 2010
Spartans 5–2 Rangers
18 March 2010
Glasgow City 1–2 Celtic

Semi-finals

Teams in bold advanced to the final. [2] [1]

Celtic 5–0 Aberdeen
Spartans 4–0 Inverness
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Riverside Stadium, Perth

Final

Celtic won the trophy in their first appearance in the final; it was the club's first honour in women's football. [4] [5] Although played on their home ground, Spartans were defeated in a SWPL Cup final for the second time.

Spartans 1–4 Celtic
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