2014 Scottish Women's Premier League

Scottish Women's Premier League

Season	2014
Champions	Glasgow City
Relegated	Queen's Park Buchan Ladies
Champions League	Glasgow City
Matches played	126
Goals scored	581 (4.61 per match)
Biggest home win	Spartans 16–0 Forfar Farmington 27 April 2014
Biggest away win	Buchan Ladies 0–10 Glasgow City 20 April 2014 Inverness City 0–10 Glasgow City 27 April 2014
Highest scoring	Spartans 16–0 Forfar Farmington 27 April 2014
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The 2014 Scottish Women's Premier League was the thirteenth season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002. The competition started on 16 March 2014.

A total of twelve teams contested the league. Glasgow City were the reigning champions. ^[1]

Queen's Park and Inverness City were promoted from the SWFL First Division after finishing 1st and 3rd respectively, with Queen's Park appearing in the Premier League for the first time. Celtic Reserves who finished as First Division runners-up, were unable to be promoted as league rules stipulate each club may field only one team in the Premier League. ^[2]

The SWPL continued in the format applied since 2012. The 12 clubs faced each other once (11 games per club), after which the league split into top six and bottom six sections based on league position. Each club then played home and away against clubs in their respective sections to give a total of 21 games.

Glasgow City confirmed their eighth consecutive championship title on 1 October 2014. ^[3] City suffered their first league defeat since 2012, ^{[4] [5]} when they lost 1–0 to Spartans in September 2014. ^[6]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Aberdeen

Glasgow

Forfar

Edinburgh

Hamilton

Buchan

Inverness

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Locations of teams in the 2014 Premier League

The most regular home ground is shown though some clubs played matches at other venues throughout the season.

Team	Location	Home ground	Finishing position 2013
Aberdeen	Aberdeen	Heathryfold Park	6th
Buchan LFC	Maud	Pleasure Park	10th
Celtic	Glasgow	Celtic Training Centre, Lennoxtown	3rd
Forfar Farmington	Forfar	Station Park	8th
Glasgow City	Glasgow	Petershill Park	Champions
Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	John Cumming Stadium, Carluke	7th
Hibernian	Edinburgh	Albyn Park, Broxburn	2nd
Hutchison Vale	Edinburgh	Saughton Enclosure	9th
Inverness City	Inverness	Bught Park	SWFL First Division, 3rd
Queen's Park	Glasgow	Woodfarm HS, Thornliebank	SWFL First Division, 1st
Rangers	Glasgow	Petershill Park	5th
Spartans	Edinburgh	Spartans Academy	4th

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Glasgow City (C)	21	20	0	1	87	13	+74	60	2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying round
2	Rangers	21	13	4	4	71	24	+47	43
3	Hibernian	21	14	1	6	63	32	+31	43
4	Spartans	21	12	2	7	60	30	+30	38
5	Celtic	21	9	2	10	55	32	+23	29
6	Aberdeen	21	6	3	12	41	44	−3	21
7	Hamilton Academical	21	11	3	7	46	33	+13	36
8	Inverness City	21	8	2	11	40	73	−33	26
9	Hutchison Vale	21	6	6	9	21	57	−36	24
10	Forfar Farmington	21	5	4	12	33	85	−52	19
11	Queen's Park (R)	21	3	3	15	26	64	−38	12	Relegation to SWFL First Division
12	Buchan LFC (R)	21	4	0	17	30	94	−64	12

Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2014. Source: Scottish Women's FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–11

Clubs play each other once.

Home \ Away	ABD	BUC	CEL	FFM	GLC	HAM	HIB	HUT	INV	QPL	RAN	SPA
Aberdeen			0–5	7–2		3–2	0–1	8–1				1–2
Buchan LFC	1–3			0–4		0–2	1–9				0–10	2–5
Celtic		10–0			0–1			2–0	7–0	8–1		1–0
Forfar Farmington			1–7			1–7	1–7	1–2	1–1
Glasgow City	2–0	13–0		9–0						3–1	3–2
Hamilton Academical			1–3		1–4		3–4	1–1	3–2
Hibernian			1–0		1–4			4–0	7–0	6–0
Hutchison Vale		2–1			0–9				1–4	3–3	1–3	4–2
Inverness City	0–5	6–0			0–10					3–0	2–6
Queen's Park	0–5	1–2		2–2		1–6					1–4
Rangers	2–0		2–1	14–0		2–0	3–0					0–0
Spartans				16–0	1–3	2–1	3–1		11–0	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 29 June 2014. Source: Scottish Women's FA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 12–21

After 11 matches, the league splits into top six and bottom six sections. Clubs played every other club in their section twice (home and away).

Top six Home \ Away ABD CEL GLC HIB RAN SPA Aberdeen 2–2 1–2 1–2 3–3 0–2 Celtic 1–1 0–4 1–2 0–4 3–2 Glasgow City 4–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–1 Hibernian 4–0 3–2 0–3 1–4 2–0 Rangers 5–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 Spartans 1–0 4–1 2–4 1–5 1–1 Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2014. Source: Scottish Women's FA Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom six Home \ Away BUC FFM HAM HUT INV QPL Buchan LFC 2–1 0–3 7–2 2–3 5–2 Forfar Farmington 4–0 1–2 2–2 3–1 3–0 Hamilton Academical 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 Hutchison Vale 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 Inverness City 5–3 3–3 3–1 2–0 1–3 Queen's Park 4–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 3–1 Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2014. Source: Scottish Women's FA Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "Glasgow City secure seventh successive SWPL title". BBC Sport . Retrieved 12 January 2014.
2. "Rules of Senior Leagues and League Cups 2011" (PDF). Scottish FA. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
3. "Glasgow City secure their eighth successive SWPL title". BBC Sport . Retrieved 12 January 2014.
4. "Glasgow City hammer Hibernian to secure sixth Scottish title". BBC Sport. 15 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
5. "Glasgow City FC raise a treble with Scottish Cup triumph". Daily Record. 12 November 2012. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013.
6. "SWPL: Glasgow City lose six-year unbeaten record against Spartans". BBC Sport . 21 September 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
   Note: 2014 reports overlook the awarded defeat at Forfar in 2012

External links

• Season on soccerway.com