2018 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup

2018 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Teams	16
Defending champions	Hibernian
Final positions
Champions	Hibernian
Runners-up	Celtic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	58 (3.87 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Kirsty Howat / Lizzie Arnot (5 goals)
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The 2018 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup was the 17th edition of the Scottish Women's Premier League's league cup competition, which began in 2002. It was sponsored by the Scottish Building Society and officially known as the Scottish Building Society Scottish Women's Premier League Cup. ^[1] The competition was contested by all 16 teams of the two divisions of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL 1 and SWPL 2).

Results

All results listed are published by Scottish Women's Football (SWF)

First round

The draw for the First round took place on Saturday, 27 January 2018 at Hampden Park. ^[2]

Forfar Farmington v Aberdeen

25 February 2018 (2018-02-25)	Forfar Farmington	3–0	Aberdeen	Forfar
1:00	C. Kilcoyne R. Smith D. McGinley	SWF Report		Stadium: Station Park

Celtic v St Johnstone

25 February 2018 (2018-02-25)	Celtic	4–0	St Johnstone	East Kilbride
14:00	Littlejohn N. Pullar Richards	Celtic Report		Stadium: K Park Training Academy

Rangers v Motherwell

25 February 2018 (2018-02-25)	Rangers	1–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
14:00	C. Brown	SWF Report		Stadium: New Tinto Park, Govan

Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian

25 February 2018 (2018-02-25)	Heart of Midlothian	0–4	Hibernian	Dalkeith
14:00		SWF Report	S. McGregor L. Tweedie K. Turner Smith	Stadium: Kings Park

Glasgow City v Spartans

25 February 2018 (2018-02-25)	Glasgow City	7–0	Spartans	Glasgow
14:10	Howat J. Paton M. Foley	SWF Report		Stadium: Petershill Park, Springburn

Stirling University v Central Girls Football Academy

25 February 2018 (2018-02-25)	Stirling University	3–2	Central Girls Football Academy	Stirling
14:30	R. Galbraith	SWF Report	N. Welch C. McEachran	Stadium: The Gannochy, University of Stirling

Hutchison Vale v Spartans

25 February 2018 (2018-02-25)	Hutchison Vale	1–3	Spartans	Edinburgh
14:30	K. Williams	SWF Report	B. Beveridge Walkingshaw E. Santoyo-Brown	Stadium: Peffermill Playing Fields

Glasgow Women v Hamilton Academical

15 March 2018 (2018-03-15)	Glasgow Women	1–2	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
	?		?  ?	Stadium: Cathkin Park

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on Wednesday, 26 February 2018 at Hampden Park. ^[3]

Forfar Farmington v Stirling University

25 March 2018 (2018-03-25)	Forfar Farmington	2–0	Stirling University	Forfar
12:00	K. Brough C. Cowper	[4]		Stadium: Station Park

Spartans v Glasgow City

25 March 2018 (2018-03-25)	Spartans	0–3	Glasgow City	Edinburgh
12:00		[4]	Ross Howat J. Paton	Stadium: Ainslie Park

Hamilton Academical v Celtic

25 March 2018 (2018-03-25)	Hamilton Academical	0–3	Celtic	Hamilton
14:30		[4] [5]	Giard R. Donaldson	Stadium: New Douglas Park

Hibernian v Rangers

25 March 2018 (2018-03-25)	Hibernian	1–0	Rangers	Edinburgh
13:00	Graham	[4]		Stadium: Ainslie Park

Semi-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on Wednesday, 26 March 2018 at Hampden Park.

Hibernian v Glasgow City

29 April 2018 (2018-04-29)	Hibernian	3–1	Glasgow City	Falkirk
2:00	Harrison	[6]	Kerr	Stadium: Falkirk Stadium

Celtic v Forfar Farmington

29 April 2018 (2018-04-29)	Celtic	4–1	Forfar Farmington	Falkirk
15:30	N. Pullar 4' R. Donaldson 65' McCulloch 76' Giard 85'	[7]	N.Davidson 42'	Stadium: Falkirk Stadium

Final

20 May 2018 (2018-05-20)

Hibernian	9–0	Celtic
Notley 7' Arnot 17' (pen.)27'59'80'85' Clark 30' (o.g.) McGregor 48' Reilly 78'	[8] [9]

Falkirk Stadium , Falkirk ^[10]

Hibernian

Celtic

Hannah Reid Rachel McLauchlan Shannon McGregor Lisa Robertson (c) Emma Brownlie Kirsty Smith Ellis Notley Chelsea Cornet Amy Gallacher Abi Harrison Lizzie Arnot Substitutes: Jenna Fife Cailin Michie Clare Williamson Jamie-Lee Napier Kirsten Reilly Lia Tweedie Siobhan Hunter Manager: Grant Scott

Kiera Gibson Keeva Keenan Cheryl McCulloch Georgie Rafferty Colette Cavanagh Rachel Donaldson Natalie Ross Kelly Clark (c) Sarah Ewens Josephine Giard Nicole Pullar Substitutes: Megan Cunningham Rachael O'Neil Claire Adams Rachel Connor Chloe Craig Ruesha Littlejohn Manager: David Haley

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lizzie Arnot	Hibernian	5
	Kirsty Howat-Thomson	Glasgow City
2	Abi Harrison	Hibernian	3
	Nicole Pullar	Celtic
	Josephine Giard	Celtic
	Rebecca Galbraith	Stirling University

References

1. "Scottish women's champions to receive prize money for first time". BBC Sport. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
2. "SWPL CUP 2018 – 1ST ROUND DRAW". scotwomensfootball.com. Scottish Woman's Football. January 18, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2022./
3. "#SWPLCUP QUARTER FINAL DRAW". scotwomensfootball.com. Scottish Women's Football. January 26, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
4. SWPLCup 2018 Round Up – 25/03/18, Scottish Women's Football
5. SWPL Cup: Celtic reach semi-finals after Josephine Giard double, BBC Sport, 25 March 2018
6. Glasgow City v Hibernian, Pies on the Terraces, 29 April 2018
7. Hoops Ghirls to the Fore as they progress to League Cup final, Celtic FC, 30 April 2018
8. SWPL: Hibernian thrash Celtic 9-0 to win third Women's Premier League Cup in a row, BBC Sport, 20 May 2018
9. Hibs hammer Hoops for #SBSSWPL Cup hat-trick, She Kicks, 21 May 2018
10. Where Are They Now? – The 2018 Hibernian Cup Double Winning Squad, Chris Marshall, Leading The Line, 28 March 2020

External links

• SWPL Cup at Soccerway
• Scottish Football Historical Results Archive