2014 Scottish Women's Premier League
| Season | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Glasgow City |
| Relegated | Queen's Park Buchan |
| 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 Rangers 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 in 2013 (First Division runners-up Celtic Reserves 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 on-field league defeat since the 2008–09 season[4][5] when they lost 1–0 to Spartans in September 2014[6] (a fixture against Forfar Farmington during the 2012 season was retrospectively awarded to the opposition due to Glasgow City fielding an ineligible player). Glasgow City also won the 2014 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup and the 2014 Scottish Women's Cup to complete the 'treble', the fourth in their history and third in a row. Rangers were runners-up, 17 points behind the champions. Queen's Park and Buchan were relegated.
Teams
[edit]Stadia and locations
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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
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasgow City (C, Q) | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 13 | +74 | 60 | 2015–16 Champions League |
| 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Results
[edit]Matches 1–11
[edit]Clubs play each other once.
Matches 12–21
[edit]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).
References
[edit]- ^ "Glasgow City secure seventh successive SWPL title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Glasgow City secure their eighth successive SWPL title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "Glasgow City hammer Hibernian to secure sixth Scottish title". BBC Sport. 15 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
- ^ "Glasgow City FC raise a treble with Scottish Cup triumph". Daily Record. 12 November 2012. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013.
- ^ "SWPL: Glasgow City lose six-year unbeaten record against Spartans". BBC Sport. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
External links
[edit]- Season on soccerway.com
- Women's League Competitions at Scottish Football Historical Archive