2014 Scottish Women's Premier League

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.

Scottish Women's Premier League
Season2014
ChampionsGlasgow City
RelegatedQueen's Park
Buchan Ladies
Champions LeagueGlasgow City
Matches played126
Goals scored581 (4.61 per match)
Biggest home winSpartans 16–0 Forfar Farmington
27 April 2014
Biggest away winBuchan Ladies 0–10 Glasgow City
20 April 2014
Inverness City 0–10 Glasgow City
27 April 2014
Highest scoringSpartans 16–0 Forfar Farmington
27 April 2014
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2015 →

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
2014 Scottish Women's Premier League is located in Scotland
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Glasgow
Glasgow
Forfar
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Hamilton
Hamilton
Buchan
Buchan
Inverness
Inverness
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
AberdeenAberdeenHeathryfold Park6th
Buchan LFCMaudPleasure Park10th
CelticGlasgowCeltic Training Centre, Lennoxtown3rd
Forfar FarmingtonForfarStation Park8th
Glasgow CityGlasgowPetershill ParkChampions
Hamilton AcademicalHamiltonJohn Cumming Stadium, Carluke7th
HibernianEdinburghAlbyn Park, Broxburn2nd
Hutchison ValeEdinburghSaughton Enclosure9th
Inverness CityInvernessBught ParkSWFL First Division, 3rd
Queen's ParkGlasgowWoodfarm HS, ThornliebankSWFL First Division, 1st
RangersGlasgowPetershill Park5th
SpartansEdinburghSpartans Academy4th

League standings
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
Source: Scottish Women's FA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (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).

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
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