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Park’s Motor Group SWPL

Rangers came through one of their biggest tests as they move closer towards the title,
winning 3-0 against Celtic in their Old Firm clash. Celtic had won when the sides met in the
Scottish Cup two weeks earlier but this time it was Jane Ross who gave Rangers a tenth minute
lead and after Brogan Hay had made it two early in the second half, Ross then scored her
second to put the seal on a crucial win to leave matters firmly in their hands.
Glasgow City meanwhile kept their challenge going with a 2-1 victory over
Hibernian. Colette Cavanagh put Hibs in front after seventeen minutes, with Priscilla
Chinchilla equalising just before the half hour and Lauren Davidson scored the winner for City
from the penalty spot with five minutes remaining.
Aberdeen continue to finish the season well and they are back in fifth place after they
defeated Motherwell 5-1. It was Motherwell who took a second minute lead through Murron
Cunningham but the Dons were soon back on level terms thanks to Chloe Gover and Loren
Campbell put them in front just before half time. After the break, Francesca Ogilvie extended
Aberdeen’s lead, before a quickfire double from Bayley Hutchison rounded off the win.
Spartans meanwhile picked up a precious win against Hamilton Academical,
which means they are now four points above the bottom two. Alana Marshall scored the only
goal of the game on the half hour to earn Spartans their third win of the season.
Partick Thistle emerged as 4-2 winners from their meeting with Hearts. The two
teams had gone into the game level on points and an entertaining start saw them share four
goals in the opening twenty minutes. Aimee Anderson gave Hearts an early lead and after Linzi
Taylor and Demi-Lee Falconer both scored for Partick, Mariel Kaney levelled matters once
again. Cheryl McCulloch put Thistle back in front early in the second half and they secured the
points when Teigan McCann scored the fourth, eight minutes from time.
Dundee Utd’s title challenge in SWPL 2 was boosted without them playing on
Sunday, as second placed Glasgow Women were beaten 2-0 by Stirling University.
Mariluz Sanchez gave Stirling a first half
lead and Jaya Wilson added the second to Park’s Motor Group SWPL
ensure a result which takes their side off
the bottom of the table. SWPL 1 P W D L F A Pts GD
Queen’s Park are back on the GLASGOW CITY 18 15 2 1 63 11 47 52
bottom despite picking up a useful point RANGERS 16 15 1 0 62 7 46 55
from a 2-2 draw against Kilmarnock. CELTIC 18 12 3 3 54 15 39 39
Monica Harty gave Killie a first half lead, HIBERNIAN 16 7 6 2 1 7 9 23 16 23 -17 7
26 43 19
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ABERDEEN
which they held until the hour mark SPARTANS WFC 18 3 8 7 17 42 17 -25
when Nicole Cairney brought the Spiders MOTHERWELL 17 5 2 10 20 47 17 -27
back on level terms. Alex Middleton put PARTICK THISTLE 16 4 4 8 21 43 16 -22
Kilmarnock back in front but once again, HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN 18 4 1 13 14 43 13 -29
Queen’s Park came up with a reply and HAMILTON ACADEMICAL 17 1 2 14 9 41 5 -32
Ellie Kane earned them a share of the
spoils when she scored a late goal from Aberdeen 5 Motherwell 1; Glasgow City 2 Hibernian 1; Hearts 2
the penalty spot. Partick 4; Rangers 3 Celtic 0; Spartans 1 Hamilton 0.
On Wednesday night, Glasgow SWPL 2 P W D L F A Pts GD
City went back to the top of SWPL 1 with DUNDEE UTD 15 13 2 0 55 11 41 44
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a stunning 10-1 win against Aberdeen. GLASGOW WOMEN 15 7 7 5 1 3 6 33 20 26 3
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BOROUGHMUIR THISTLE
29 26 22
Tyler Dodds scored four times and KILMARNOCK 13 4 3 6 29 33 15 -4
Kerry Beattie hit a hat-trick, along with ST JOHNSTONE 13 4 3 6 20 27 15 -7
Priscilla Chinchilla (2) and Jenna Clark. STIRLING UNIVERSITY 13 2 2 9 11 42 8 -31
In SWPL 2, Dundee Utd defeated QUEEN'S PARK 13 1 4 8 12 30 7 -18
Boroughmuir Thistle 4-0 to go fifteen
points clear at the top of the table. Glasgow Women 0 Stirling 2; Queen’s Park 2 Kilmarnock 2.
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