Page 13 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.32 2022-23

Celtic blew the Park’s Motor Group SWPL 1 title race wide open when they defeated leaders
Glasgow City 3-1 on Thursday night.
In front of a domestic record crowd of 9,553 at Celtic Park, Lauren Davidson gave City a first
half lead but after the break, Natasha Flint, Claire O’Riordan and Katherine Loferski gave Celtic a
result which sees them close the gap on their opponents to two points.
Rangers are also two points off the pace after they won 3-0 against Partick Thistle. Lizzie
Arnot gave them the lead just before half time and Rangers went on to seal the points after the break
thanks to Kirsty Howat and a Tessel Middag penalty.
Hearts emerged as 2-1 winners from their local derby with Hibernian and will end the
season in fourth place. Erin Rennie and Aimee Anderson gave Hearts a two-goal lead at the break,
with Katie Lockwood pulling one back in the second half.
Spartans remain on course to finish on top of
the bottom section after they defeated Hamilton
Academical 4-2. Becky Galbraith and Simone
McMahon put Spartans two ahead before Lucy
Sinclair pulled one back, Hannah Jordan and Louise
Mason adding further goals before the Accies grabbed
a late consolation through Marie Gardiner.
Motherwell still have a chance of catching
Spartans, which they kept alive by beating Glasgow
Women 3-0. All of the goals came in the first half,
Carla Boyce opening the scoring after five minutes
and Louisa Boyes netting twice against her former
club.
Aberdeen ended any lingering fears of facing
a play-off when they won 1-0 against Dundee Utd. Imogen Longcake of Partick Thistle holds off Rangers’
Bayley Hutchison scored the only goal of Rachel McLauchlan (SWPL/Colin Poultney).
the game in injury time to give the Dons the SWPL 1 P W D L F A Pts GD
result they required. GLASGOW CITY 30 25 2 3 109 17 77 92
SWPL 2 title winners Montrose CELTIC 30 24 3 3 111 10 75 101
returned to winning ways on Sunday with a
RANGERS 30 23 6 1 105 8 75 97
3-2 success away to St Johnstone. Louise HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN 30 14 7 9 39 34 49 5
Brown and Georgia Carter netted twice HIBERNIAN 30 10 6 14 51 48 36 3
along with an own goal, wilst Morgan PARTICK THISTLE 30 9 5 16 40 69 32 -29
Steedman and Steffi Simson replied for the SPARTANS WFC 30 14 6 10 43 49 48 -6
home side. MOTHERWELL 30 12 8 10 47 50 44 -3
Gartcairn Women still occupy the ABERDEEN 30 9 3 18 38 72 30 -34
play-off spot despite being held to a 1-1 DUNDEE UTD 30 7 4 19 39 75 25 -36
draw by Boroughmuir Thistle. HAMILTON ACADEMICAL 30 7 2 21 35 91 23 -56
Samantha Duncan gave Thistle the lead GLASGOW WOMEN 30 0 0 30 9 143 0 -134
midway through the second half, before
Ami Robertson salvaged a point for Cairn Glasgow Women 0 Motherwell 3; Aberdeen 1 Dundee Utd 0;
Hamilton 2 Spartans 4; Hearts 2 Hibernian 1; Rangers 3 Partick 0;
with a late equaliser. Celtic 3 Glasgow City 1.
Kilmarnock trail Gartcairn by four SWPL 2 P W D L F A Pts GD
points after running out 4-0 winners over MONTROSE 26 18 5 3 79 28 59 51
East Fife. Monica Harty gave Killie a fifth GARTCAIRN WOMEN 26 13 5 8 48 44 44 4
minute lead with Laura McLaughlin and KILMARNOCK 26 11 7 8 39 28 40 11
Abby Robinson adding further goals ahead BOROUGHMUIR THISTLE 26 10 9 7 56 40 39 16
of half time, before Lisa Swanson rounded ST JOHNSTONE 26 11 6 9 37 40 39 -3
off the scoring late on. QUEEN'S PARK 26 11 2 13 44 45 35 -1
Stirling University meanwhile STIRLING UNIVERSITY 26 5 7 14 32 67 22 -35
claimed only their fifth win of the season EAST FIFE 26 1 7 18 25 68 10 -43
when they beat Queen’s Park 2-0, Shana Gartcairn 1 Boroughmuir 1; Kilmarnock 4 East Fife 0; St Johnstone 2
MacPhail scoring a goal in each half. Montrose 3; Stirling Univ 2 Queen’s Park 0.
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