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Park’s Motor Group SWPL

Whilst the majority of games in SWPL 1 were postponed due to Scotland’s involvement in the
Pinatar Cup, there were still two matches which went ahead in the top flight.
The top two were not in action but third placed Celtic had an opportunity to close the gap on
them when they played at home to Hearts. Celtic got off to a great start when Caitlin Hayes headed
them in front after seven minutes but they were repeatedly frustrated in their attempts to score a
second as they found Hearts goalkeeper Charlotte Parker-Smith in fine form, pulling off a number
of saves. The Hoops finally made the points safe as Mengyu Shen broke Hearts’ resistance with the
second goal, to seal a 2-0 win which means they are now four points off the top, albeit having played
two games more.
The other games to be played was a vital clash at the other end of the table between Partick
Thistle and Spartans. Rebecca Galbraith gave Spartans the perfect start as she curled home a
superb shot in the opening minute but Thistle were to
bounce back and turned the match around before the
break. First, Rachel Donaldson levelled the scores
when she thumped home a header from a free kick by
Cara McBrearty, who was also involved as Linzi
Taylor scored the goal which put them in front.
Galbraith scored her second from the penalty spot
with seventeen minutes remaining and the resulting
2-2 scoreline means that Spartans have now drawn
eight of their matches this season, whilst the point
takes Partick out of the bottom two at the expense of
Hearts.
Dundee Utd further strengthened their
position at the top of SWPL 2 and are closing in on the
title, moving themselves closer with a 6-1 victory over
Kilmarnock. Danni McGinley and Chloe Clemison Spartans and Partick Thistle in a battle for possession
put them two ahead inside the opening half (Colin Poultney/collargeimages.co.uk).
hour, before McGinley and Jade McLaren
doubled their advantage just ahead of half Park’s Motor Group SWPL
time. Rebecca Foote made it five in the SWPL 1 P W D L F A Pts GD
opening minute of the second half and after RANGERS 15 14 1 0 59 7 43 52
Alex Middleton pulled one back late on GLASGOW CITY 16 13 2 1 51 9 41 42
from the penalty spot for Killie, Rebecca CELTIC 17 12 3 2 54 12 39 42
McMillan rounded off the scoring for HIBERNIAN 15 7 2 6 22 14 23 8
United with two minutes remaining. MOTHERWELL 16 5 2 9 19 42 17 -23
United were boosted even more by ABERDEEN 14 5 1 8 20 32 16 -12
the news that second placed Glasgow SPARTANS WFC 17 2 8 7 16 42 14 -26
Women went down to a 1-0 defeat at the PARTICK THISTLE 15 3 4 8 17 41 13 -24
hands of St Johnstone. Fern Newbigging HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN 17 4 1 12 12 39 13 -27
scored the only goal of the game for St HAMILTON ACADEMICAL 16 1 2 13 9 40 5 -31
Johnstone on the quarter hour, to condemn
Glasgow to only their second league defeat Celtic 2 Hearts 0; Partick 2 Spartans 2.
of the season.
Boroughmuir Thistle meanwhile
SWPL 2 P W D L F A Pts GD
narrowed the gap on second place to four DUNDEE UTD 14 12 2 0 51 11 38 40
points as they ran out 4-0 winners over GLASGOW WOMEN 14 7 5 2 33 18 26 15
Queen’s Park. Samantha Duncan gave BOROUGHMUIR THISTLE 13 7 1 5 29 22 22 7
Thistle a twelfth minute lead and Maria ST JOHNSTONE 13 4 3 6 20 27 15 -7
Novou Torrente made it two just before the KILMARNOCK 12 4 2 6 27 31 14 -4
half hour mark. After the break, Duncan QUEEN'S PARK 12 1 3 8 10 28 6 -18
netted twice more to complete a hat-trick STIRLING UNIVERSITY 12 1 2 9 9 42 5 -33
on the day and ensure a third straight win Boroughmuir 4 Queen’s Park 0; Dundee Utd 6 Kilmarnock 1;
in the league for her side. St Johnstone 1 Glasgow Women 0.
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