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

The top of the table clash in SWPL 1 went the way of Glasgow City whose 1-0 win away to
Celtic has seen them take a lead of six points at the top. Priscilla Chinchilla’s goal midway
through the second half has given City an advantage which may turn out to be decisive.
Rangers have moved to within a single point of second placed Celtic as they also won 1-0
against Spartans. Brogan Hay settled matters with the only goal of the game just after the
hour.
Hearts consolidated themselves in fourth place, thanks to a 3-0 victory at Glasgow
Women. Emma Brownlie gave them the lead after five minutes but they weren’t able to to
make the points safe until late on, when Ciara Grant and Gwennan Davies added further goals.
Hibernian were the other visiting team to win on the day, 4-0 against Hamilton
Academical who stay in the bottom two. Eilidh Adams gave Hibs an early lead which was
doubled before half time by Shannon Leishman, with Lia Tweedie putting the seal on the win
with a second half brace.
Defeat for Spartans means that Partick Thistle have reclaimed their place in the top six,
albeit after staging a second half recovery to beat Aberdeen 4-3. Amy Bulloch gave Thistle the
lead early on, with the Dons hitting back with goals from Bayley Hutchison and Mya Christie.
Linzi Taylor levelled the scores again before Claire Adams and Imogen Longcake struck to give
Partick a valuable win, despite Francesca Ogilvie grabbing a consolation for Aberdeen in injury
time.
Motherwell kept their top half hopes alive by winning 2-1 against Dundee Utd. Katie
Rice and Louisa Boyes put ‘Well two goals ahead in the opening 24 minutes, before a second
half Emma Lawton own goal gave United a consolation.
It turned out to be a good day for SWPL 2 leaders Montrose despite them sharing a
goalless draw with St Johnstone. The point keeps them on course for the title as second
placed Gartcairn Women crashed to a
7-0 defeat at the hands of Boroughmuir
SWPL 1 P W D L F A Pts GD
Thistle. There were seven different
GLASGOW CITY 21 19 2 0 83 7 59 76
players on the scoresheet for Thistle who CELTIC 21 17 2 2 88 4 53 84
never looked back after Samantha RANGERS 21 16 4 1 83 5 52 78
Duncan gave them a fourth minute lead, HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN 21 11 4 6 31 19 37 12
with Courtney McAvoy, Abigail Varghese, HIBERNIAN 21 9 5 7 45 32 32 13
PARTICK THISTLE 21 8 4 9 36 50 28 -14
Maria Novou Torrente, Fiona Gibson,
MOTHERWELL 21 7 6 8 25 38 27 -13
Hannah Davie and Shannon Todd all
SPARTANS WFC 21 7 5 9 19 36 26 -17
adding a goal apiece. Kilmarnock
DUNDEE UTD 21 5 2 14 21 60 17 -39
meanwhile enhanced their chances of a ABERDEEN 21 4 3 14 19 53 15 -34
top two place with a 3-1 success away to HAMILTON ACADEMICAL 21 4 1 16 20 68 13 -48
East Fife, which leaves them a single GLASGOW WOMEN 21 0 0 21 6 104 0 -98
point behind Gartcairn. Abby Robinson Celtic 0 Glasgow City 1; Glasgow Women 0 Hearts 3; Hamilton 0
and Alex Middleton put them two ahead Hibernian 4; Motherwell 2 Dundee Utd 1; Partick 4 Aberdeen 3;
inside the opening seven minutes and Spartans 0 Rangers 1.
after Teri Skivington reduced the arrears SWPL 2 P W D L F A Pts GD
for the home side, Mary Jackson wrapped MONTROSE 18 12 3 3 51 17 39 34
up the win for Killie with the third goal, GARTCAIRN WOMEN 18 10 3 5 5 4 33 30 33 11 3
9
KILMARNOCK
18
28 17 32
five minutes from time. Three second half
ST JOHNSTONE 18 8 4 6 25 27 28 -2
goals carried Queen’s Park to a 3-0 win BOROUGHMUIR THISTLE 18 7 5 6 39 27 26 12
against Stirling University, Abby QUEEN'S PARK 18 8 1 9 31 31 25 0
Callaghan giving the Spiders the lead a STIRLING UNIVERSITY 18 3 4 11 21 49 13 -28
minute after the restart, before Sarah EAST FIFE 18 0 5 13 16 46 5 -30
MacLeod and Carla Todd joined her on Boroughmuir 7 Gartcairn 0; East Fife 1 Kilmarnock 3; Queen’s Park
the scoresheet. 3 Stirling 0; St Johnstone 0 Montrose 0.
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