Page 13 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.26 2022-23

The first round of fixtures since the SWPL 1 table was split in two were played on Sunday and
it turned out to be a great weekend for Glasgow City as they moved themselves closer
towards the title. City were first in action on Saturday night, playing away to Hibernian and
they strengthened their position at the top with a 2-0 victory thanks to Beatriz Prades Insa.
City were further boosted on Monday as their two title rivals, Rangers and Celtic, fought
out a 1-1 draw. Brogan Hay gave Rangers a first half lead which was cancelled out in injury
time by an equaliser from Caitlin Hayes, however the match was overshadowed by events
after the final whistle. The other top half game saw Hearts win 1-0 away to Partick
Thistle, Jennifer Smith scoring the only goal of the game early in the second half as Hearts
cemented their position in fourth place.
Motherwell have opened up a lead of four points in the bottom half, following their
4-1 victory at Hamilton Academical. Tiree Burchill netted either side of half time to put
‘Well two goals ahead and after Carla Boyce increased their lead on the hour from the penalty
spot, Burchill completed her hat-trick six minutes later. Chloe Muir netted a late consolation
for the Accies, who remain in the bottom two. Becky Galbraith scored the only goal of the
game from the penalty spot, twelve minutes from time, as Spartans won 1-0 against
Dundee Utd and Aberdeen were 3-1 victors away to Glasgow Women. Bayley
Hutchison and Eilidh Shore gave the Dons a two-goal lead inside the opening twenty
minutes and after Robin Gallacher pulled a goal back for the home side early in the second
half, Hutchison made the game safe in the dying minute when she scored her second goal.
Although they were held to a 3-3 draw by Boroughmuir Thistle, Montrose’s
position at the top of SWPL 2 remains just as strong with a lead of ten points. Charlotte
Gammie scored a late equaliser from the penalty spot for Montrose, her second on
the day and Amy Shand Strath was on
SWPL 1 P W D L F A Pts GD
target, whilst Boroughmuir netted GLASGOW CITY 23 21 2 0 96 7 65 89
through a Claire Williamson brace and CELTIC 23 18 3 2 91 5 57 86
Maria Novou Torrente. Kilmarnock RANGERS 23 17 5 1 90 6 56 84
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN 23 13 4 6 34 19 43 15
meanwhile battled out a goalless draw
HIBERNIAN 23 9 5 9 45 36 32 9
with St Johnstone but this was enough PARTICK THISTLE 23 9 4 10 37 51 31 -14
to take them up into second place, ahead MOTHERWELL 23 9 6 8 32 40 33 -8
of Gartcairn Women who were SPARTANS WFC 23 8 5 10 20 38 29 -18
ABERDEEN 23 5 3 15 23 57 18 -34
beaten 2-1 by Stirling University.
DUNDEE UTD 23 5 2 16 21 62 17 -41
Ami Robertson gave Cairn the lead HAMILTON ACADEMICAL 23 4 1 18 21 78 13 -57
midway through the first half, before GLASGOW WOMEN 23 0 0 23 7 118 0 -111
Stirling hit back and two goals from
Hibernian 0 Glasgow City 2; Partick 0 Hearts 1; Rangers 1 Celtic 1;
Carrie McGorm, one in each half, gave Dundee Utd 0 Spartans 1; Glasgow Women 1 Aberdeen 3; Hamilton
them their fourth league victory of the 1 Motherwell 4.
season. The other game turned out to be SWPL 2 P W D L F A Pts GD
MONTROSE 20 13 4 3 58 21 43 37
a happy one for East Fife as they won
KILMARNOCK 20 9 6 5 28 18 33 10
for the first time in 20 attempts, beating GARTCAIRN WOMEN 20 10 3 7 35 36 33 -1
Queen’s Park 2-1. Abby Callaghan did ST JOHNSTONE 20 8 6 6 26 28 30 -2
put the Spiders ahead after ten minutes BOROUGHMUIR THISTLE 20 7 7 6 43 31 28 12
QUEEN'S PARK 20 9 1 10 33 33 28 0
but Emma McFadyen levelled the scores STIRLING UNIVERSITY 20 4 5 11 25 52 17 -27
early in the second half and Nicola EAST FIFE 20 1 6 13 20 49 9 -29
Wallace completed the turnaround with
East Fife 2 Queen’s Park 1; Montrose 3 Boroughmuir 3; Stirling 2
second, eighteen minutes from time. Gartcairn 1; St Johnstone 0 Kilmarnock 0.
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