2008–09 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup Explained

Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
Year:2008–09
Country:Scotland
Defending Champions:Hibernian
Champions:Glasgow City
Runner-Up:Spartans
Matches:10
Goals:56
Prevseason:2007–08
Nextseason:2009

The 2008–09 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup was the 7th edition of the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup which began in 2002. It was contested by all 12 teams of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL), with matches played between August and November 2008.

First Round

Hamilton Academical, Hibernian, Boroughmuir Thistle and Dundee United SC received byes.[1]

Teams in bold advanced to the quarter-finals.[2] [1]

Home teamScoreAway team
17 August 2008
Glasgow Cityw/oQueen's Park
Forfar Farmington1–4Spartans
Celtic9–1Aberdeen
Raith Rovers0–3FC Kilmarnock

Quarter-finals

Teams in bold advanced to the semi-finals.[2] [1]

Home teamScoreAway team
14 September 2008
Celtic5–1Dundee United SC
FC Kilmarnock2–3Glasgow City
Hibernian7–0Boroughmuir Thistle
Spartans5–0Hamilton Academical

Semi-finals

Teams in bold advanced to the final.[2] [1]

Final

Glasgow City won the cup for the first time, in their fourth appearance in the final. It was a first defeat at this stage for Spartans, who had claimed the trophy two seasons earlier under the 'Edinburgh Ladies' identity in their only previous final appearance. Glasgow City also won the 2008–09 Scottish Women's Premier League and the 2008–09 Scottish Women's Cup to complete a 'treble'.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.spartansfcwomen.com/Spartans%20Archive/match%20results%202008%202009.html League Results :- Season 2008 - 2009
  2. http://sfha.org.uk/scottishwomensleague.htm Women's League Competitions 2008-09 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
  3. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/unique-treble-rounds-super-season-2435350 Unique treble rounds off a super season for Megan Sneddon