2014–15 Welsh Premier Women's League Explained

Competition:Welsh Premier League (women)
Season:2014–15
Winners:Cardiff Met. Ladies (3rd title)
Continentalcup1:UEFA Women's Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Cardiff Met. Ladies
Biggest Home Win:Cardiff Metropolitan 19–0 Newcastle Emlyn
Biggest Away Win:Aberystwyth Town 0–9 Cwmbran Celtic
Highest Scoring:Cardiff Metropolitan 19–0 Newcastle Emlyn
Total Goals:516
Matches:100
Prevseason:2013–14
Nextseason:2015–16

The 2014–15 Welsh Premier League is the sixth season of the Women's Welsh Premier League, the top level women's football league in Wales.

Cardiff Met. Ladies were the defending champions and retained the title on goal difference over Swansea City.[1]

Lyndsey Davies from PILCS won the top scorer award for a second year in a row.[2]

Clubs

For this season Llandudno Junction renamed to Llandudno Ladies and moved to 3G facility at Maesdu Park. Llanidloes Ladies was renamed to Hafren United Ladies FC.[3] They however withdraw from the league before the start of the season.[4] Caernarfon had withdrawn from the league after the 2013/14 season, they were replaced by Aberystwyth Town.[5] Hafren United though also withdraw before the league starts, thus this season is played only with eleven teams.

TeamCityGround
Park Avenue
Cardiff City WomenLeckwith Athletics Stadium
Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cyncoed Campus
Hafren United LadiesVictoria Park
Maesdu Park
Parc Emlyn
Port Talbot Town LadiesThe Genquip Stadium
Rhyl FC's Corbett Sports Stadium
Baglan Playing Fields
Colliers Road

Standings

No team was relegated because Hafren United withdrew before the season.[2]

League Cup

2013–14 · 2015–16 → For the second time a League Cup was played. In the first round four teams (Hafren United, Caernarfon Town, Cwmbran Celtic and Cardiff City FC) were drawn to receive a bye to the second round.[6] After Hafren United withdrew from the league, one team was drawn to have a bye in the quarter-finals.[7] Caernarfon were replaced by Aberystwyth Town after they withdrew last season. PILCS won the final 3–2 over Swansea City to win their first nationwide trophy.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 3 May 2015. Cardiff Met Retain Welsh Premier Title. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111657/http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/11638. 2016-03-04. shekicks.net.
  2. Web site: Welsh Premier Awards and Cup Draw. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621143420/http://shekicks.net/news/view/11834. 2015-06-21. shekicks.net.
  3. Web site: Four new team names in Welsh Premier Women's league. BBC. 18 July 2014. 7 July 2014.
  4. Web site: Hafren United Withdraw from WPWL. welshpremier.org. 5 September 2014. 1 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140908133327/http://www.welshpremier.org/news/Hafren-United-Withdraw-from-WPWL/97599/. 8 September 2014. dead.
  5. Web site: 19 August 2014. Aberystwyth Replace Caernarfon in WPWL. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140908135355/http://www.welshpremier.co.uk/news/WPL97487.ink?newstype=N. 2014-09-08. 8 September 2014. welshpremier.co.uk.
  6. Web site: 24 June 2014. Welsh Premier League Cup Draw. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006065403/http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/10188. 2014-10-06. shekicks.net.
  7. Web site: 1 October 2014. Welsh Premier League Cup Quarter-finals. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083711/http://shekicks.net/news/view/10679. 2014-10-06. 1 October 2014. shekicks.net.
  8. Web site: 28 March 2015. PILCS pounce for Welsh Premier League Cup. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093314/http://shekicks.net/news/view/11521. 2015-04-02. 28 March 2015. shekicks.net.