2019 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup

The 2019 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup was the 18th edition of the Scottish Women's Premier League's league cup competition, which began in 2002. It was sponsored by the Scottish Building Society and officially known as the Scottish Building Society Scottish Women's Premier League Cup.^[1] The competition was contested by all 16 teams of the two divisions of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL 1 and SWPL 2).

2019 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Teams	16
Defending champions	Hibernian
Final positions
Champions	Hibernian
Runner-up	Glasgow City
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Beth McKay (5 goals)
← 2018 2020 →

Results

All results listed are published by Scottish Women's Football (SWF).^[2]

First round

The draw for the First round took place on Saturday, 19 January 2019 at Hampden Park.^[3] All 8 ties were played on Sunday, 24 February 2019.^[4][5][6]

Partick Thistle v Rangers

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24)	Partick Thistle	0–4	Rangers	Glasgow
12:00		[7]	Napier 5' Boyce 18', 40' Watson 24'	Stadium: Petershill Park

Forfar Farmington v F.C. Kilmarnock

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24)	Forfar Farmington	2–1	F.C. Kilmarnock	Forfar
13:00	Kilcoyne 51' McGinley 55'	Forfar Farmington report	Hare 84'	Stadium: Station Park

Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24)	Hibernian	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	Edinburgh
13:00	Reilly 38'	Hibernian report Heart of Midlothian report		Stadium: Ainslie Park

Hutchison Vale v Motherwell

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24)	Hutchison Vale	0–13	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00		Motherwell report	Rice 1', 29' Fyfe 12' (pen.), 35' (pen.), 40' (pen.), 65' Gardner 17', 61', 85' Russell 48', 70' McEachran 68', 75'	Stadium: Saughton Enclosure

Hamilton Academical v Spartans

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24)	Hamilton Academical	0–4	Spartans	Carluke
15:30		Report	Reynolds 55' Mason 68' Mackay 81', 85'	Stadium: John Cumming Stadium

Stirling University v Glasgow Girls

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24)	Stirling University	2–1	Glasgow Girls	Stenhousemuir
15:30	Bonner 15' Callaghan 80'		McEwan 55'	Stadium: Ochilview Park

St Johnstone v Glasgow City

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24)	St Johnstone	0–9	Glasgow City	Perth
16:00			Lauder 5', 8', 40' Docherty 24' Howat 41', 66', 89' Clark 68' Kerr 79'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park

Dundee United v Celtic

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24)	Dundee United	0–7	Celtic	Dundee
16:15		Celtic report	McGovern 9', 29', 75' Crosbie 41', 81' Ewens 46' McLaughlin 80'	Stadium: GA Engineering Arena

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on Wednesday, 27 February 2019 at Hampden Park.^[8] All 4 ties were played on Sunday, 24 March 2019.^[9]

Rangers v Forfar Farmington

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)	Rangers	4–1	Forfar Farmington	Glasgow
11:45	Gemmell 18' (pen.) Coakley 43' Pullar 48' Boyce 85'	Rangers report SWF report	McGinley 71'	Stadium: New Tinto Park

Stirling University v Hibernian

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)	Stirling University	0–6	Hibernian	Stenhousemuir
12:00		Report	Murray Napier Hunter Gallacher Fish	Stadium: Ochilview Park

Motherwell v Spartans

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)	Motherwell	0–5	Spartans	Ravenscraig
14:30		Motherwell report	Johnstone 10', 28' McKay 13', 16', 22'	Stadium: Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility

Glasgow City v Celtic

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)	Glasgow City	4–0	Celtic	Glasgow
13:00	Lauder 24' Shine 26', 33' Foley 52'	BBC report		Stadium: Petershill Park

Semi-finals

Hibernian v Spartans

14 April 2019 (2019-04-14)	Hibernian	3–0	Spartans	Cumbernauld
12:00	Davidson 17' Napier 56' Tweedie 75'	Report		Stadium: Broadwood Stadium

Glasgow City v Rangers

14 April 2019 (2019-04-14)	Glasgow City	5–1	Rangers	Cumbernauld
15:30	Docherty 8', 18' Howat 26' Shine 32' Ross 51'		O'Hara 45'	Stadium: Broadwood Stadium

Final

Glasgow City	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Hibernian
	SheKicks Soccerway
Penalties
Ross Lauder Shine Crichton	2–4	Hunter Small McGregor Michie

10 May 2019 (2019-05-10)^[10]

Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie

Attendance: 981

Glasgow City

Hibernian

25 Erin Clachers 4 Hayley Lauder 8 Leanne Crichton 9 Kirsty Howat 10 Clare Shine 11 Nicola Docherty 12 Jenna Clark 16 Leanne Ross (c) 20 Carly Girasoli 2` Jordan McLintock  75' 23 Megan Foley Substitutes: 29 Lee Alexander 5 Murron Cunningham 6 Jo Love 18 Sam Kerr 19 Joanne Paton 24 Lara Ivanuša  75' 32 Lidija Kuliš Manager: Scott Booth

1 Jenna Fife 3 Jamie-Lee Napier 4 Siobhan Hunter 8 Cailin Michie 11 Colette Cavanagh  112' 15 Amy Gallacher  60' 17 Joelle Murray (c) 19 Chelsea Cornet 23 Rachael Small 29 Kirsty Morrison  95' 32 Kirsten Reilly  88' Substitutes: 13 Jeni Currie 2 Claire Williamson  112' 9 Lia Tweedie  95' 10 Shannon McGregor  60' 12 Lauren Davidson 14 Shannon Leishman 16 Ellis Notley  88' Manager: Grant Scott

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Beth McKay	Spartans	5
2	Hayley Lauder	Glasgow City	4
	Kirsty Howat	Glasgow City

References

1. "Scottish women's champions to receive prize money for first time". BBC Sport. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
2. "SWPL Cup". Scottish Women's Football. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
3. "#SWPLCup 2019 – 1st Round Draw". Scottish Women's Football. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
4. "SWPL Cup: Holders Hibernian beat Hearts in first round". BBC Sport. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
5. Cuoghi, Ilaria (26 February 2019). "SWPL Cup round 1 review: SWPL 1 teams all advance to quarterfinals". Vavel. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
6. Frith, Wilf (26 February 2019). "#SBSSWPL Cup 1st Rd: Hibernian Ladies narrowly win Edinburgh derby". SheKicks. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
7. "#swplcup round 1 partick thistle v rangers wfc". scotwomensfootball.com. scottish women's football. February 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2022. Rangers cruised into the quarter-finals of the SWPL League Cup with a crushing 0-4 defeat of Partick Thistle at Petershill Park
8. "#SWPLCup 2019 – Quarter-final Draw". Scottish Women's Football. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
9. Southwick, Andrew (24 March 2019). "SWPL: Glasgow City 'want trophies back' - Scott Booth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
10. Hibernian v Glasgow City - SWPL Cup Final, Glasgow City FC on YouTube (teams at 1:23, pens at 13:01)

External links

• SWPL Cup at Soccerway