2019 Scottish Women's Premier League 2

This article is about the lower division of the competition. For the top division, see 2019 Scottish Women's Premier League.

The 2019 Scottish Women's Premier League 2 was the fourth season of the SWPL 2 as the second-highest division of women's football in Scotland, below SWPL 1 and above SWFL 1.

Scottish Women's Premier League 2

Season	2019
Champions	Heart of Midlothian
Promoted	Heart of Midlothian
Matches	84
Goals	398 (4.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dionne Brown Lisa Swanson (15 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Hamilton Academical 19–0 Hutchison Vale (20 October 2019)
Biggest away win	Hutchison Vale 0–17 Hamilton Academical (19 May 2019)
Highest scoring	Hamilton Academical 19–0 Hutchison Vale (20 October 2019)
Longest winning run	5 matches: Hamilton Academical
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches: Heart of Midlothian
Longest winless run	21 matches: Hutchison Vale
Longest losing run	21 matches: Hutchison Vale
← 2018 2020 → All statistics correct as of 18 November 2019.

Dundee United and Partick Thistle joined SWPL 2 as the promoted clubs from the Scottish Women's Football League First Division, replacing Aberdeen and Central Girls. Fixtures for the 2019 SWPL 2 season were announced on 21 December 2018.^[2]

Heart of Midlothian became champions of SWPL 2 and won promotion to the top flight.^[3] No teams were relegated as the league was expanded from eight teams to ten. 2019 was the last full season played on a summer calendar in Scottish women's football.

Teams

Dundee United

Hutchison Vale

Glasgow Girls

Hearts

Kilmarnock

Hamilton Academical

Partick Thistle

St Johnstone

Locations of teams in the 2019 SWPL 2

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	2018 position
Dundee United	Dundee	GA Engineering Arena	1,000	1st in SWFL 1 North
F.C. Kilmarnock	Kilmarnock	Rugby Park	17,889	2nd
Glasgow Girls	Glasgow	Petershill Park	1,000	6th
Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	New Douglas Park	6,018	8th in SWPL 1
Heart of Midlothian	Edinburgh	Oriam	1,000	3rd
Hutchison Vale	Edinburgh	Saughton Enclosure	1,000	5th
Partick Thistle	Glasgow	Petershill Park	1,000	1st in SWFL 1 South
St Johnstone	Perth	McDiarmid Park	10,696	4th

Source: Scottish Women's Premier League Archived 2021-07-27 at the Wayback Machine

Personnel

Team	Head coach
Dundee United	Gavin Beith
F.C. Kilmarnock	Stewart Hall
Glasgow Girls	John Doyle
Hamilton Academical	Gary Doctor
Heart of Midlothian	Andy Enwood
Hutchison Vale	Scott Patterson
Partick Thistle	James McCafferty
St Johnstone	Jason McCrindle

Source: Scottish Women's Premier League Archived 2021-07-27 at the Wayback Machine

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Heart of Midlothian (C)	21	14	5	2	70	14	+56	47	Promotion to SWPL 1
2	Hamilton Academical	21	12	5	4	84	19	+65	41
3	Dundee United	21	10	4	7	46	30	+16	34
4	F.C. Kilmarnock	21	9	6	6	48	28	+20	33
5	Partick Thistle	21	8	6	7	44	27	+17	30
6	Glasgow Girls	21	8	4	9	50	28	+22	28
7	St Johnstone	21	6	4	11	50	35	+15	22
8	Hutchison Vale	21	0	0	21	9	220	−211	0

Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2019. Source: ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Positions by round

	Champions; Promotion to 2020 SWPL 1

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Heart of Midlothian	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hamilton Academical	8	6	6	3	2	1	3	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Dundee United	2	3	3	5	6	6	4	4	3	3	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	3
F.C. Kilmarnock	7	5	4	2	5	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4
Partick Thistle	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	3	3	3	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	5
Glasgow Girls	4	2	2	6	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	6
St Johnstone	3	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Hutchison Vale	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Matches 1 to 14 Home \ Away DUN KIL GLG HAM HOM HUT PAR STJ Dundee United 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 10–1 0–2 1–1 F.C. Kilmarnock 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–6 3–0[a] 2–0 2–3 Glasgow Girls 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–2 7–0 0–0 3–1 Hamilton Academical 2–1 4–2 3–0 1–2 12–0 2–0 1–1 Heart of Midlothian 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 9–0 1–1 1–1 Hutchison Vale 0–9 1–14 0–12 0–17 0–11 0–11 0–7 Partick Thistle 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–4 5–0 1–0 St Johnstone 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–2 14–0 2–3 Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2019. Source: [4] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes: Hutchison Vale were fined £1,000 for failing to fulfil their fixture against Kilmarnock on 28 April 2019. The match was awarded to Kilmarnock with a 3–0 scoreline.[5] Initially, half of the fine was suspended but a second failure to fulfil a fixture made them liable to pay the rest.[6]

Matches 15 to 21 Home \ Away DUN KIL GLG HAM HOM HUT PAR STJ Dundee United 2–2 0–2 3–2 F.C. Kilmarnock 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 Glasgow Girls 2–3 0–5 12–0 2–0 Hamilton Academical 2–2 19–0 5–0 Heart of Midlothian 2–0 14–1[a] 3–0 1–0 Hutchison Vale 3–6 2–7 1–11 Partick Thistle 0–2 1–1 2–1 St Johnstone 2–1 1–0 10–0 3–3 Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2019. Source: [4] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes: Hutchison Vale were fined £1,200 (£600 suspended) for failing to fulfil their fixture against Heart of Midlothian on 22 September 2019. The match was initially awarded to Heart of Midlothian with a 3–0 scoreline, however, they subsequently appealed the decision and the match was played Sunday, November 10.[6]

Statistics

Scoring

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dionne Brown	Hamilton Academical	15
	Lisa Swanson	Kilmarnock
3	Neve Guthrie	Dundee United	14
4	Chloe Docherty	Glasgow Girls	12
	Lucy McEwan	Glasgow Girls
	Nichola Sturrock	Hamilton Academical
	Jade McDonald	St Johnstone
8	Rachel Walkingshaw	Heart of Midlothian	11

Source:^[1]

Hat-tricks

No.	Player	For	Against	Date	Score	Ref
1	Ashley Carse	Heart of Midlothian	Hutchison Vale	17 February 2019	9–0	[7]
2	Nichola Sturrock	Hamilton Academical	Hutchison Vale	17 March 2019	12–0	[8]
3	Chloe Docherty	Glasgow Girls	Hutchison Vale	31 March 2019	7–0	[9]
4	Lucy McEwan	Glasgow Girls	Hutchison Vale	31 March 2019	7–0	[9]
5	Neve Guthrie	Dundee United	Hutchison Vale	17 April 2019	9–0	[10]
6	Jade McDonald4	St Johnstone	Hutchison Vale	21 April 2019	14–0	[11]
7	Ashley Fish4	St Johnstone	Hutchison Vale	21 April 2019	14–0	[11]
8	Dionne Brown4	Hamilton Academical	Hutchison Vale	19 May 2019	17–0	[12]
9	Colette Fleming4	Kilmarnock	Hutchison Vale	26 May 2019	14–1	[13]
10	Lisa Swanson6	Kilmarnock	Hutchison Vale	26 May 2019	14–1	[13]
11	Suzanne MacTaggart4	Partick Thistle	Hutchison Vale	2 June 2019	11–0	[14]
12	Taylor Fisher6	Glasgow Girls	Hutchison Vale	4 August 2019	12–0	[15]
13	Neve Guthrie	Dundee United	Hutchison Vale	15 September 2019	10–1	[16]
14	Catriona Caine	Dundee United	Hutchison Vale	15 September 2019	10–1	[16]
15	Mhairi Lyle	Partick Thistle	Hutchison Vale	29 September 2019	11–1	[17]
16	Marie Gardiner4	Hamilton Academical	Hutchison Vale	20 October 2019	19–0	[18]
17	Tegan McCann	Hamilton Academical	Hutchison Vale	20 October 2019	19–0	[18]
18	Kirstin McGuire	Glasgow Girls	Hutchison Vale	27 October 2019	12–0	[19]
19	Taylor Fisher	Glasgow Girls	Hutchison Vale	27 October 2019	12–0	[19]
20	Lucy McEwan	Glasgow Girls	Hutchison Vale	27 October 2019	12–0	[19]
21	Dannielle McGinley	Heart of Midlothian	Hutchison Vale	10 November 2019	14–1	[20]
22	Rachel Walkingshaw	Heart of Midlothian	Hutchison Vale	10 November 2019	14–1	[20]
23	Neve Guthrie	Dundee United	Hutchison Vale	13 November 2019	6–3	[21]
24	Jade McDonald4	St Johnstone	Hutchison Vale	17 November 2019	10–0	[22]

Notes

• 4 – Player scored four goals
• 6 – Player scored six goals