2021–22 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup

The 2021–22 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup was the 20th edition of the SWPL Cup competition, which began in 2002. The competition was to be contested by all 18 teams of the two divisions of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL 1 and SWPL 2) and they were divided into four qualifying groups. However Forfar Farmington withdrew after playing just one match, so only 17 teams continued in the competition.^[1][2][3] Forfar's withdrawal made Dundee United's 10–0 win in the first match of the group stages null and void.^[4]

2021–22 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Teams	17
Defending champions	Hibernian
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runners-up	Glasgow City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	150 (3.85 per match)
← 2020 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 16 October 2022.

Ranking within each qualifying group was based on

• total points,
• then goal difference,
• then goals scored.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rangers	4	4	0	0	22	2	+20	12	Quarter-finals
2	Aberdeen	4	3	0	1	9	6	+3	9
3	Motherwell	4	2	0	2	7	9	−2	6
4	Queen's Park	4	1	0	3	5	15	−10	3
5	Boroughmuir Thistle	4	0	0	4	2	13	−11	0

Source: ^[5]

Games

Rangers v Queen's Park

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Rangers	8–0	Queen's Park	Auchenhowie
	Kerr 5' 35' McLauchlan 10' Ross 17' 36' 69' Arnot 38' Hay 59'	[6]		Stadium: Rangers Training Centre

Aberdeen v Boroughmuir Thistle

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Aberdeen	2–1	Boroughmuir Thistle	Aberdeen
16.00	Thomson 45' Hutchison 64 pen'		Anderson 65'	Stadium: Balmoral Stadium

Motherwell v Rangers

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)	Motherwell	0–5	Rangers	Motherwell
16.00		[7][8]	Hay 20' 23' Arnot 27' 89' Ross 80'	Stadium: Alliance Park

Queen's Park v Aberdeen

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)	Queen's Park	0–4	Aberdeen	Glasgow
14.15pm	Hutchison 20' 72' Thomson 32' 33'	[9][10]		Stadium: Nethercraigs

Boroughmuir Thistle v Queen's Park

23 August 2021 (2021-08-23)	Boroughmuir Thistle	0–3	Queen's Park	Edinburgh
15.00	Whyte 53' 70' McIndoe 65'	[11]		Stadium: Meggetland Sport Complex

Aberdeen v Motherwell

22 August 2021 (2021-08-22)	Aberdeen	1–0	Motherwell	Aberdeen
16.00pm	Hutchison 20'	[12]		Stadium: Balmoral Stadium

Rangers v Aberdeen

25 August 2021 (2021-08-25)	Rangers	5–2	Aberdeen	Auchenhowie
19.30pm	McLauchlan 11' Ness 45' Ross 47' Arnot 49' Swaby 59'	[13][14] [15]	Broadrick 21' Gove 88'	Stadium: Rangers Training Centre

Boroughmuir Thistle v Rangers

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)	Boroughmuir Thistle	0–4	Rangers	Edinburgh
14.00pm		[16]	Arnot 32' McLeary 32' McLauchlan 47' Watson 52'	Stadium: Meggetland Sport Complex

Queen's Park v Motherwell

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)	Queen's Park	2–3	Motherwell	Glasgow
14.15pm	Rattray	[17][18]		Stadium: Nethercraigs

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hibernian	3	3	0	0	24	2	+22	9	Quarter-finals
2	Dundee United	3	2	0	1	13	13	0	6
3	Kilmarnock	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Stirling University	3	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0
5	Forfar Farmington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^[19]

Matches

The Dundee United game was recorded as Null and Void.

Dundee United v Forfar Farmington

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Dundee United	10–0	Forfar Farmington	Dundee
14.45pm	McGinley 3' 10' 68' Clemison 30' Harkin ??' ??' 48' Todd 57' McMillan ??' Robson 90'	[20]		Stadium: Regional Performance Centre

Hibernian v Kilmarnock

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Hibernian	4–0	Kilmarnock	Armadale
14.00pm	Coyle 27' Gallacher 36' 82' Cavanagh 77'	[21]		Stadium: Volunteer Park

Stirling University v Dundee United

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)	Stirling University	1–7	Dundee United	Stirling
14:00	?	[22]	McGinley 21' 50' 51' McLaren 62' Harkin 64' 87' Simson 67'	Stadium: Gannochy Sports Centre

Hibernian v Stirling University

22 August 2021 (2021-08-22)	Hibernian	10–0	Stirling University	Livingston
16.00	Morrison 1' Adams 6' 29' Notley 25' Gallacher 33' 83' Boyle 48' 56' Coyle 80' 82'	[23]		Stadium: Tony Macaroni Stadium

Dundee United v Hibernian

22 October 2021 (2021-10-22)	Dundee United	2–10	Hibernian	Cowdenbeath
	? ?	[24]	Coyle 10' ?' McAlonie 10' 75' Malone ?' Boyle ?' Hunter ?' Cavanagh Gallacher ?'	Stadium: North End Park

Stirling University v Kilmarnock

25 August 2021 (2021-08-25)	Stirling University	0–3	Kilmarnock	Stirling
19.00			Middleton 35' Robinson 40' Galt 87'	Stadium: Gannochy Sports Centre

Kilmarnock v Dundee United

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)	Kilmarnock	2–4	Dundee United	Kilmarnock
16.00		[25]	McLaren 4' Todd 29'	Stadium: Rugby Park

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Glasgow City	3	3	0	0	19	1	+18	9	Quarter-finals
2	Spartans	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
3	Hamilton Academical	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3	4
4	Glasgow Women	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0

Source: ^[5]

Matches

Glasgow Women v Glasgow City

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Glasgow Women	0–9	Glasgow City	Glasgow
13.00		[26]	Davidson 4' 44' Love 14' 27' 75' Clark 21' ?' Chinchilla 21'	Stadium: New Tinto Park

Spartans v Hamilton Academical

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Spartans	2–2	Hamilton Academical	Edinburgh
12.30	? ?' ? ?'		? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Ainslie Park

Hamilton Academical v Glasgow Women

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)	Hamilton Academical	3–0	Glasgow Women	Hamilton
16.00	Giard 40' Ross 68' Quigley 90'	[27]		Stadium: New Douglas Park

Glasgow City v Spartans

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)	Glasgow City	4–1	Spartans	Glasgow
16.00	Fulutudilu ?' ?' own goal ?' (o.g.) Shine ?'	[28][29]	Galbraith ?'	Stadium: Petershill Park

Glasgow Women v Spartans

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)	Glasgow Women	0–4	Spartans	Glasgow
12.00			4'	Stadium: New Tinto Park

Hamilton Academical v Glasgow City

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)	Hamilton Academical	0–6	Glasgow City	Hamilton
16.00		[30]	Fisher 17' Fulutudilu /' Kats 48' Dodds 54' Filipa ?' Love ?'	Stadium: New Douglas Park

Group D

Table

Hearts and Partick Thistle were awarded 3–0 defeats after naming a trialist in their match squads.^[31]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Celtic	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Quarter-finals
2	Partick Thistle	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	St Johnstone	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Heart of Midlothian	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

Source: ^[5]

Matches

Partick Thistle v Celtic

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Partick Thistle	0–3 (awarded)	Celtic	Glasgow
13.00	McCann 7'	[32] [33]	Wellings ?' ?' McGovern ?'	Stadium: Petershill Park

St Johnstone v Partick Thistle

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	St Johnstone	0–4	Partick Thistle	Perth
4.00pm		[34]	Rigden ?' McCann ?' ?'McBrerty ?'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Astro

Heart of Midlothian v St Johnstone

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)	Heart of Midlothian	0–3 (awarded)	St Johnstone	Edinburgh
14.00			4'	Stadium: Oriam

Celtic v Heart of Midlothian

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)	Celtic	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	Airdrie
14.00	Bowie 34' McGovern 48'	[35]		Stadium: Excelsior Stadium

Heart of Midlothian v Partick Thistle

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)	Heart of Midlothian	2–4	Partick Thistle	Edinburgh
			4'	Stadium: Oriam

Celtic v St Johnstone

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)	Celtic	3–0 (awarded)	St Johnstone	Airdrie
		[36]		Stadium: Excelsior Stadium

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final draw was held on Monday 30 August.^[37]

Glasgow City v Partick Thistle

31 October 2021 (2021-10-31)	Glasgow City	5–0	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
13.00	Davidson 5' (pen.) 15' 53' Colvill 79' 83'	[38][39]		Stadium: Petershill Park

Spartans v Dundee United

31 October 2021 (2021-10-31)	Spartans	3–0	Dundee United	Edinburgh
13.00	McQuillan ?' Frew ?' Smart ?'			Stadium: Ainslie Park

Aberdeen v Hibernian

31 October 2021 (2021-10-31)	Aberdeen	0–2	Hibernian	Aberdeen
17.00		[40][41]	Boyle 17' 32'	Stadium: Balmoral Stadium

Rangers v Celtic

31 October 2021 (2021-10-31)	Rangers	0–1	Celtic	Auchenhowie
16.00		[42][43]	Wellings 56'	Stadium: Rangers Training Centre

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held at Firhill Stadium 1 November 2021.^{[44] [45][46]}

Glasgow City v Spartans

14 November 2021 (2021-11-14)	Glasgow City	3–0	Spartans	Stirling
12.00	Chinchilla 59' ?' Lauder ?'	[47][48] [49]		Stadium: Forthbank Stadium

Celtic v Hibernian

14 November 2021 (2021-11-14)	Celtic	2–1	Hibernian	Stirling
16:10	Jacynta 47' Wellings 80'	[50][51]	Boyle 12'	Stadium: Forthbank Stadium

Final

Celtic won the trophy for the second time in their history (after 2010, their only previous honour), having lost two other finals in 2017 and 2018. Glasgow City failed to add to their six victories in the competition, losing their second final in succession and sixth overall.

The same teams would meet again in the 2022 Scottish Women's Cup final six months later.

5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)

17:00

Celtic	1–0	Glasgow City
Hayes 25'	[52][53][54]

Firhill Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 3,645

Referee: Ross Hardie^[55]

Celtic

Glasgow City

52 Rachael Johnstone 2 Cheyenne Shorts 15 Kelly Clark (c) 18 Caitlin Hayes 3 Jodie Bartle 11 Olivia Chance 14 Sarah Harkes  87' 6 Chloe Craig 8 Jacynta Galabadaarachchi  84' 21 Charlie Wellings 10 Clarissa Larisey  80' Substitutes: 1 Chloe Logan 9 Shen Mengyu  80' 16 Tyler Toland  87' 17 Izzy Atkinson 19 María Ólafsdottir Grós 24 Tegan Bowie  84' 63 Kathleen McGovern Manager: Fran Alonso

29 Lee Gibson (c) 4 Hayley Lauder 5 Claire Walsh 9 Ode Fulutudilu 12 Jenna Clark 14 Lauren Davidson  45' 16 Ágata Filipa 17 Niamh Farrelly 19 Aoife Colvill  86' 20 Julia Molin 21 Priscila Chinchilla Substitutes: 25 Erin Clachers 2 Cailin Michie 7 Mairead Fulton  45' 8 Vital Kats 10 Clare Shine 23 Megan Foley 24 Tyler Dodds  86' Manager: Eileen Gleeson