Tuesday 20 May 2014

Weekend Round Up - England & Scotland

The FAWSL 1 was back in action at the weekend and Toni Duggan helped secure Manchester City’s first points in the campaign when they beat Arsenal 1-0.  Birmingham City also took all 3 points by winning 2-1 against Chelsea. 

Notts County and Liverpool remained on the same points and joint top of the table by holding out to a 0-0 draw in Nottingham.  Everton and Bristol Academy also took away a point each from their game with a 1-1 draw.

Home teams dominated in the FAWSL 2 at the weekend.  Doncaster Belles and Sunderland continued their winning form with the Belles beating Watford 2-0 and Sunderland winning 1-0 against London Bees.

The league’s top scorer Fran Kirby added a hat trick with Lois Roche scoring the other goal, as Reading took all 3 points against Durham in a comprehensive 4-0 victory.
The league’s top scorer Fran Kirby added a hat trick with Lois Roche scoring the other goal, as Reading took all 3 points against Durham in a comprehensive 4-0 victory.

The Scottish Cup fixtures were played yesterday along with the SWPL.  In the SWPL Glasgow City continued their unbeaten run at the top of the table by finding the back of the net 9 times against Hutchinson Vale. Hibernian also scored 9 goals in their 9-1 victory over Buchan.

Another high tally on the goal sheet went to Spartans who managed an impressive 11-0 victory over Inverness
In the other results Aberdeen beat Forfar Farmington 7-2, Celtic won 8-1 against Queens Park and Rangers beat Hamilton 2-0. 

There were some impressive results in the Scottish Cup too with an average of 9.2 goals in the 19 games that were played.  The result of the weekend goes to Cowdenbeath who beat Fairfield 32-0.  The results of the Scottish Cup are below:

Hearts
8
Kemnay
1
Motherwell
3
Claremount
1
Aberdeen Reserves
4
Edinburgh Caledonia
0
Hibernian Development
7
Hamilton Caledonian
0
Hearts Development
7
Turriff United
0
Livingston
1
Glasgow Girls
6
Edinburgh South
4
Queen of the South
2
Elgin City
1
Falkirk Ladies
12
Stonehaven
8
Caithness Ladies
1
Fairfield
0
Cowdenbeath
32
Falkirk FC
0
Falkirk Ladies Reserves
4
Seton Ladies
0
Boroughmuir Thistle
14
Dundee City
3
Renfrew
4
Dunfermline Athletic
17
Boroughmuir Jags
0
Spartans Reserves
12
Forfar Farmington Ladies
0
Riverside
3
Stranraer
0
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
0
Jeanfield Swifts
10
Mill United
4
East Fife
2
Dee Ladies
1
Murieston United
3