2014–15 Welsh Premier Women's League

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.

Welsh Premier League (women)
Season2014–15
ChampionsCardiff Met. Ladies (3rd title)
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueCardiff Met. Ladies
Matches played100
Goals scored516 (5.16 per match)
Biggest home winCardiff Metropolitan 19–0 Newcastle Emlyn
Biggest away winAberystwyth Town 0–9 Cwmbran Celtic
Highest scoringCardiff Metropolitan 19–0 Newcastle Emlyn

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

2014–15 Welsh Premier Women's League is located in Wales
PILCS LFC
PILCS LFC
Newcastle Emlyn
Newcastle Emlyn
Cardiff Met. & Cardiff City
Cardiff Met. & Cardiff City
Cwmbran Celtic
Cwmbran Celtic
Prestatyn
Prestatyn
Port Talbot Town
Port Talbot Town
Llandudno Ladies
Llandudno Ladies
Locations of teams in the 2014–15 Premier League

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to Hafren United Ladies FC.[3] They however withdraw from the league before the start of the season.[4] Caernarfon had withdrawn from the league after the 2013/14 season, they were replaced by Aberystwyth Town.[5] Hafren United though also withdraw before the league starts, thus this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.

Team City Ground
Aberystwyth Town LadiesAberystwythPark Avenue
Cardiff City WomenCardiffLeckwith Athletics Stadium
Cardiff Metropolitan LadiesCardiffCardiff Metropolitan University, Cyncoed Campus
PILCS LadiesPontypool
Cwmbran CelticCwmbran
Hafren United LadiesLlanidloesVictoria Park
Llandudno LadiesLlandudno JunctionMaesdu Park
Newcastle Emlyn LadiesNewcastle EmlynParc Emlyn
Port Talbot Town LadiesPort TalbotThe Genquip Stadium
Rhyl & Prestatyn LadiesPrestatynRhyl FC's Corbett Sports Stadium
Swansea City LadiesPort TalbotBaglan Playing Fields
Wrexham LadiesWrexhamColliers Road

Standings

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation CAM SWA PIL CAC POR WRE CWM LLA RHY NEW ABE
1 Cardiff Metropolitan 20 16 2 2 97 11 +86 50 Qualification to 2015–16 Champions League 0–1 5–0 0–0 2–0 5–0 4–0 8–0 6–0 19–0 10–0
2 Swansea City 20 16 2 2 73 16 +57 50 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 5–2 7–0 3–2 11–0
3 PILCS 20 14 1 5 69 35 +34 43 3–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 3–1 6–2 1–3 8–0 6–0 3–1
4 Cardiff City 20 13 3 4 60 24 +36 42 0–7 1–2 1–2 7–0 6–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 6–0 11–0
5 Port Talbot Town Ladies 20 9 3 8 36 31 +5 30 1–4 1–1 5–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 3–0 4–1 5–1 5–0
6 Wrexham 20 9 2 9 42 40 +2 29 1–3 0–3 4–3 0–2 1–0 3–3 2–1 5–1 5–0 9–0
7 Cwmbran Celtic 20 7 4 9 48 42 +6 25 1–4 2–3 3–3 1–3 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 7–0 7–1
8 Llandudno 20 8 1 11 31 45 14 25 1–4 0–4 1–4 2–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 4–0 2–0
9 Rhyl & Prestatyn 20 6 0 14 23 74 51 18 1–5 1–7 1–5 1–2 2–3 1–2 2–4 0–2 1–0 3–2
10 Newcastle Emlyn 20 3 0 17 24 92 68 9 1–5 1–6 1–6 2–3 1–0 0–5 2–3 2–4 5–1 5–0
11 Aberystwyth Town 20 1 0 19 13 106 93 3 0–5 0–6 1–5 1–5 2–3 1–3 0–9 1–2 0–1 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2015. Source: Welsh Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

League Cup

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]

First round[9]
Newcastle Emlyn2–3Port Talbot Town28 September 2014
PILCS2–1Wrexham FC
Rhyl & Prestatyn FC0–10Cardiff Metropolitan
Swansea City2–0Llandudno FC
Quarter-finals
Aberystwyth Town0–2Port Talbot Town16 November 2014
Cardiff City FC1–3Swansea City7 December 2014
Cwmbran Celticw/oCardiff MetropolitanCwmbran withdraw[10]
PILCSbye
Semi-finals
Port Talbot Town3–4PILCS23 January 2015
Swansea City2–0Cardiff Metropolitan25 January 2015
Final
PILCS3–2Swansea City27 March 2015

References

  1. "Cardiff Met Retain Welsh Premier Title". shekicks.net. 3 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. "Welsh Premier Awards and Cup Draw". shekicks.net. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015.
  3. "Four new team names in Welsh Premier Women's league". BBC. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  4. "Hafren United Withdraw from WPWL". welshpremier.org. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  5. "Aberystwyth Replace Caernarfon in WPWL". welshpremier.co.uk. 19 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  6. "Welsh Premier League Cup Draw". shekicks.net. 24 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
  7. "Welsh Premier League Cup Quarter-finals". shekicks.net. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  8. "PILCS pounce for Welsh Premier League Cup". shekicks.net. 28 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  9. "Welsh Premier League & non-League round-up". BBC Sport.
  10. "Swansea City Ladies v Cardiff Metropolitan Ladies". welshpremier.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015.
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