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.
| Season | 2014–15 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Cardiff Met. Ladies (3rd title) |
| UEFA Women's Champions League | Cardiff Met. Ladies |
| Matches played | 100 |
| Goals scored | 516 (5.16 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Cardiff Metropolitan 19–0 Newcastle Emlyn |
| Biggest away win | Aberystwyth Town 0–9 Cwmbran Celtic |
| Highest scoring | Cardiff Metropolitan 19–0 Newcastle Emlyn |
← 2013–14 2015–16 → | |
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
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to Hafren United Ladies FC.[3] They however withdraw from the league before the start of the season.[4] Caernarfon had withdrawn from the league after the 2013/14 season, they were replaced by Aberystwyth Town.[5] Hafren United though also withdraw before the league starts, thus this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 Ladies | Aberystwyth | Park Avenue |
| Cardiff City Women | Cardiff | Leckwith Athletics Stadium |
| Cardiff Metropolitan Ladies | Cardiff | Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cyncoed Campus |
| PILCS Ladies | Pontypool | |
| Cwmbran Celtic | Cwmbran | |
| Hafren United Ladies | Llanidloes | Victoria Park |
| Llandudno Ladies | Llandudno Junction | Maesdu Park |
| Newcastle Emlyn Ladies | Newcastle Emlyn | Parc Emlyn |
| Port Talbot Town Ladies | Port Talbot | The Genquip Stadium |
| Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies | Prestatyn | Rhyl FC's Corbett Sports Stadium |
| Swansea City Ladies | Port Talbot | Baglan Playing Fields |
| Wrexham Ladies | Wrexham | Colliers 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 | — |
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 Emlyn | 2–3 | Port Talbot Town | 28 September 2014 |
| PILCS | 2–1 | Wrexham FC | |
| Rhyl & Prestatyn FC | 0–10 | Cardiff Metropolitan | |
| Swansea City | 2–0 | Llandudno FC | |
| Quarter-finals | |||
| Aberystwyth Town | 0–2 | Port Talbot Town | 16 November 2014 |
| Cardiff City FC | 1–3 | Swansea City | 7 December 2014 |
| Cwmbran Celtic | w/o | Cardiff Metropolitan | Cwmbran withdraw[10] |
| PILCS | – | bye | |
| Semi-finals | |||
| Port Talbot Town | 3–4 | PILCS | 23 January 2015 |
| Swansea City | 2–0 | Cardiff Metropolitan | 25 January 2015 |
| Final | |||
| PILCS | 3–2 | Swansea City | 27 March 2015 |
References
- "Cardiff Met Retain Welsh Premier Title". shekicks.net. 3 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- "Welsh Premier Awards and Cup Draw". shekicks.net. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015.
- "Four new team names in Welsh Premier Women's league". BBC. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- "Hafren United Withdraw from WPWL". welshpremier.org. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- "Aberystwyth Replace Caernarfon in WPWL". welshpremier.co.uk. 19 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- "Welsh Premier League Cup Draw". shekicks.net. 24 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
- "Welsh Premier League Cup Quarter-finals". shekicks.net. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- "PILCS pounce for Welsh Premier League Cup". shekicks.net. 28 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- "Welsh Premier League & non-League round-up". BBC Sport.
- "Swansea City Ladies v Cardiff Metropolitan Ladies". welshpremier.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015.