All the ScottishPower Women’s Premier League top five won, as leaders Glasgow City maintained a slim advantage over both Rangers and Hearts.
Glasgow City 3-0 Partick Thistle
Aberdeen 1-7 Hibernian
Spartans 1-1 Queen’s Park
Rangers 10-2 Montrose
Hearts 9-0 Dundee United
Motherwell 0-4 Celtic
Brenna Lovera added a penalty to her first-half opener for Glasgow City against Partick Thistle, Wilma Forsblom making it 3-0 in added time.
🧤 // Prior to today’s game Lee Gibson was presented with a commemorative shirt by Head Coach Leanne Ross and CEO Laura Montgomery in honour of making her 250th Glasgow City appearance.
Here’s to many more! pic.twitter.com/aarhFIo4eG
— Glasgow City FC (@GlasgowCityFC) November 3, 2024
Charlie Devlin led the way with a hat-trick as Rangers overwhelmed Montrose, Rio Hardy, Jane Ross and Kirsty Maclean each bagged a brace and Katie Wilkinson got the other goal.
Hearts netted nine again basement side Dundee United, Bayley Hutchison claiming a treble and Lisa Robertson contributing a couple.
Emily Kraft gave Aberdeen a surprise lead against Hibernian but two goals by Eilidh Adams helped turn the match around, Kathleen McGovern adding some gloss to the scoreline with three goals in six minutes close to the end.
Celtic’s Emma Lawton and Saoirse Noonan got first-half goals at Motherwell, the hosts’ Chelsie Watson then put through her own net, before Lucy Ashworth-Clifford completed the scoring shortly after the interval.
Queen’s Park were hoping to achieve a rare win after going ahead through Hannah Cunningham but Spartans’ Hannah Jordan equalised in a 1-1 draw.
SWPL 2
Boroughmuir Thistle 1-0 Rossvale
Kilmarnock 0-4 Hamilton Academical
Livingston 1-0 Gartcairn
St Johnstone 4-1 Ayr United
Hamilton went eight points clear after winning the top of the table clash at Kilmarnock, Lauren Kerr and Josephine Giard on target as well as first goals for Keira Ritchie and 16-year-old Justine Strain.
Accies @LomondWealth POTM
👶 16 years old
🆙 A @AcciesWFCAcad 17s Player
🔥 1st ever senior goal!
🅰️ An assist for our openerOur Player of the Match, @justine__strain pic.twitter.com/VwMlg2Anyx
— Hamilton Academical Womens Football Club (@accieswfc) November 3, 2024
Livingston edged Gartcairn with an own-goal to go within a point of Kilmarnock, Boroughmuir Thistle beat Rossvale with a Cailin Michie effort to climb to fourth on goal-difference, while St Johnstone won the basement battle with Ayr United 4-1 – aided by Jodie Malcolm’s brace – to go three points ahead of their visitors.
