The ScottishPower SWPL top three all won but Partick Thistle pulled off a victory at Hibernian and Montrose held Hearts.
SWPL 1
Glasgow City 3-0 Spartans
Hibernian 0-2 Partick Thistle
Montrose 3-3 Hearts
Celtic 6-0 Motherwell
Dundee United 3-2 Aberdeen
Hamilton Academical 0-6 Rangers
Partick Thistle leapfrogged Hibernian into fourth spot when beating them 2-0 away. Lucy Sinclair got both goals in a seven-minute spell in the latter stages of the game.
Montrose took a creditable point from a 3-3 tie with Hearts, Aimee Ridgeway with the 87th-minute equaliser.
Dundee United defeated mid-table Aberdeen, Rachel Todd with their crucial third goal as the Dons’ fightback was thwarted by a flag for offside in added time.
Celtic stayed top with six goals against Motherwell, Amy Gallacher and Kit Loferski each with a brace. Rangers got as many at Hamilton aided by two own goals and Glasgow City were 3-0 winners over Spartans.
SWPL 2
Gartcairn 1-7 Kilmarnock
St Johnstone P-P Boroughmuir Thistle
Queen’s Park 3-2 Livingston
Stirling University 1-1 Glasgow Women
Leaders Kilmarnock scored seven on the road, second-placed Queen’s Park saw off third-in-the-table Livingston with Abby Callaghan’s late winner.
Coming up next ..
Wednesday 11 October – UWCL 2nd Round 1st leg: Glasgow City v Brann (Petershill Park, 7.35pm)
Then fixtures for 15 October are:
SWPL 1
Rangers v Hibernian (Ibrox Stadium, 1pm) – Live on BBC Sport Scotland
Spartans v Hearts (Ainslie Park Stadium, 1pm)
Aberdeen v Glasgow City (Balmoral Stadium, 4pm)
Hamilton Academical v Montrose (ZLX Stadium, 4pm)
Motherwell v Dundee United (K Park Training Academy, 4pm)
Partick Thistle v Celtic (Petershill Park, 4.10pm) – Live on BBC Alba
SWPL 2
Gartcairn v Glasgow Women (MTC Park, Airdrie Leisure Centre, 3pm)
Livingston v Stirling University (Tony Macaroni Arena, 3pm)
St Johnstone v Kilmarnock (Riverside Stadium, 3pm)
Boroughmuir Thistle v Queen’s Park (Meadowbank Stadium, 3pm)
