Hamilton Academical, Queen’s Park and St Johnstone all struck late on to seal wins in SBS Scottish Women’s Premier League 2.
SWPL 2 results for 25 October
Boroughmuir Thistle 0-9 Aberdeen
Kilmarnock 0-1 Hamilton Academical
Partick Thistle 1-1 Dundee United
Queen’s Park 2-0 Glasgow Women
Stirling University 1-2 St Johnstone
Aberdeen lead the table having netted nine times at Boroughmuir Thistle, a fixture that had ended 0-0 last March. Bayley Hutchison completed her hat-trick late on, Eilidh Shore bagged a brace.
Hamilton won by the only goal of the game at Kilmarnock, Georgie McTear with an 88th-minute strike.
SNAPSHOT | A McTear Zing ☄️
Last 2 minutes ⏱
A winner is needed 🙏🏻
Step up Georgie McTear 🔥Remember, Not all hero’s wear capes. @acciesfc @SWPL @OAccies @BBCSportScot @AnimaliaApparel pic.twitter.com/b6ZHWSjoXq
— Hamilton Academical WFC (@accieswfc) October 25, 2020
Dundee United got off the mark when holding hosts Partick Thistle to a 1-1 draw. Jade McLaren got their equaliser 20 minutes from time, to cancel out Docherty’s early effort.
First points also for Queen’s Park who defeated Glasgow Women 2-0, Louise Boyes sealing the victory in the 90th minute, after Mhairi Crooks had opened the scoring.
St Johnstone got their campaign underway with a 2-1 result at Stirling University, where Rebecca McGowan won it with a stoppage-time strike.
Meanwhile in the Championship North, Montrose defeated Dunfermline Athletic 6-3, Dryburgh Athletic got al four goals at Stonehaven, Buchan won 3-1 at Westdyke and Dundee West sent Grampian to a 3-0 loss.
Catherine Etoe returns to a very different matchday at Tynecastle
