2016 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup

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The 2016 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup was the 15th edition of the SWPL Cup competition, which began in 2002. The competition was to be contested by all 16 teams of the two divisions of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL 1 and SWPL 2).

CountryScotland

Teams16

ChampionsHibernian

Runners-upGlasgow City

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2016 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Hibernian
Runners-up	Glasgow City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	74 (4.93 per match)
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 16 October 2022.

First round

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28)	Glasgow Women	3–1	Hutchison Vale	Glasgow
11:45	McManus Evans	^[1]	Hanson 54'	Stadium: Greenfield Football Centre

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28)	Spartans	5–1 (a.e.t.)	Stirling University	Edinburgh
13:00	McLaughlin Marshall Gavin	^[1]	Gallon	Stadium: Spartans Community Football Academy

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28)	Aberdeen	5–0	Jeanfield Swifts	Aberdeen
13:00	Smith 37' McGregor 85' Campbell	^[1]^[2]		Stadium: Heathryfold Park

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28)	Celtic	0–1	Hibernian	East Kilbride
15:00		^[1]^[3]^[4]	Arnot 19'	Stadium: K Park Training Academy

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28)	Glasgow City	14–0	Inverness City	Airdrie
14:00	Littlejohn 17' Love 18' Shine Cuthbert Lauder Hay Crilly Brown Boyce	^[1]^[5]^[6]		Stadium: Excelsior Stadium

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28)	Rangers	5–1	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
16:00	K. McLaughlin 1' C. Adams 18' L. Swanson 70' C. Brown 73' K. Turner 83'	^[7]	McGuiness	Stadium: New Tinto Park

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06)	Heart of Midlothian	0–3	Forfar Farmington	Dalkeith
14:00		^[8]	Gollan McCarthy Sousa	Stadium: King’s Park

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06)	Buchan	7–1	Queen's Park	Maud
14:00				Stadium: Maud Leisure Park

Quarter-finals

27 March 2016 (2016-03-27)	Aberdeen	5–1	Spartans	Aberdeen
13:00	Small	^[9]		Stadium: Heathryfold Park

27 March 2016 (2016-03-27)	Forfar Farmington	0–6	Hibernian	Forfar
13:00		^[9]		Stadium: Station Park

27 March 2016 (2016-03-27)	Glasgow City	10–0	Glasgow Women	Airdrie
14.30	Ross	^[9]		Stadium: Excelsior Stadium

27 March 2016 (2016-03-27)	Rangers	5–0	Buchan	Glasgow
15:00	Sinclair Gemmell Brown Adams } Foley	^[10]		Stadium: New Tinto Park

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 6 April 2016, at Hampden Park.^[11]

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08)	Rangers	1–4	Hibernian	Edinburgh
12:00	Brown 75'	^[12]	>Harrison 15' 50' Arnot 66' Ewens 87'	Stadium: Ainslie Par

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08)	Aberdeen	0–1	Glasgow City	Edinburgh
15:00		^[13]	Shine 45+2'	Stadium: Ainslie Par

Final

The final was played on Sunday, 15 June 2016 at Ainslie Park, Edinburgh. Hibernian won the final 2–1 against Glasgow City. It was their fourth SWPL Cup win.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]

15 June 2016

19:30

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Hibernian	2–1	Glasgow City
Graham 36' Arnot 90+2'	Report	Fleeting 30'

Ainslie Park, Edinburgh

Referee: Lorraine Clark

Hibernian

Glasgow City


	1	Jenna Fife
	11	Kirsty Smith
	24	Emma Brownlie
	17	Joelle Murray (c)
	12	Rachel McLauchlan
	6	Lisa Robertson
	13	Lucy Graham
	19	Chelsea Cornet
	10	Sarah Ewens
	21	Abi Harrison
	7	Lizzie Arnot
Substitutes:
	2	Clare Williamson
	3	Zoe Johnstone
	4	Siobhan Hunter
	5	Lia Tweedie
	8	Kirsten Reilly
	9	Caroline Heron
	23	Heather Richards
Manager:
Chris Roberts


	1	Gemma Fay
	11	Nicola Docherty
	14	Cheryl McCulloch
	3	Savannah McCarthy
	16	Leanne Ross (c)
	2	Lauren McMurchie
	6	Jo Love
	22	Erin Cuthbert
	17	Fiona Brown
	4	Hayley Lauder
	23	Julie Fleeting
Substitutes:
	25	Erin Clachers
	5	Ruesha Littlejohn
	18	Sam Kerr
	19	Sarah Crilly
	20	Brogan Hay
Manager:
Scott Booth

External links

Soccerway

References

[1]
Oliver, Tim (29 February 2016). "SWPL League Cup 1st round – results and summary". Scottish Women's Premier League. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 22 October 2022. )
[2]
Grossi, Steve (February 28, 2016). "Swifts emerge with credit as Dons progress". jeanfield swiftsfootball club. Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved October 22, 2022. Swifts headed north to play their League Cup 1st round tie against an experienced and strong Aberdeen side.
[3]
"celtic women lose out in league cup clash against hibernian". celtic football club. February 29, 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-07-01. Retrieved October 22, 2022. CELTIC, fielding six of their eight close-season signings, went toe-to-toe with Edinburgh rivals Hibernian for the entire 90 minutes but despite their commendable efforts went down 1-0 to an early Lizzie Arnot goal
[4]
Payne, Richard (February 29, 2016). "hibernian ladies progress in the scottish premier league cup". hibernian football club. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved October 22, 2022. Scotland midfielder Lizzie Arnot grabbed the only goal of the game at K-Park in East Kilbride as her side came out on top during the battle of the greens
[5]
"Swifts emerge with credit as Dons progress". glasgow city football club. March 1, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-07. Retrieved October 22, 2022. SWPL League Cup holders Glasgow City opened their domestic season in style with a football masterclass and a 14-0 thumping of Inverness to reach the quarter-finals
[6]
"glasgow city begin with 14-0 victory in swpl cup". bbc.co.uk. bbc. February 28, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2022. Glasgow City opened the new season in ominous style, demolishing Inverness 14-0 in the first round of the SWPL League Cup.
[7]
Gamba, Andrew (February 29, 2016). "Murphy's Delight With Start". rangers football club. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved October 22, 2022. Rangers won the game 5-1 at New Tinto Park with goals from Kirsty McLaughlin, Claire Adams, Lisa Swanson, Chantelle Brown and Katey Turner.
[8]
Gamba, Andrew (March 6, 2016). "hearts vs forfar farmington". forfar farmington football club. Archived from the original on 2017-01-12. Retrieved October 22, 2022. orfar Farmington opened their competitive season with a 3-0 victory over Hearts
[9]
"Glasgow City ease into SWPL League Cup semi-finals". bbc.co.uk. BBC. March 27, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2022. Leanne Ross scored a hat-trick as League Cup holders Glasgow City strolled into the semi-finals with the 10-0 demolition of Glasgow Girls
[10]
Gamba, Andrew (March 28, 2016). "Buchan 0-5 Rangers Ladies". rangers football club. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved October 22, 2022. RANGERS booked their place in the League Cup semi-final after a 5-0 win over Buchan at New Tinto Park
[11]
@SWPL (6 April 2016). "Repost: SWPL League Cup Semi-final Draw:" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 October 2022 – via Twitter.
[12]
Gamba, Andrew (May 9, 2016). "Ladies Semi-final Disappointment". rangers football club. Archived from the original on 2016-07-20. Retrieved October 22, 2022. There was disappointment for Rangers as they missed out on a place in the League Cup Final after losing 4-1 to Hibernian to Ainslie Park
[13]
Payne, Richard (May 8, 2016). "hibernian ladies and glasgow city progress to swpl league Cup final". bbc.co.uk. bbc. Retrieved October 26, 2022. Glasgow City and Hibernian Ladies will contest the Scottish Women's Premier League cup final.
[14]
Oliver, Tim (15 June 2016). "2016 SWPL Cup Final - Hibernian 1-2 Glasgow City: Lizzie Arnot's late goal shocks the holders". vavel.com. Vavel. Retrieved 22 October 2022. A second half stoppage time strike saw Hibernian end Glasgow City's stranglehold on Scottish Women's Football
[15]
"SWPL Cup final: Hibernian Ladies beat Glasgow City". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2022. Hibernian Ladies netted in added time to defeat holders Glasgow City and win the SWPL Cup.
[16]
Campbell, Alan (15 June 2016). "SWPL Cup Final. Hibernian 2 Glasgow City 1: Lizzie Arnott leaves it late to secure victory". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. Retrieved 22 October 2022. Glasgow City's domination of Scottish women's football ended in dramatic fashion at Ainslie Park
[17]
Highlights | Hibernian v Glasgow City - SWPL Cup Final, Glasgow City FC on YouTube (teams at 1:21 / 1:46)

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2016 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup

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