2014–15_Welsh_Premier_Women's_League
2014–15 Welsh Premier Women's League
Football league season
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]
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to Hafren United Ladies FC.[3] They however withdraw from the league before the start of the season.[4] Caernarfon had withdrawn from the league after the 2013/14 season, they were replaced by Aberystwyth Town.[5] Hafren United though also withdraw before the league starts, thus this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 |
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
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 |
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- "Welsh Premier Awards and Cup Draw". shekicks.net. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015.
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