2021–22 Scottish Women's Premier League 2

This article is about the lower division of the competition. For the top division, see 2021–22 Scottish Women's Premier League.

Scottish Women's Premier League 2

Season	2021–22
Champions	Dundee United
Promoted	Glasgow Women
Matches played	84
Goals scored	328 (3.9 per match)
Biggest home win	Glasgow Women 8–1 Stirling University Kilmarnock 7–0 Stirling University
Biggest away win	Stirling University 0–7 Dundee United
Highest scoring	Glasgow Women 8–1 Stirling University (9 goals)
Longest unbeaten run	Dundee United (21 games)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Scottish Women's Premier League 2 was the seventh season of the SWPL 2 as the second-highest division of women's football in Scotland, below SWPL 1 and above the SWF Championship. Originally planned to involve eight teams, the league season was played with only seven, following the sudden resignation of Forfar Farmington in August 2021[1] – Partick Thistle were elevated to SWPL 1 to maintain an even number of teams, leaving SWPL 2 one short.

Dundee United were the SWPL 2 champions, 20 points ahead of the runners-up Glasgow Women, who won promotion with a 3–1 win in the final match[2][3] against third-placed Boroughmuir Thistle.[4][5]

Two clubs were promoted from SWPL 2 and none relegated from SWPL 1 due to league expansion.[6] The league's first promotion/relegation play-off had been planned[7] until the expansion was confirmed in April 2022[6] following the SWPL clubs' majority vote to leave SWF for the SPFL in February.[8]

Teams

Team	Location	Head coach	Home ground	Capacity	2020–21 position
Boroughmuir Thistle	Edinburgh	Suzy Shepherd	Meggetland Sports Complex	1,000	9th
Dundee United	Dundee	Graeme Hart (interim)	Regional Performance Centre		4th
Glasgow Girls & Women	Glasgow	Craig Joyce	New Tinto Park		6th
Kilmarnock	Kilmarnock	Andy Gardner	Rugby Park	17,889	8th
Queen's Park	Glasgow	Mark Kirk	Lesser Hampden	1,000	7th
St Johnstone	Perth	Jason McCrindle	McDiarmid Park	10,696	5th
Stirling University	Stirling	Craig Beveridge	Gannochy Sports Centre	1,000	10th

Source: [9]

Dundee United

Boroughmuir Thistle

Glasgow

Kilmarnock

St Johnstone

Stirling University

Glasgow teams:
Glasgow Women
Queen's Park

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Locations of teams in the SWPL 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dundee United (C, P)	24	21	2	1	89	21	+68	65	Promotion to SWPL 1
2	Glasgow Women (P)	24	13	6	5	52	30	+22	45
3	Boroughmuir Thistle	24	12	4	8	54	38	+16	40
4	Kilmarnock	24	9	5	10	52	51	+1	32
5	St Johnstone	24	9	5	10	42	46	−4	32
6	Queen's Park	24	4	4	16	26	56	−30	16
7	Stirling University	24	2	2	20	13	86	−73	8

Source: [10]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Matches 1 to 12 Home \ Away BOR DUN GLW KIL QPA STJ STI Boroughmuir Thistle 1–2 2–3 1–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 Dundee United 4–1 2–0 4–0 3–1 5–1 5–1 Glasgow Women 3–2 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 8–1 Kilmarnock 3–2 1–3 2–2 3–3 1–4 7–0 Queen's Park 1–2 0–6 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 St Johnstone 2–3 1–4 2–3 2–4 2–1 2–0 Stirling University 2–3 1–5 0–5 1–3 0–2 0–0 Source: [10] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Matches 13 to 24 Home \ Away BOR DUN GLW KIL QPA STJ STI Boroughmuir Thistle 4–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–1 5–1 Dundee United 4–0 2–2 6–1 3–1 3–2 3–0 Glasgow Women 3–1 0–3 2–2 3–1 0–2 0–2 Kilmarnock 1–5 0–4 0–3 1–0 1–2 4–0 Queen's Park 1–2 1–5 0–3 1–4 1–0 4–0 St Johnstone 1–1 2–5 1–0 0–5 4–2 6–0 Stirling University 0–4 0–7 0–3 0–4 1–2 1–1 Source: [10] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "Forfar Farmington a sorry casualty of the professional era". The Herald. 15 Aug 2021. Archived from the original on 15 Aug 2021.
2. "Glasgow Women promoted in thrilling final day for SWPL - Scottish Women's Football". SWF. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022.
3. "Match Report: Glasgow Girls & Women FC - Boroughmuir Thistle". SWPL. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022.
4. "Boroughmuir Thistle boss Suzy Shepherd explains her surprise to see her team in mix for promotion to SWPL1". Scotsman. 22 April 2022. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022.
5. "Boroughmuir Thistle fall short in quest to secure promotion to SWPL 1". Scotsman. 16 May 2022. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022.
6. "SWPL top flight expanding to 12 teams for next season". BBC Sport. 1 Apr 2022.
7. "New Senior Structure for 2020 and beyond". SWPL. 19 Sep 2019. Retrieved 19 Feb 2020.
8. "SWPL to be administered by the SPFL for season 2022/23". Scottish Women's Football. 15 Feb 2022. Archived from the original on 15 Feb 2022.
9. "Scottish Women's Premier League". Scottish Women's Premier League. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
10. "Summary – SWPL2". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 May 2022.