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Scottish Women's Football League Second Division

April 14, 2024

The Scottish Women's Football League Second Division (SWFL 2) was a division in the Scottish women's football pyramid between 1999 and 2019. The third league tier from 1999 to 2015, it later became the fourth tier. Its top teams won promotion to the SWFL First Division.

Scottish Women's Football League Second Division
Divisions1 (1999–2008)
4 (2012–2019)
Number of teams10–40
Level on pyramid3 (1999–2015)
4 (2016–2019)
Promotion toScottish Women's Football League First Division
Domestic cup(s)Scottish Women's Cup
League cup(s)SWFL Second Division Cup
WebsiteScottish Women's Football

The Second Division began as a single national division,[1][2] but became three regional divisions in 2008–09, the North, East and West. It was further enlarged in 2012 to four divisions. From 2016 to 2019, SWFL 2 had forty clubs in four regional divisions. The champions of each division were eligible to enter play-offs for promotion to the First Division.[3]

In 2020, Scottish Women's Football replaced the First Division with the SWF Championship, and the Second Division took the existing name of the Scottish Women's Football League. The SWFL is now a standalone 'Recreational' league with multiple regional divisions, resembling the former Second Division, but now with no regular promotion or relegation.[4]

History edit

The Second Division was initially a single national competition,[5] played as a double round-robin.

Champions edit

National division champions – league level 3:

Regional division champions – league level 3:

  • 2008–09: South-West / West: Glasgow City Reserves - [citation needed]
  • 2008–09: South-East / Central Musselburgh Windsor
  • 2009: South-West / West Troon
  • 2009: South-East / East / Central Airdrie United
Season North group West group East group South East group Ref
2010 Aberdeen City Paisley Saints Ladies[10][11] Hibernian 2000 – [12]
2011 Buchan Kilwinning Sports Club[13] Forfar Farmington
2012 Stonehaven Murieston United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian[14]
Season North West/South West East/Central South East Ref
2013 Aberdeen Reserves Claremont Jeanfield Swifts Hibernian Development
2014 Dee Vale Mill United East Fife Boroughmuir Thistle
2015 Dee Vale Glasgow City Development[15] Central Girls Academy Motherwell [16]

Regional division champions – league level 4:

Season North/East West/South West West/Central South East/Central Ref
2016 Granite City[17] Renfrew[18] Partick Thistle[19] Dundee United[20]
2017 Deveronvale[21] Morton[22] Blackburn United[23] Bayside[24]
2018 Montrose[25] Ayr United[26] Glasgow City B[27] Kelty Hearts[28]
2019 Dundee West[29] Morton[30] Bishopton[31] Edinburgh Caledonia[32]

Seasons edit

1999–2008 edit

In the season 2000–01, Hamilton Athletic finished top of the 10-team national Second Division.[1]

Falkirk Ladies had won promotion from the SWFL Third Division in 1999–2000,[33] and they became the Second Division champions in 2002–03, ahead of Dundee City and Civil Service Strollers.[34][35] Falkirk sealed the title with late-season wins over St. Johnstone away and Dundee City at Brockville.[6][7]

In 2005–06, the top teams in the division were champions Buchan Girls, Crichton, Cowdenbeath, Arsenal North 2nd LFC and Thistle LFC.[36] Cowdenbeath won the 2006–07 championship.[8][9]

2007–08 was the last season of the national SWFL Second Division. The member clubs were:[2]

2008–2012 edit

After the switch to the three regional divisions (North, East and West) in 2008–09, the Second Division's member clubs were:

The Scottish women's football divisions used the autumn–spring season calendar until 2008–09. From the season 2009, they switched to a summer schedule (March–November).[38]

The three-division system continued with the new schedule, in the 2010 and 2011 seasons.[39][40]

Owing to an influx of new clubs, for the 2012 season the Second Division East was split into two separate East and South-East divisions. The East division was now based around Fife and Tayside while the South-East division was centred on Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Hearts, Hibernian 1875, Falkirk FC and a Spartans Reserve team moved from the East division to the South East in 2012. Boroughmuir Thistle, Football Club of Edinburgh, Leith Athletic, Musselburgh Windsor and Seton Ladies were new clubs.[41]

2011 North champions Buchan Ladies were promoted to the First Division while Dundee City and Forfar Farmington Blues transferred to the East. New clubs were a Buchan Ladies Youth side, Turriff United and Dee Ladies, part of the Dee Boys Club set-up.[42]

2013 edit

Member clubs in the 2013 season:

2017 edit

The following teams played in the SWFL Second Division during the 2017 season.[44] As well as first teams, the SWFL structures also incorporated a number of development or youth teams of other SWPL and SWFL clubs.

  1. ^ a b c d Withdrew during the season, results removed

2019 edit

Member clubs in the 2019 season:

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c . SWFL. Archived from the original on 24 July 2001.
  2. ^ a b . Football Central. Archived from the original on 11 Oct 2007.
  3. ^ "Regional league winners seal play-off place". SWF News. Scottish Women's Football Association. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  4. ^ . SWPL. 19 September 2019. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020.
  5. ^ . SWFA. Archived from the original on 17 May 2003.
  6. ^ a b . Falkirk FC. Archived from the original on 27 Jun 2003.
  7. ^ a b . Falkirk FC. May 2003. Archived from the original on 27 Jun 2003.
  8. ^ a b . SFA Football Central. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 Nov 2007.
  9. ^ a b . SWFA. Archived from the original on 10 Mar 2007.
  10. ^ . Daily Record. 18 Nov 2010. Archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022.
  11. ^ . The Scotsman. 2012. Archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022.
  12. ^ . SFA. Archived from the original on 30 Jan 2011.
  13. ^ . Daily Record. 26 Oct 2011. Archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022. runner-up position in the Second Division West table behind champions Kilwinning Sports Club
  14. ^ . The Scotsman. 16 Oct 2012. Archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022.
  15. ^ Scottish Women's Football, Twitter 10 Nov 2015
  16. ^ . SFA. Archived from the original on 23 Mar 2016.
  17. ^ SWFL 2 | 2016 | North. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  18. ^ SWFL 2 | 2016 | South-West. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  19. ^ SWFL 2 | 2016 | Central. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  20. ^ SWFL 2 | 2016 | East. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  21. ^ SWFL 2 | 2017 | North. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  22. ^ SWFL 2 | 2017 | South-West. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  23. ^ SWFL 2 | 2017 | Central. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  24. ^ SWFL 2 | 2017 | East. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  25. ^ SWFL 2 | 2018 | North. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  26. ^ SWFL 2 | 2018 | South-West. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  27. ^ SWFL 2 | 2018 | Central. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  28. ^ SWFL 2 | 2018 | East. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  29. ^ SWFL 2 | 2019 | North. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  30. ^ SWFL 2 | 2019 | South-West. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  31. ^ SWFL 2 | 2019 | Central. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  32. ^ SWFL 2 | 2019 | East. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2021
  33. ^ . Falkirk Girls FC. Archived from the original on 7 Apr 2001.
  34. ^ . Archived from the original on 18 April 2003.
  35. ^ . SWFL. Archived from the original on 18 Apr 2003.
  36. ^ . SWFA. Archived from the original on 4 Jan 2006.
  37. ^ "The South Deeside View: March 2010" (PDF). Dee Vale Ladies FC switched home pitch to Corbie Park for the 2009 season. This proved to be a good move as the team won the SWFL North Division 2 League for the first time in their history.
  38. ^ "Scottish football season: Should it be moved to the summer?". BBC Sport. 2 May 2013.
  39. ^ . SFA. Archived from the original on 25 May 2010.
  40. ^ . SFA. Archived from the original on 29 Jun 2011.
  41. ^ . SFA. Archived from the original on 4 Jun 2013.
  42. ^ . Dee Boys Club. 21 January 2012. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013.
  43. ^ "Introduction". Cupar Soccer Sevens. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  44. ^ "Fixtures, Results & League Tables". Scottish Women's Football. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  45. ^ "SWFL - North/East".
  46. ^ "SWFL - Central/South East".
  47. ^ . scotwomensfootball.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-09.
  48. ^ "SWFL - West/South West".

External links edit

  • Scottish Women's Football
  • Scottish Women's League results and tables since 1972 at Scottish Football Historical Results Archive

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The Scottish Women s Football League Second Division SWFL 2 was a division in the Scottish women s football pyramid between 1999 and 2019 The third league tier from 1999 to 2015 it later became the fourth tier Its top teams won promotion to the SWFL First Division Scottish Women s Football League Second DivisionDivisions1 1999 2008 4 2012 2019 Number of teams10 40Level on pyramid3 1999 2015 4 2016 2019 Promotion toScottish Women s Football League First DivisionDomestic cup s Scottish Women s CupLeague cup s SWFL Second Division CupWebsiteScottish Women s FootballThe Second Division began as a single national division 1 2 but became three regional divisions in 2008 09 the North East and West It was further enlarged in 2012 to four divisions From 2016 to 2019 SWFL 2 had forty clubs in four regional divisions The champions of each division were eligible to enter play offs for promotion to the First Division 3 In 2020 Scottish Women s Football replaced the First Division with the SWF Championship and the Second Division took the existing name of the Scottish Women s Football League The SWFL is now a standalone Recreational league with multiple regional divisions resembling the former Second Division but now with no regular promotion or relegation 4 Contents 1 History 1 1 Champions 2 Seasons 2 1 1999 2008 2 2 2008 2012 2 3 2013 2 3 1 North Division 2 3 2 East Central Division 2 3 3 South East Division 2 3 4 West South West Division 2 4 2017 2 5 2019 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe Second Division was initially a single national competition 5 played as a double round robin Champions edit National division champions league level 3 1999 00 Forfar Farmington 2000 01 Hamilton Athletic 1 2001 02 Hawkcraig United citation needed 2002 03 Falkirk L F C 6 7 2003 04 Arsenal North citation needed 2004 05 Inverness City citation needed 2005 06 Buchan 2006 07 Cowdenbeath W F C 8 9 2007 08 Celtic Reserves citation needed Regional division champions league level 3 2008 09 South West West Glasgow City Reserves citation needed 2008 09 South East Central Musselburgh Windsor2009 South West West Troon 2009 South East East Central Airdrie UnitedSeason North group West group East group South East group Ref2010 Aberdeen City Paisley Saints Ladies 10 11 Hibernian 2000 12 2011 Buchan Kilwinning Sports Club 13 Forfar Farmington2012 Stonehaven Murieston United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian 14 Season North West South West East Central South East Ref2013 Aberdeen Reserves Claremont Jeanfield Swifts Hibernian Development2014 Dee Vale Mill United East Fife Boroughmuir Thistle2015 Dee Vale Glasgow City Development 15 Central Girls Academy Motherwell 16 Regional division champions league level 4 Season North East West South West West Central South East Central Ref2016 Granite City 17 Renfrew 18 Partick Thistle 19 Dundee United 20 2017 Deveronvale 21 Morton 22 Blackburn United 23 Bayside 24 2018 Montrose 25 Ayr United 26 Glasgow City B 27 Kelty Hearts 28 2019 Dundee West 29 Morton 30 Bishopton 31 Edinburgh Caledonia 32 Seasons edit1999 2008 edit In the season 2000 01 Hamilton Athletic finished top of the 10 team national Second Division 1 Arthurlie Falkirk GC Wellpark Hamilton Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverurie Utd Livingston Middlefield WSC Preston Whitehill Welfare Falkirk Ladies had won promotion from the SWFL Third Division in 1999 2000 33 and they became the Second Division champions in 2002 03 ahead of Dundee City and Civil Service Strollers 34 35 Falkirk sealed the title with late season wins over St Johnstone away and Dundee City at Brockville 6 7 In 2005 06 the top teams in the division were champions Buchan Girls Crichton Cowdenbeath Arsenal North 2nd LFC and Thistle LFC 36 Cowdenbeath won the 2006 07 championship 8 9 2007 08 was the last season of the national SWFL Second Division The member clubs were 2 Celtic B Dundee City Dunfermline Athletic East Kilbride Thistle Hamilton Academical B Kemnay F C Kilmarnock clarification needed Paisley Saints Maryhill Tynecastle 2008 2012 edit After the switch to the three regional divisions North East and West in 2008 09 the Second Division s member clubs were North Aberdeen University Buchan Dee Vale 37 Aberdeen University Buchan Dons Ladies Dee Vale Dundee City Dundee University Forfar Farmington Lassies Glendale Ladies Kemnay Monifieth SLB Harriers Stonehaven Ladies West Airdrie United replaced Clyde LFC after two matches Glasgow City Reserves Glasgow Ladies B Glasgow University Hamilton Accies B Linwood Rangers Loudon Maryhill Paisley Saints Team Strathclyde Troon F C Kilmarnock withdrew before the season started East Boroughmuir Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Hibernian B Motherwell Murieston United Musselburgh Windsor Spartans B Stenhousemuir Ladies St Johnstone The Scottish women s football divisions used the autumn spring season calendar until 2008 09 From the season 2009 they switched to a summer schedule March November 38 The three division system continued with the new schedule in the 2010 and 2011 seasons 39 40 Owing to an influx of new clubs for the 2012 season the Second Division East was split into two separate East and South East divisions The East division was now based around Fife and Tayside while the South East division was centred on Edinburgh and the Lothians Hearts Hibernian 1875 Falkirk FC and a Spartans Reserve team moved from the East division to the South East in 2012 Boroughmuir Thistle Football Club of Edinburgh Leith Athletic Musselburgh Windsor and Seton Ladies were new clubs 41 2011 North champions Buchan Ladies were promoted to the First Division while Dundee City and Forfar Farmington Blues transferred to the East New clubs were a Buchan Ladies Youth side Turriff United and Dee Ladies part of the Dee Boys Club set up 42 2013 edit Member clubs in the 2013 season North Division edit No clubs accepted promotion from the 2012 North competition with champions Stonehaven and runners up Dee Vale competing again in 2013 Luthermuir were transferred from the Second Division East where they played in 2012 Elgin City were formerly known as Moray Ladies Aberdeen LFC Development Aberdeen Aberdeen LFC Reserves Buchan Ladies Youth Cruden Bay Dee Ladies Aberdeen Dee Vale Maryculter Elgin City Elgin Kemnay Kemnay Luthermuir Stonehaven Stonehaven Turriff United Turriff East Central Division edit 2012 champions Dunfermline Athletic and runners up East Fife Ladies were promoted to the SWFL First Division however both clubs entered reserve sides in the Second Division in 2013 East Fife added the suffix Violet after linking up with Cupar Violet GFC 43 Raith Rovers were relegated from the 2012 First Division Falkirk FC were transferred from the South East Division while Stenhousemuir arrived from the West Division Tayside Ladies a senior section of Celtic Girls Tayside entered for the first time Arbroath CSC and Monifieth who resigned during the 2012 season did not return Dundee City Dundee Dunfermline 2013 Dunfermline East Fife Violet Levenmouth Falkirk FC Falkirk Falkirk LFC Reserves Forfar Farmington Ladies Jeanfield Swifts Perth Raith Rovers Kirkcaldy Stenhousemuir Stenhousemuir Tayside Ladies Lochee South East Division edit 2012 champions Hearts were promoted to the SWFL First Division but entered a development side in the Second Division in 2013 Edinburgh Caledonia Hutchison Vale Reserves and Murieston United Reds were new clubs Boroughmuir Thistle Edinburgh Caledonia Edinburgh FC Edinburgh Ladies Edinburgh Hearts Development Hibernian Development Hutchison Vale Reserves Leith Athletic Edinburgh Murieston United Reds Livingston Musselburgh Windsor Musselburgh Seton Ladies Port Seton Spartans Reserves West South West Division edit 2012 champions Murieston United were promoted to the SWFL First Division Hamilton Caledonian Irvine Thistle Kilwinning Development Mill United and Whitburn joined the league in 2013 EK Galaxy dropped out while Hamilton Academical Reserves withdrew to play in a new development league Claremont East Kilbride Dumfries Dumfries Glasgow Girls Glasgow Hamilton Caledonian Hamilton Irvine Thistle Irvine Kilwinning Development Mill United Hamilton Stranraer Stranraer Viewfield Rovers Lochwinnoch Whitburn Whitburn 2017 edit The following teams played in the SWFL Second Division during the 2017 season 44 As well as first teams the SWFL structures also incorporated a number of development or youth teams of other SWPL and SWFL clubs North Buchan Youth Buckie Ladies Deveronvale Moray Ladies Ross County Stonehaven Turriff United West Ayr United Bishopton Dumbarton United F C Kilmarnock 23s Kilwinning Morton Pollok United Queen of the South Rutherglen St Roch s a Stranraer United Glasgow Westerlands B a Central Airdrie Blackburn United Broxburn Athletic Colts Cumbernauld Colts Development East Kilbride Girls Glasgow Girls Development Hamilton Academical Development Hawick United Linlithgow Rose Motherwell Development Murieston United Stenhousemuir East Bayside Dundee City East Fife Violet Edinburgh Caledonia Edinburgh South Forfar Farmington Ladies Hutchison Vale Development Letham a Montrose Raith Rovers Seton Ladies a Spartans Development a b c d Withdrew during the season results removed 2019 edit Member clubs in the 2019 season North East Buchan Youth Dryburgh Athletic Dundee City Dunfermline Athletic U21s East Fife Development Forfar Farmington Women Granite City Ladies Jeanfield Swifts Women Moray Westdyke Thistle LadiesDetails 45 South East Central Airdrie Ladies Blackburn United Development Borders Ladies Edinburgh Caledonia FC Falkirk Lothian Murieston United Musselburgh Windsor Stenhousemuir Stirling University DevelopmentDetails 46 West Central Bishopton BSC Glasgow Clyde FC Glasgow Girls U23s Motherwell Development Pollok United Renton Craigandro Ladies St Mirren WFC United Glasgow West Park UnitedDetails 47 West South West Annan Athletic Ladies FC Clark Drive Ladies East Kilbride Thistle Ladies Gleniffer Thistle Kilwinning Mid Annandale Ladies Morton Women Rutherglen Stewarton United Ladies Stranraer LadiesDetails 48 See also editScottish Women s Football League Second Division CupReferences edit a b c Tables Leagues 2nd Division SWFL Archived from the original on 24 July 2001 a b League Tables Scottish Women s Football Football Central Archived from the original on 11 Oct 2007 Regional league winners seal play off place SWF News Scottish Women s Football Association 15 October 2013 Retrieved 27 October 2013 New Senior Structure for 2020 and beyond SWPL 19 September 2019 Archived from the original on 21 February 2020 Scottish Women s Football League Division 2 clubs SWFA Archived from the original on 17 May 2003 a b Falkirk promoted Falkirk FC Archived from the original on 27 Jun 2003 a b Ladies clinch title in league decider Falkirk FC May 2003 Archived from the original on 27 Jun 2003 a b SWF Notice Board SFA Football Central 2007 Archived from the original on 17 Nov 2007 a b SWFL Division 2 2006 2007 incomplete SWFA Archived from the original on 10 Mar 2007 Paisley Saints win promotion to First Division Daily Record 18 Nov 2010 Archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022 Hibs Ladies out to unravel Paisley pattern still further The Scotsman 2012 Archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022 League Tables 2010 Season SFA Archived from the original on 30 Jan 2011 Airdrie United Ladies win promotion Daily Record 26 Oct 2011 Archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022 runner up position in the Second Division West table behind champions Kilwinning Sports Club Jambo girls clinch South East title The Scotsman 16 Oct 2012 Archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022 Scottish Women s Football Twitter 10 Nov 2015 League Tables 2015 Season SFA Archived from the original on 23 Mar 2016 SWFL 2 2016 North Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 SWFL 2 2016 South West Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 SWFL 2 2016 Central Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 SWFL 2 2016 East Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 SWFL 2 2017 North Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 SWFL 2 2017 South West Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 SWFL 2 2017 Central Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 SWFL 2 2017 East Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 SWFL 2 2018 North Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 SWFL 2 2018 South West Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 SWFL 2 2018 Central Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 SWFL 2 2018 East Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 SWFL 2 2019 North Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 SWFL 2 2019 South West Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 SWFL 2 2019 Central Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 SWFL 2 2019 East Soccerway Retrieved 5 November 2021 Senior Ladies Falkirk Girls FC Archived from the original on 7 Apr 2001 Tables Leagues 2nd Division incomplete Archived from the original on 18 April 2003 Fixtures Results 2nd Division 2002 03 incomplete SWFL Archived from the original on 18 Apr 2003 SWFL Division 2 2005 2006 incomplete SWFA Archived from the original on 4 Jan 2006 The South Deeside View March 2010 PDF Dee Vale Ladies FC switched home pitch to Corbie Park for the 2009 season This proved to be a good move as the team won the SWFL North Division 2 League for the first time in their history Scottish football season Should it be moved to the summer BBC Sport 2 May 2013 League Tables 2010 Season incomplete SFA Archived from the original on 25 May 2010 League Tables 2011 Season incomplete SFA Archived from the original on 29 Jun 2011 League Tables 2012 Season SFA Archived from the original on 4 Jun 2013 The History of Dee Boys Club Dee Boys Club 21 January 2012 Archived from the original on 5 May 2013 Introduction Cupar Soccer Sevens Retrieved 15 February 2013 Fixtures Results amp League Tables Scottish Women s Football Retrieved 22 November 2017 SWFL North East SWFL Central South East SWFL Division 2 West Central Scottish Women s Football scotwomensfootball com Archived from the original on 2019 02 09 SWFL West 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