2018–19 Welsh Premier Women's League

Welsh Premier Women's Football League
Season2018–19
ChampionsCardiff Metropolitan Ladies (6th title)
RelegatedRhyl Ladies
Caernarfon Town (withdrew from league)
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueCardiff Metropolitan Ladies
Matches played72
Goals scored303 (4.21 per match)
Top goalscorerMadison Schupbach (18 goals)[1]
Biggest home winSwansea City 7–0 Rhyl Ladies[2]
Port Talbot Town 7–0 Rhyl Ladies[3]
Swansea City 7–0 Briton Ferry Llansawel[4]
Biggest away winCyncoed Ladies 0–8 Cardiff Metropolitan[5]
Highest scoringCardiff City 6–3 Llandudno Ladies[6]
Longest winning run10 wins (Cardiff Metropolitan)
Longest unbeaten run16 games (Cardiff Metropolitan)
Longest losing run8 losses (Briton Ferry Llansawel)

The 2018–19 Welsh Premier League was the tenth season of the Women's Welsh Premier League, the top level women's football league in Wales. The season began on 2 September 2018 and ended on 28 April 2019.

Cardiff Metropolitan Ladies completed the domestic treble after winning the league title, the FAW Women's Cup and the Welsh Premier Women's Cup.[7] This was their sixth league title and an unbeaten season, winning 14 and drawing 2 of their 16 games. It was their second consecutive league title. It was also the third time they had won the FAW Women's Cup and the third time they had won the Welsh Premier Women's Cup.

Madison Schupbach of Cardiff Metropolitan won both the Golden Boot after scoring 18 goals and Player of the Season in her first year in the league. Young Player of the Season was awarded to Shaunna Jenkins of Swansea City.[8]

Clubs

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Locations of teams in the 2018–19 Premier League

After finishing in the bottom two in the 2017–18 season, Caernarfon Town ended up remaining in the top division after the North Wales Women's League winners Northop Hall did not apply for promotion.[9] However, in November Caernarfon Town withdrew from the league with immediate effect and their results up until that point were expunged.[10] The league continued with nine teams competing. After relegation in the 2016–17 season, Briton Ferry Llansawel made an immediate return to the top flight for the 2018–19 season.

Team City Ground
Abergavenny Women FC Abergavenny Pen-Y-Pound Stadium, Abergavenny
Briton Ferry Llansawel Ladies Briton Ferry Old Road, Briton Ferry
Caernarfon Town Women* Caernarfon The Oval, Caernarfon
Cardiff City Women Cardiff Leckwith Athletics Stadium
Cardiff Metropolitan Ladies Cardiff Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cyncoed Campus
Cyncoed Ladies Cardiff Cardiff University Playing Fields, Llanrumney
Llandudno Ladies Llandudno Junction Maesdu Park
Port Talbot Town Ladies Port Talbot The Genquip Stadium
Rhyl Ladies Rhyl Rhyl FC's Corbett Sports Stadium
Swansea City Ladies Port Talbot Baglan Playing Fields

*Withdrew from the league mid-season

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation CAM SWA CAC POR ABG LLA CYN BRI RHY
1 Cardiff Metropolitan 16 14 2 0 58 8 +50 44 Qualification to 2019–20 Champions League — 2–0 1–0 5–0 4–1 5–0 3–1 2–0 5–0
2 Swansea City 16 11 3 2 57 7 +50 36 0–0 — 0–0 5–1 0–1 6–0 6–0 7–0 7–0
3 Cardiff City 16 10 2 4 41 18 +23 32 1–2 0–2 — 1–1 2–6 6–3 2–0 3–1 5–0
4 Port Talbot Town 16 8 3 5 39 28 +11 27 1–1 0–5 0–1 — 3–1 3–1 6–1 5–0 7–0
5 Abergavenny Women 16 8 2 6 37 24 +13 26 0–4 0–2 0–2 4–0 — 2–2 4–0 3–0 1–1
6 Llandudno Ladies 16 4 2 10 28 54 −26 14 2–5 0–4 1–4 2–4 0–5 — 1–2 2–1 4–0
7 Cyncoed Ladies 16 4 1 11 18 50 −32 13 0–8 2–2 1–4 0–2 1–5 3–5 — 0–2 2–0
8 Briton Ferry Llansawel Ladies 16 3 2 11 16 53 −37 11 0–6 1–6 0–6 1–1 2–1 3–3 0–4 — 1–2
9 Rhyl Ladies 16 1 1 14 9 61 −52 4 Relegation 2–5 0–5 0–4 0–5 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–4 —
Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2019. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Awards

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Annual awards

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Award Winner Club
WPWL Player of the Season Madison Schupbach Cardiff Metropolitan
WPWL Young Player of the Season Shaunna Jenkins Swansea City Ladies
WPWL Golden Boot Madison Schupbach Cardiff Metropolitan

League Cup

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← 2017–18 · 2019–20 →

This was the sixth season of the WPWL Cup. The previous season's winners Cyncoed Ladies were drawn first out of the hat, meaning they were one of four teams who would play in the first round, as the rest of the teams received a bye into the quarter-finals. However, they made it no further than the quarter-finals as they were knocked out by eventual winners Cardiff Metropolitan. Cardiff Metropolitan beat Swansea City 3–1 in the final.[11]

Round One

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6 September 2018[12] Cyncoed Ladies 2–0 Briton Ferry Llansawel Ladies USW Sports Park, Treforest
14:00 Caitlin Bevan 39'
Kirstie Pervin-Davies 87'		 Report
6 September 2018[13] Caernarfon Town 2–7 Llandudno Ladies The Oval, Caernarfon
14:00 Ffion Owen Report Kelsey Davies
Fflur Williams
Mari Gibbard
Anna Jones
Sophie Owen

Quarter-finals

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2 December 2018[14] Abergavenny Women 1–2 (a.e.t.) Cardiff City Pen-y-Pound Stadium, Abergavenny
14:00 Laura Davies 62' Report Danielle Broadhurst 32', 98'
2 December 2018[15] Cyncoed Ladies 0–5 Cardiff Metropolitan USW Sports Park, Treforest
14:00 Report Madison Schupbach
Rebecca Mathias
Tija Richardson
Naomi Clipston
2 December 2018[16] Llandudno Ladies 2–3 Rhyl Ladies Maesdu Park
14:00 Mari Gibbard
Kelsey Davies 		Report Zoe Stopford 17'
Rachel Nattrass 55'
Rebecca Bannister 59'
2 December 2018[17] Port Talbot Town Ladies 1–2 Swansea City Ladies The Genquip Stadium
14:00 Laura May Walkley 32' Report Sarah Adams 11'
Jodie Passmore 90+8' (pen.)

Semi-finals

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27 January 2019[18] Cardiff Metropolitan 2–1 Cardiff City Cardiff Met Cyncoed Campus
11:00 Naomi Clipston 62'
Madison Schupbach 72'		 Report Zoe Atkins 32'
27 January 2019[19] Swansea City Ladies 7–0 Rhyl Ladies Llandarcy Academy of Sport
14:00 Katy Hosford 18', 52', 81'
Emma Beynon 43', 62'
Kelly Adams 45'		 Report

Final

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5 April 2019[20] Cardiff Metropolitan 3–1 Swansea City Ladies Stebonheath Park, Llanelli
19:30 Olivia Thompson 16'
Madison Schupbach 47'
Alice Griffiths 84'		 Report Katy Hosford 90'

References

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