2013–14 Welsh Premier Women's League

The 2013–14 Welsh Premier League was the fifth season of the Women's Welsh Premier League, the top level women's football league in Wales.

Welsh Premier League (women)
Season2013–14
ChampionsCardiff Met. Ladies
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueCardiff Met. Ladies

Cardiff City were the defending champions having won their first championship last season. The season was won by Cardiff Met. Ladies.

During the winter break Northop Hall Girls withdrew from the league. All results including them were then wiped from the table.

Changes from 2012–13

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  • PILCS LFC replaced Caerphilly Castle who got relegated last season.
  • Two instead of one team are relegated after the season.

Clubs

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Caernarfon Town
 
Newcastle Emlyn
 
Cardiff Met. & Cardiff City
 
Port Talbot Town
 
Llandudno Junction
Locations of teams in the 2012–13 Premier League
Team City Ground
Aberystwyth Town Ladies Aberystwyth Park Avenue
Caernarfon Town Ladies Caernarfon The Oval
Cardiff City Cardiff Leckwith Stadium
Cardiff Met. Ladies Cardiff Cardiff University, Cyncoed Campus
Llandudno Junction Ladies Llandudno Junction The Flyover
Llanidloes Ladies Llanidloes Victoria Avenue
Newcastle Emlyn Ladies Newcastle Emlyn Parc Emlyn
Northop Hall Girls Rhydymwyn Dolfechlas Road, Rhydymwyn F.C.
PILCS LFC Pontypool
Port Talbot Town Ladies Port Talbot The Genquip Stadium
Swansea City Ladies Port Talbot Baglan Playing Fields
Wrexham Ladies Wrexham Colliers Road

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cardiff Met. Ladies 20 18 1 1 110 12 +98 55 2014–15 Champions League
2 PILCS LFC 20 16 2 2 95 25 +70 50
3 Cardiff City 20 13 4 3 47 29 +18 43
4 Swansea City Ladies 20 11 4 5 56 21 +35 37
5 Port Talbot Town Ladies 20 7 4 9 34 49 −15 25
6 Wrexham Ladies 20 6 6 8 34 35 −1 24
7 Llanidloes Ladies 20 7 3 10 28 52 −24 24
8 Newcastle Emlyn Ladies 20 6 3 11 37 65 −28 21
9 Llandudno Junction 20 3 5 12 32 62 −30 14
10 Caernarfon Town Ladies (R) 20 4 1 15 31 106 −75 10[a]
11 Aberystwyth Town Ladies[b] 20 2 1 17 15 63 −48 7
12 Northop Hall Girls (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[c]
Source: shekicks.net
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Caernarfon had three points deducted for unfulfillment of fixture.
  2. ^ Aberystwyth Town ended the season on a relegation place but were spared from relegation after Caernarfon withdraw for the next season.[1]
  3. ^ Northop Hall Girls withdrew in the winter break because of a lack of players.[2] They had lost all of their ten matches. All results were deleted from the table.

Results grid

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Home \ Away ABE CAE CCI CMT JUN LLL NEW PIL PTT SWA WRE
Aberystwyth Town 1–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–4 0–4 1–2 1–5 1–2
Caernarfon Town 3–2 1–7 0–5 4–6 3–0 3–2 2–3 5–2 0–5 2–5
Cardiff City 1–0 5–0 0–5 1–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–1
Cardiff Met. 10–0 15–0 7–0 4–0 9–0 2–0 1–3 6–0 2–1 4–0
Llandudno Junction 1–3 3–0 2–7 0–3 1–3 5–0 0–5 1–3 0–5 0–2
Llanidloes 4–1 6–1 0–1 0–3 2–2 3–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1
Newcastle Emlyn 3–1 4–3 2–3 0–13 5–3 5–0 0–12 1–2 0–1 2–2
P.I.L.C.S. 4–0 18–0 4–4 2–5 5–1 9–2 3–3 4–1 4–1 3–1
Port Talbot Town 7–1 6–3 0–2 1–8 1–1 1–0 2–3 0–4 0–3 2–0
Swansea City 2–0 11–0 1–1 1–3 5–1 8–0 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–0
Wrexham 4–0 1–1 1–2 3–3 2–2 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–2
Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League Cup

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2014–15

For the first time a League Cup was played. The new competition was introduced to further develop women's football.[4] In the first round four teams (Port Talbot Town, Aberystwyth Town, Llanidloes Town and Newcastle Emlyn) were drawn to receive a bye to the second round.[5] The final was played on 30 March 2014 on neutral ground at Port Talbot. Cardiff Met. won the title.[6]

First round
Cardiff Met 4–1 PILCS
Llandudno Junction 0–1 Caernarfon
Swansea City 6–0 Wrexham
Northop Hall 1–8 Cardiff City
Quarter-finals
Caernarfon Town 0–2 Llanidloes
Newcastle Emlyn 1–4 Cardiff Met
Cardiff City 1–2 Swansea City
Port Talbot 3–0 Aberystwyth Town
Semi-finals
Cardiff Met 7–0 Swansea City
Port Talbot Town 0–1 Llanidloes
Final
Cardiff Met 1–0 Llanidloes


References

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  1. ^ "Aberystwyth Replace Caernarfon in WPWL". welshpremier.co.uk. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Northop Hall Withdraw from Shared Access WPWL". welshpremier.co.uk. 5 February 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Results Grid". Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Welsh Premier League: Historic WPWL League Cup Starts this Weekend Womens Football". welshpremier.co.uk. 27 September 2013. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Football - Latest news, pictures, video - North Wales Live". dailypost.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Cardiff Met win Welsh Premier Cup". shekicks.net. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
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