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2017–18 Welsh Premier Women's League

The 2017–18 Welsh Premier League was the ninth season of the Women's Welsh Premier League, the top level women's football league in Wales. The season began on 3 September 2017 and ended on 2 May 2018.

Welsh Premier Women's Football League
Season2017–18
ChampionsCardiff Metropolitan Ladies (5th title)
RelegatedCaldicot Town
Caernarfon Town
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueCardiff Metropolitan Ladies
Matches played90
Goals scored402 (4.47 per match)
Top goalscorerLyndsey Davies (22 goals)[1]
Biggest home winCardiff Metropolitan 12-0 Caernarfon Town[2]
Biggest away winCaernarfon Town 1–8 Cardiff City[3]
Caernarfon Town 0–7 Swansea City[4]
Caernarfon Town 0–7 Abergavenny Women[5]
Highest scoringCardiff Metropolitan 12-0 Caernarfon Town[6]
Longest winning run12 wins (Cardiff Metropolitan)
Longest unbeaten run14 games (Cardiff Metropolitan)
Longest losing run14 losses (Caernarfon Town)

Cardiff Metropolitan Ladies won their fifth league title, five points clear of the previous season's winners Swansea City. Cyncoed Ladies won the Premier League Cup, the first piece of silverware that the team had won.[7] Swansea City won the FAW Women's Cup – the third time that they have won the trophy.[8]

Lyndsey Davies of Abergavenny Women won the Golden Boot for the second season in a row after scoring 22 goals.

Player of the Season was won by Cardiff City's Shannon Evans and Young Player of the Season was awarded to Ellie Lake of Swansea City.[9]

Clubs

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Caernarfon Town
 
Caldicot Town
 
 
 
Cardiff (3 teams)
 
 
 
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Locations of teams in the 2017–18 Premier League

One of the league's founding teams Caernarfon Town were promoted back to the Premier League and Caldicot Town played their first season in the top flight. 10 teams ended up competing in the league.

Team City Ground
Abergavenny Women FC Abergavenny Pen-Y-Pound Stadium, Abergavenny
Caernarfon Town Women Caernarfon The Oval, Caernarfon
Caldicot Town Caldicot Jubilee Way, Caldicot
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

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation CAM SWA ABG CYN CAC POR LLA RHY CAE CAL
1 Cardiff Metropolitan 18 15 2 1 62 12 +50 47 Qualification to 2018–19 Champions League — 2–1 5–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 6–0 12–0 2–0
2 Swansea City 18 13 3 2 64 12 +52 42 1–2 — 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 4–0 5–0 6–0 4–0
3 Abergavenny Women 18 12 2 4 61 25 +36 38 1–0 2–3 — 2–0 5–1 5–2 4–2 7–3 5–0 4–0
4 Cyncoed Ladies 18 12 1 5 42 20 +22 37 1–1 0–3 2–1 — 1–0 2–3 3–0 3–1 7–0 2–3
5 Cardiff City 18 8 3 7 47 32 +15 27 1–4 2–2 1–1 0–3 — 1–2 4–2 4–0 4–1 6–1
6 Port Talbot Town 18 8 1 9 39 40 −1 25 2–3 0–4 1–5 1–2 0–3 — 1–0 5–0 7–3 2–1
7 Llandudno Ladies 18 6 1 11 29 43 −14 19 0–1 0–6 1–4 0–4 0–3 3–0 — 3–0 5–0 2–6
8 Rhyl Ladies 18 4 2 12 26 62 −36 14 2–2 1–5 1–5 1–3 0–4 2–1 2–5 — 3–0 3–3
9 Caernarfon Town Women 18 1 0 17 9 92 −83 3 Relegation 0–6 0–7 0–7 1–3 1–8 1–4 0–3 0–2 — 1–0
10 Caldicot Town[a] 18 3 1 14 23 64 −41 1 0–6 0–6 0–3 1–3 3–5 1–6 0–3 1–5 3–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2019. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Deducted 9 points for fielding an ineligible player[10]

Awards

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Monthly awards

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Month WPWL Manager of the Month WPWL Player of the Month References
Manager Club Player Club
September Joel Hutton Cardiff City Maxine Mudge Abergavenny Women [11][12]
October Kerry Harris Cardiff Metropolitan Louisha Doran Llandudno Ladies [13]
November/December Kerry Harris Cardiff Metropolitan Ashleigh Harris Caldicot Town [14]
January Fern Burrage Cyncoed Ladies Laura Wililams Rhyl Ladies [15]
February/March Ian Owen Swansea City Ladies Alisha Young Caldicot Town [16]

Annual awards

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Award Winner Club
WPWL Player of the Season Shannon Evans Cardiff City
WPWL Young Player of the Season Ellie Lake Swansea City Ladies
WPWL Golden Boot Lyndsey Davies Abergavenny Women

League Cup

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← 2016–17 · 2018–19 →

This was the fifth season of the WPWL Cup and Cyncoed Ladies won the competition for the first time in their history.[17] Cyncoed beat Cardiff Metropolitan 1-0 after extra time. Jasmine Simpson of Cardiff Metropolitan scored the most goals in the competition with 4 in 4 games.

Round one

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5 November 2017[18] Cardiff City 3–1 Llandudno Ladies Cardiff International Sports Campus
14:00 Chelsea Cochrane   12'
Shannon Evans   69', 90'		 Katie Bowe   43'
5 November 2017[19] Cardiff Metropolitan 6–1 Caernarfon Town Cardiff Met Cyncoed Campus
14:00 Jasmine Simpson   3', 5'
Robyn Pinder   10', 81'
Tija Richardson   49'
Erin Murray   80'		 Ffion Owen   48'

Quarter-finals

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3 December 2017[20] Abergavenny Women 4–1 Cardiff City Pen-y-Pound Stadium, Abergavenny
13:30 Kate Jeremiah   10', 65'
Maxine Mudge   30', 70'		 Report Shannon Evans   31'
3 December 2017[21] Caldicot Town 0–3 Cardiff Metropolitan Jubilee Way, Caldicot
13:30 Report Jasmine Simpson   
Erin Murray 
3 December 2017[22] Port Talbot Town Ladies 1–2 (a.e.t.) Rhyl Ladies The Genquip Stadium, Port Talbot
13:30 Jesci Hare   18' Report Emily Jones   90', 100'
3 December 2017[23] Swansea City Ladies 2–3 Cyncoed Ladies Llandarcy Academy of Sport, Llandarcy
13:30 Stacey John Davis   7'
Sarah Adams   51'		 Report Julia Moulton   38'
Rosina Hill   55'
Gwen Davies   86'

Semi-finals

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7 January 2018[24] Abergavenny Women 3–4 (a.e.t.) Cardiff Metropolitan Pen-y-Pound Stadium, Abergavenny
13:30 Own goal  
Kate Jeremiah   84'
Maxine Mudge   89'		 Report Naomi Clipston   24', 55'
Stephanie Turner   32'
Monique Fisher   96'
7 January 2018[25] Cyncoed Ladies 3–0 Rhyl Ladies USW Sports Park, Treforest
12:00 Caitlin Bevan   18'
Jessica Williams   47'
Julia Moulton   87'		 Report

Final

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25 March 2018[26] Cardiff Metropolitan 0-1 Cyncoed Ladies Dragon Park, Newport
14:00 Report Julia Moulton   5'

References

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  1. ^ "FAW / The domestic game – 2018 the year in review". faw.cymru. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Match Report: - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
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  7. ^ Frith, Wilf (26 March 2018). "Cyncoed win Welsh Premier League Cup". SheKicks. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  8. ^ "FAW / Swansea come back to beat Cardiff in FAW Women's Cup Final". faw.cymru. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  9. ^ "WPWL Awards recognise best of 2017/18 season - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Caldicot Town deducted nine points - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  11. ^ "September Player of the Month announced - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  12. ^ "September Manager of the Month announced - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  13. ^ "October monthly award winners announced - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Harris and Harris scoop awards - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  15. ^ "Burrage and Williams take January awards - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  16. ^ "February/March awards announced - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  17. ^ Frith, Wilf (26 March 2018). "Cyncoed win Welsh Premier League Cup". SheKicks. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  18. ^ "Match Report: - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  19. ^ "Match Report: - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Match Report: - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  21. ^ "Match Report: - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  22. ^ "Match Report: - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  23. ^ "Match Report: - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  24. ^ "Match Report: - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  25. ^ "Match Report: - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  26. ^ "Match Report: - Welsh Premier Womens League". welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
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