2013–14 Welsh Premier League (women)

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

Clubs
Caernarfon Town
PILCS LFC
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 LadiesAberystwythPark Avenue
Caernarfon Town LadiesCaernarfonThe Oval
Cardiff CityCardiffLeckwith Stadium
Cardiff Met. LadiesCardiffCardiff University, Cyncoed Campus
Llandudno Junction LadiesLlandudno JunctionThe Flyover
Llanidloes LadiesLlanidloesVictoria Avenue
Newcastle Emlyn LadiesNewcastle EmlynParc Emlyn
Northop Hall GirlsRhydymwynDolfechlas Road, Rhydymwyn F.C.
PILCS LFCPontypool
Port Talbot Town LadiesPort TalbotThe Genquip Stadium
Swansea City LadiesPort TalbotBaglan Playing Fields
Wrexham LadiesWrexhamColliers Road

Standings
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[lower-alpha 1]
11 Aberystwyth Town Ladies[lower-alpha 2] 20 2 1 17 15 63 −48 7
12 Northop Hall Girls (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 3]
Source: shekicks.net
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Caernarfon had three points deducted for unfulfilment 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
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]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League Cup

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 Met4–1PILCS
Llandudno Junction0–1Caernarfon
Swansea City6–0Wrexham
Northop Hall1–8Cardiff City
Quarter-finals
Caernarfon Town0–2Llanidloes
Newcastle Emlyn1–4Cardiff Met
Cardiff City1–2Swansea City
Port Talbot3–0Aberystwyth Town
Semi-finals
Cardiff Met7–0Swansea City
Port Talbot Town0–1Llanidloes
Final
Cardiff Met1–0Llanidloes

References
  1. "Aberystwyth Replace Caernarfon in WPWL". welshpremier.co.uk. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. http://www.welshpremier.co.uk/news/WPL95730.ink
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.welshpremier.co.uk/news/WPL94435.ink
  5. http://blogs.dailypost.co.uk/northwalesfootball/2013/08/first-ever-womens-welsh-premie.html
  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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