28 March 2010

A little piece of history was made yesterday down at the Academy when two Spartan's women's teams, Spartans B and Spartans C met for the very first time in a competitive match.

Spartans B came out on top with a 3-2 victory in a close game. Spartans C team are a very young team who put in a good performance against their more experienced opponents. 

With the score finally poised at 2-1 to the B's at half-time, they extended their lead to 3-1 before the C's narrowed the gap to one goal, setting up a tense finish.

   27 March 2010

Scotland grab late winner to triumph over Denmark to take all three points in their opening match. Scotland conceded a goal in the 22nd minute when Pernille Harder converted to give the Danes a 1-0 lead at the interval.

Scotland equalised in the 73 minute through Rebecca Dempster before Kim Borthwick sealed the win with a goal in the 81st minute. Well done to Shelley and her squad who will meet the Netherlands 4-0 victors over Finland earlier today on Monday.

   27 March 2010

FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifier
Georgia 1-3 Scotland
Saturday 27 March 2010
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Scotland made it nine points from nine in the World Cup qualifying campaign with a 3-1 win over Georgia in Tbilisi this afternoon.

Jennifer Beattie slammed the ball into the net in first-half stoppage time. A Rachel Corsie header, and a superb long-range effort from Leanne Ross – her first Scotland goal – wrapped up the points.

Scotland now face Bulgaria at The Falkirk Stadium on Thursday 1 April.

   21 March 2010

Spartans travelled to Forfar for their 2nd league match of the season and returned home with all three points. Spartans won 4-2 against a spirited and hardworking home side. Melrose converted at the back post from a McLean cross in 9 mins, Forfar came roaring back with an equaliser in 13 mins from Heron who scored on the 2nd attempt, Hutcheson saving her first point blank effort. Forfar then were fortunate to be awarded a penalty converted by Dempsey on the 18 minute mark. Barry then converted a Hamill corner before Rooney smashed home an effort at the back post after good combination play between Lauder and Barry.

H-T Forfar 2 Spartans 3

With 5 goals in the first half there was a goal drought in the second half Spartans scoring in the 85th min through Crosbie who headed home another Hamill corner.

F-T Forfar 2 Spartans 4

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   20 March 2010

Spartans U13 girls entertained Hutchison Vale in a league match.

The first half was very even with the players working hard to break the deadlock.  A great save by the Spartans keeper, Eartha Cummings kept the score 0-0 at half time.

Early in the second half Spartans pushed forward and were rewarded when Megan Mitchell opened the scoring with a fine goal.  However it was only a matter of minutes before the visitors won a corner and converted it into an equaliser. 

The game remained 1-1 for some time until a stunning shot from outside the box into the top corner of the net by Caitlin Hall once again put Spartans ahead.  Hutchison Vale continued to work hard and make attacking moves and it took another dive at full stretch to her left by the Spartans keeper to keep the home team ahead.  Spartans sealed the win with a great passing move that ended when Olivia Aitchison put a perfectly weighted ball into the path of Caitlin Hall who slotted it into the net to give Spartans a 3-1 win.

   18 March 2010

The draw for the semi-finals of the SWPL Cup was made at Hampden Park this morning by Hugh Dallas, Head of Referee Development at the SFA. Draw details are as follows:
Celtic v Aberdeen Wed 21 April 2010
Inverness v Spartans Thur 22 April 2010
Venue details for both matches will be confirmed in due course.

The Preliminary round of the Scottish cup also saw Spartans C drawn against Glasgow City Reserves to be played Sunday 11 April 2010.

Spartans were on cup duty tonight at the Spartans Academy and booked their place in the semi final with a 5-2 victory over Rangers.

Doubles from Diana Barry and Pauline Hamill gave Spartans a 4-0 lead on the hour mark, Rangers reduced the leeway through Nicola Docherty before Kristy Scott added a fifth for Spartans in 85minutes. Rangers grabbed a late consolation through Louise Mason.

Spartans will know their semi final opponents after tomorrows draw.

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Spartans welcomed Inverness to the Academy on Sunday for the first League game of the 2010 season. This was Inverness’ first ever visit to the Academy but a strong performance from the home side ensured that they made the long journey north with nothing to show from a spirited performance.

Spartans started brightly and it only took them 3 minutes to open the scoring. A neat 1-2 between Barry and Lauder saw the latter hit the byline and her drilled cross was turned in by Melrose at the back post. Read more...................

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06 March 2010

Chloe begins her first season at Spartans having played previously for her home team Aberdeen LFC, an integral part of the current Scotland U19 team, Chloe has already shown a determination to succeed at Spartans and she will be a huge benefit to our squad.