S12E36 SWPL January Review

It's been another fascinating month in the SWPL as regular trio John, Vinny and Dave look back at the last few weeks in the top two divisions in the Women's game. January definitely belonged to Glasgow City in the title race as their main rivals Celtic and Rangers drooped two points apiece in their respective goalless draws with Motherwell and Hearts. Two wins and a credible draw away to the champions helped interim-Head Coach Leanne Ross stake a claim for the job on a permanent basis. With four points separating the three sides, and with Celtic hosting both City and Rangers before the split, it's sure to be an intriguing title race. Hearts impressive season under Eva Olid continues and she has added Gavin Beith to her backroom team. Gavin kindly took time to talk to Dave about joining the club after stints at Aberdeen and Dundee United, and what he's expecting from the role as second first team coach. Their Edinburgh rivals Hibs had another erratic month but still have done enough to all but assure top six football, whilst two points separate Partick Thistle, Motherwell and Spartans for the remaining spot. Meanwhile Aberdeen, Dundee United and Hamilton are in a tight battle to avoid the playoff spot against the SWPL2 runners-up, and Glasgow Women's wait for their first point in the top flight goes on. At the top of SWPL2, Montorose took control of the title race with impressive wins over St Johnstone, Queens Park and Stirling University, whilst Gartcairn have suffered from a curse of this podcast as a draw and two defeats saw them surrender top spot since Robert McCallum's appearance. Kilmarnock could still make this a three horse race if they come out of games against the top two at home victorious this month. We round off with predictions for this weekends matches in SWPL1. We will return later in the month with a look ahead to three derbies taking place on the weekend of 24 February, so tune in for that. Thanks to our Fantasy Football Scotland league sponsors Supernova Terracewear supernovaterracewear.com and Surprise Shirts Surprise Shirts are currently offering 10% off their products at surprise shirts.co.uk with the code SFF. Tweet us @sffpodcast Instagram - sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Email - [email protected]