2008-09 Scottish Women's Football League First Division
# 2008-09 Scottish Women's Football League First Division

The 2008-09 Scottish Women's League Division 1 was the 9th season of the Scottish Women's Football League First Division. Ten teams contested the league the champions and runners up promoted to the Scottish Women's Premier League to compete in the 2009-10 season. The bottom two teams were relegated to the Scottish Women's League Regional Divisions Scottish Women's League Division 2 East and Scottish Women's League Division 2 South West to compete in the 2009-10 season.

## Clubs

| Team | Location | Home ground | 2007-08 position |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bo'ness United | Bo'ness | The Murries | 8th |
| Celtic II | Glasgow | | 1st Division 2 |
| Cowdenbeath | Cowdenbeath | Lochgelly High School | 5th |
| Dumfries | Dumfries | | 9th |
| Falkirk | Falkirk | Westfield Park, Denny | 6th |
| Glasgow Ladies | Glasgow | | 11th Premier League |
| Hutchison Vale | Edinburgh | Arboretum Road | 4th |
| Inverness City | Inverness | Bught Park | 3rd |
| Rangers | Glasgow | | 7th |
| Tynecastle | Edinburgh | Saughton Park | 2nd Division 2 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BON | CEL | COW | DUM | FAL | GLA | HUT | INV | RAN | TYN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bo'ness United | | 1–2 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 1–5 |
| Celtic | 9–0 | | 4–1 | 17–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Cowdenbeath | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 11–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 4–2 |
| DumfriesW.F.C. | 4–0 | 1–6 | 4–5 | | 0–13 | 2–5 | 2–6 | 1–10 | 0–8 | 2–1 |
| Falkirk | 7–0 | 1–6 | 4–5 | 0–13 | | 2–5 | 2–6 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–2 |
| Glasgow Ladies | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–6 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–6 |
| Hutchison Vale | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–11 | 0–1 | 2–6 |
| Inverness City | 3–0 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 13–0 | 2–1 | 8–3 | 5–1 | | 2–4 | 7–1 |
| Rangers | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 14–1 | 8–2 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | | 9–0 |
| Tynecastle W.F.C. | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 8–4 | 0–8 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 0– | |

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rangers | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 12 | 77 | 54 | Champions, promoted to SWPL |
| 2 | Inverness City | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 97 | 25 | 72 | 44 | promoted to SWPL |
| 3 | Falkirk | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 74 | 28 | 46 | 39 | |
| 4 | Celtic II | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 67 | 24 | 43 | 34 | |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 38 | 53 | 15 | 24 | |
| 6 | Glasgow Ladies | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 23 | |
| 7 | Hutchison Vale | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 47 | -18 | 22 | |
| 8 | Tynecastle | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 34 | 71 | -37 | 13 | relegation to 2009 SWL Division 2 South East |
| 9 | Bo'ness United | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 71 | -37 | 7 | left the League |
| 10 | Dumfries | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 137 | -112 | 6 | relegation to 2009 SWL Division 2 South West |

## Positions by round

* Champions; promoted to Scottish Women's Premier League
* promoted to Scottish Women's Premier League
* Relegation to 2020 Scottish Women's League Division 2 South East
* Relegation to 2020 Scottish Women's League Division 2 South West

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bo'ness United | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Celtic | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Cowdenbeath | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| DumfriesW.F.C. | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Falkirk | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Glasgow Ladies | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Hutchison Vale | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Rangers | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tynecastle W.F.C. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

## Matches

Sunday Saturday 23/08/2008 to Sunday 23/05/2009

