The 2007–08 Scottish Women's Premier League was the sixth season of the

Scottish Women's Premier League The Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) is the highest level of league competition in women's football in Scotland. Its two divisions are SWPL (previously styled as ''SWPL 1'') and SWPL 2. The league was formed when the Premier Division of th ...

, the top level of

women's football in Scotland Women's association football in Scotland has an organised history including the first international women's match in 1881, the president of the British Ladies' Football Club in 1895, Lady Florence Dixie, the Edinburgh–Preston "World Championshi ...

. Matches were played between August 2007 and June 2008. 12 teams were originally invited to contest the championship, with Queen's Park and Vale of Clyde, winners and runners-up respectively in the 2006–07 SWFL First Division, taking the places of relegated Lochee United and

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. However,

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withdrew and folded in September 2007 (their two matches were declared void), leaving the division with 11 teams to play out the campaign. This was the first season played by

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in women's football, with the club having taken over existing SWPL members Arsenal North in June 2007. Glasgow City won the championship to qualify for the

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by a margin of five points ahead of holders Hibernian, the only team to take points from them.Rangers could mark end of an SWPL 1 era after 14 seasons of Glasgow City dominance
Alan Campbell, The National, 8 May 2022 Glasgow City secured the championship with a 2–1 victory over their

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rivals on the penultimate matchday, the winning goal scored by

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;City are Scottish Champions
Glasgow City FC, 25 May 2008 it was their second title (their first coming in 2004–05) and was the starting point of what became a run of 14 consecutive SWPL championships. With Newburgh's place already vacated for the following season, the only team to be relegated conventionally was Vale of Clyde, who only gained one point from their 20 fixtures.

League standings

References

External links

League Results :- Season 2007 - 2008
at Spartans FC Women

at Scottish Football Historical Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Scottish Women's Premier League, 2007 1 2007–08 in European women's association football leagues Scottish Women's Premier League seasons