Women’s football round-up: Bishopton hit nine to maintain perfect record as Gleniffer fight back for draw and Renfrew, St Mirren and Houston suffer defeats

Bishopton Ladies maintained their perfect start to the Barclays Scottish Women’s League One season with a 9-0 victory over Huntly FC Women on Sunday, 8th November 2026, while Gleniffer Thistle fought back from two goals down to draw with Murieston United.

Elsewhere, Renfrew Ladies, St Mirren FC Women and Houston United Women suffered defeats in their respective league competitions.

Bishopton recorded their sixth consecutive league victory at Park Mains High School in Erskine, with Frances Fern scoring four goals in the first half.

Fern opened the scoring in the third minute and doubled Bishopton’s advantage five minutes later before completing her hat-trick in the 31st minute.

Catriona McAllister added a fourth in the 33rd minute before Fern scored her fourth goal in the 41st minute. Claudia Stewart made it 6-0 two minutes later, giving Bishopton a commanding lead at half-time.

Maxine Fury, who replaced Stewart at the interval, scored Bishopton’s seventh goal in the 62nd minute before Hannah Scott added another in the 82nd minute.

Fury completed the scoring in the second minute of stoppage time to secure a 9-0 victory.

Lucy Marshall was named player of the match by the match official.

The victory leaves Bishopton second in Scottish Women’s League One with 18 points from six matches, having scored 41 goals and conceded just three.

They remain three points behind leaders Queen of the South Ladies, who have played three matches more.

Scottish Women’s Football confirmed in its weekend round-up that Bishopton remained on maximum points, while Queen of the South retained top spot following a 5-1 victory away to Airdrie CC Ladies.

St Mirren FC Women suffered a 3-0 defeat away to Westdyke Ladies at Lawsondale Pitches in Westhill in the same competition.

Kayla Reid opened the scoring for Westdyke in the 33rd minute, giving the home side a 1-0 advantage at half-time.

St Mirren made a change at the interval, with Kimberley Gill replacing captain Helen McLeod.

Anna Newbould doubled Westdyke’s advantage in the 65th minute before Michaela Mensah completed the scoring in the 80th minute.

The result saw Westdyke move above St Mirren in the league standings, leaving the Paisley side sixth with nine points from seven matches.

Renfrew Ladies suffered a 6-0 home defeat against Hamilton in the Scottish Women’s Premier League 2 at Holm Park.

Melissa Reid opened the scoring for Hamilton in the fifth minute before Josephine Giard doubled the visitors’ advantage in the 18th minute.

Renfrew went into half-time trailing 2-0, having also seen an effort strike the crossbar during the first half.

Hamilton extended their lead in the 73rd minute when substitute Alex Davie scored, before Aoibhe Toner made it 4-0 six minutes later following a cutback from Dara Ositelu.

Dionne Brown added a fifth in the 86th minute, scoring her first goal since returning to Hamilton.

Chloe Muir completed the scoring with a penalty in the third minute of stoppage time after Erin Gilvear was fouled inside the box.

The match also marked Hamilton goalkeeper Chloe Nicolson’s 100th appearance for the club, which she celebrated with a clean sheet.

Hamilton manager Robert Watson said after the match: “To score 6 goals, get a clean sheet and make loads of chances is thoroughly pleasing and I don’t think anyone could begrudge scoring more”.

The defeat leaves Renfrew bottom of SWPL2 with one point from ten matches, having scored five goals and conceded 41.

In the SWFL Central-West, Gleniffer Thistle recovered from a two-goal deficit to earn a 2-2 draw against Murieston United Women at Seedhill Playing Fields in Paisley.

Gleniffer started strongly and dominated possession, with Kirsty Ross, Sara Paterson and Cara McInally all having early attempts on goal.

However, Murieston took the lead after Gleniffer lost possession, with Katie MacGregor opening the scoring in the 14th minute according to the visitors’ match report.

MacGregor doubled Murieston’s advantage in the 27th minute, leaving Gleniffer trailing 2-0.

The home side responded before half-time when Sara Paterson worked the ball down the left and delivered a cross to Cara McInally.

McInally’s initial effort struck the post, but she reacted quickly to score from the rebound in the 40th minute and reduce the deficit to 2-1 at the interval.

Gleniffer started the second half strongly and created several opportunities to equalise.

Their persistence paid off in the 61st minute when a clearance fell to Kirstin McGuire, who struck a volley from 25 yards to make it 2-2.

Gleniffer continued to push for a winner, although Murieston remained dangerous on the counterattack.

Neither side could find another goal, and the match finished level.

Sina Picken was named Gleniffer’s player of the match following a solid performance at both right-back and left-back.

Murieston named Alana Cherry as their coaches’ player of the match, while Sophie Auld received their players’ player of the match award.

The draw keeps Gleniffer unbeaten after three league matches, with two wins and one draw leaving them second in the SWFL Central-West on seven points, level with leaders Cumbernauld Colts.

Cumbernauld lead on goal difference following their 15-2 victory away to Carron Ladies.

Elsewhere in the division, Houston United Women suffered an 18-0 home defeat against Linlithgow Rose CFC Ladies at Mossedge Village in Linwood.

Linlithgow opened the scoring through Melissa Murphy in the first minute and doubled their advantage through the same player in the 12th minute.

Imogen Hubbard made it 3-0 in the 15th minute before Kirsty Barnes, Ellie Stoddart, Felicity Archibald and Jennifer Honeyford added further goals.

Linlithgow led 10-0 at half-time and scored another eight goals after the interval.

Honeyford finished with seven goals, while Stoddart scored four. Murphy and Hubbard each scored twice, with Barnes, Archibald and Lucy McEwan also on the scoresheet.

Houston’s Kaelan Spence and Lauren MacVicar received yellow cards during the second half.

The defeat leaves Houston bottom of the SWFL Central-West with no points from four matches, having scored once and conceded 45 goals.

Looking ahead to Sunday, 15th November, Renfrew Ladies travel to face SWPL2 leaders Boroughmuir Thistle at Meadowbank Stadium, with kick-off at 1.00pm.

Bishopton Ladies visit Inverurie Loco Works Ladies at Harlaw Park, also at 1.00pm, as they look to extend their winning league run.

St Mirren FC Women return home to face Airdrie CC Ladies at Mossedge Community Pitch, with kick-off scheduled for 2.45pm.

In the SWFL Central-West, Houston United Women travel to face Murieston United at 4.00pm, while Gleniffer Thistle have no league fixture listed for the weekend.