Renfrew Ladies picked up their first point of the ScottishPower Women’s Premier League 2 season after drawing 1-1 away to Hamilton Accies Women in their opening league match.
Lauren McCulloch put Renfrew ahead at New Douglas Park on Sunday 23rd August, with the visitors taking their 1-0 advantage into half-time.
Hamilton responded after the break and drew level through Ava Smith as the points were shared.
McCulloch’s goal was her first of the season, while Renfrew named defender Danni Gallagher as their Player of the Match following her performance at centre-back.
Hamilton manager Robert Watson admitted afterwards that he was frustrated with his side’s display and felt Renfrew deserved to take something from the match.
Watson said: “I’m extremely frustrated and annoyed with the standard of the performance, to be brutally honest.
“And I’ve said that to the players at full time. I don’t think we deserve to win the game, based on the energy that was put into the game by Renfrew, who deserved something out of it.
“Let’s not lie about it. But yeah, just not enough quality, constantly took momentum away from ourselves with poor fouls, poor decisions.
“And just far too many turnovers again, something that we worked on a lot through the week.”
Despite his disappointment with Hamilton’s performance, Watson felt his side had created opportunities to take all three points.
He added: “Even then we made enough chances to win, I think we hit the post four times or five times.
“But at the end of the day we made chances that when you’re not playing well you’ve got to score.
“And we haven’t done that, and that’s why we’re standing in this position.”
Watson also highlighted Renfrew’s work rate and felt Hamilton had failed to match it.
He said: “Hard work gets you far in this league, and I don’t think that we showed enough hard work to go and match and play for second phase, second ball.
“And even when we did win the second ball, we then just made bad decisions and turned it over again.”
Renfrew’s starting XI was Danni Gallagher, Sullivan, Dunlop, Heppenstall, Downs, Macleod, McCulloch, McConnachie, McKee, Hanvey and Currie.
The result leaves Renfrew Ladies with one point after their opening SWPL 2 match.
1 – 0
Queen’s Park WFC
1 – 1
St Johnstone WFC
1 – 1
Renfrew Ladies
3 – 0
Dundee United WFC
0 – 2
Gartcairn WFC
v
Kilmarnock WFC
v
Livingston WFC
v
Hamilton Accies WFC
v
Queen’s Park WFC
v
Dundee United WFC
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kilmarnock WFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
| 2 | Gartcairn WFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 3 | Boroughmuir Thistle WFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Falkirk WFC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Hamilton Accies WFC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Renfrew Ladies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | St Johnstone WFC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Queen’s Park WFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Livingston WFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Dundee United WFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |