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

The 2008-09 Scottish Women's League First Division was the 9th season of the Scottish Women's Football League First Division. Ten teams contested the league; the champions and runners-up were promoted to the Scottish Women's Premier League to compete in the 2009 season. The bottom two teams were relegated to the Scottish Women's Football League Second Division (East and South West regions) for the following 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 (SWPL) (as Vale of Clyde) |
| Hutchison Vale | Edinburgh | Arboretum Road | 4th |
| Inverness City | Inverness | Bught Park | 3rd |
| Rangers | Glasgow | | 7th (as Paisley City Saints) |
| Tynecastle | Edinburgh | Saughton Park | 2nd (Division 2) |
* ↑ Results on Soccerway for Glasgow Ladies linked to Glasgow City II profile in error, other seasons for Vale of Clyde located at separate profile.

## 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 II | 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 |
| Dumfries | 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 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 8–4 | 0–8 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 0–4 | |

## 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 2009 SWPL |
| 2 | Inverness City | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 97 | 25 | 72 | 44 | Promoted to 2009 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 | Relegated to 2009 SWFL 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 | Relegated to 2009 SWFL 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 II | 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 |
| Dumfries | 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 City | 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 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |