Celtic FC Women somehow managed to grab defeat from the grasp of a good old fashion skelping at Ibrox last night as they managed to find away to throw away three points yet again to theRangers in a 3-2 defeat. Here are our five talking points from yet another disappointing result for Elena Sadiku’s side…
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Celtic strike early at Ibrox 👊
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— Scottish Women’s Premier League (@SWPL) November 14, 2025
1. Wasteful first half proves costly
Celtic FC Women started brilliantly last night and for pretty much the entire first half they had theRangers pinned in, being forced into errors and hanging on desperately as they stated a heavy home defeat in front of their own fans. Morgan Cross was the outstanding player on the park and theRangers simply had no answer to her pace, directness and deliveries. Creating chances is one thing, taking them is another as Celtic found out last night.
Photo AJ (The Celtic Star)2. Noonan misses chance after chance
Saoirse Noonan’s missed chances in the first half ultimately cost Celtic the game. theRangers two main goalscoring threats both delivered well taken goals after the break but Noonan will be disappointed in a series of changes that she passed up, even Jenny Smith’s opener inside two minutes came from Noonan’s fresh air swipe seeing the ball run onto the former Hearts player.
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Had Celtic FC Women taken their gilt-edged chances they could easily have added three of four to that opener in the first half that actually ended all square.
3. Celtic FC Women still handing out gifts at corners
Pretty much since the departure of Caitlin Hayes, rumoured to have been caused by dressing room strife, Celtic FC Women has been shipping goals from corners on a regular basis and this is a major reason when they can’t seem to matches against the top sides in the SWPL1.
Rangers are level through Laura Berry 👏
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— Scottish Women’s Premier League (@SWPL) November 14, 2025
Opposition coaches are well aware of this and in a rare foray into the final third theRangers won a first half corner, dropped the ball into the middle of the Celtic six yard box and amid panic or comic defending the gift was wrapped and theRangers were level.
Elena Sadiku reflects on this evening’s game 🎥#RANCEL | #CelticFC🍀 pic.twitter.com/Ha6zuWHUQf
— Celtic FC Women (@CelticFCWomen) November 14, 2025
4. Cross injury turned the game
That goal and the injury to star player Morgan Cross turned the game and the second half was a much tougher watch for the Celtic supporters in the small crowd at Ibrox on a wet and windy Glasgow night. Cross barely tried to run off the injury but to no avail and she was clearly upset at having to go off just a few moments before the half-time whistle.
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The Celtic bench was weak to say the least and that no surprise given the large number of exits to the squad in the summer. Still after falling behind as theRangers striker Wilkinson scored as she usually does – one chance one goal Saoirse – the Irish striker levelled the score, relief is the best way to describe how shed have been feeling at that point. But still Celtic found a way to lose the game. Whit’s the right back daein’ Tom?
Photo AJ (The Celtic Star)5. Back it or bin it
Celtic invest in the new Barrowfield facilities but do nothing to back their Head Coach. Elena Sadiku’s calls echoed those of Brendan Rodgers and she is operating with the smallest budget of all the top sides in the SWPL. Celtic FC Women spend the money that they generate from commercial deals and ticket sales, Celtic don’t add to this at all, while the other clubs do.
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It would be a low cost solution to invest in the team and bring in trophies, trebles even, plus make some sort of impact in Europe. None of that is going to happen the way things currently stand. After what happened to Rodgers, Sadiku has understandably gone rather quiet on these matters but she is getting an unwanted reputation as a manager who can’t beat theRangers and doesn’t win big games. That can’t stand at a club like Celtic.
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