Partick Thistle lose SWPL points for amateur player payments

Partick Thistle have been deducted three points and fined £6,000 by the Scottish Women's Premier League for paying players registered as amateurs last season. The sanction follows a Monday hearing that found the club breached competition rules and submitted incorrect documentation during the membership criteria process. Half of the financial penalty has been suspended until the end of the current season.

The points deduction drops Partick Thistle to ninth place in the 10-team SWPL table, three points behind Spartans and four points ahead of bottom club Aberdeen. Thistle accepted the sanctions without appealing, attributing the violations to a failure of internal processes and issuing an apology to supporters.