Adams and Young win SWPL Player of the Month Awards for May

Eilidh Adams and Izzy Young have picked up the May 2026 Scottish Women’s Premier League (SWPL) Player of the Month awards, supported by Park’s Motor Group.

In the ScottishPower Women’s Premier League, Eilidh Adams wins the award for the second consecutive month as Hibernian won all three of their matches in May. The forward scored in all three games, as they defeated Glasgow City, Partick Thistle and Heart of Midlothian.

Joelle Murray’s side kicked off the month with a 3–2 home win over Glasgow City, ending their opponents’ chances of winning the league title. Adams’ penalty opened the scoring that afternoon with just under half an hour played, before Hibs eventually secured a late winner through Tegan Bowie with the score level at 2–2.

Adams then went on a run of scoring the opening penalties in matches, doing so in their 3–1 away win over Partick Thistle and their 2–0 home win over Heart of Midlothian. Alongside her goals, she registered a further seven shots, averaged an 89% passing accuracy rate, and won 67% of her aerial duels.

In the ScottishPower Women’s Premier League 2, Spartans midfielder Izzy Young helped her side to an unbeaten run, which culminated in a dramatic final day of the season. Despite being 15 points behind at one stage, Spartans’ 2–0 win over Dundee United was enough to see them leapfrog Kilmarnock.

The Edinburgh side began the month with a derby against Boroughmuir Thistle, with Young winning the ball back for her side, driving forward and eventually providing an assist in their 2–0 win. She was unlucky not to record a goal contribution against Gartcairn, testing her opponents with four shots, three of which were on target, as they came away with a 2-2 draw.

In the end, however, Young scored a crucial goal to secure victory against Dundee United, going past the goalkeeper before passing the ball into an empty net to make it 2–0. This sparked wild celebrations approximately 30 minutes later, as Spartans secured an immediate return to the top flight.

The other nominees for the May 2026 SWPL Player of the Month award, supported by Park’s Motor Group, were Laura Berry (Rangers), Lisa Forrest (Glasgow City) and Lisa Evans (Glasgow City). The SWPL 2 nominees were Justine Strain (Livingston), Natalie Bandura (Spartans) and Teri Skivington (East Fife).