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Ravenscraig was the venue for this season's Scottish Cup semi-finals with and in the outdoor tie Falkirk were yet again hoping to reach the national showpiece event and standing in their way were Glasgow City. Falkirk Coach Ian Dibden had coped well with the loss of a couple of key players this year and had continued his teams recent run of success with his current crop whilst in the opposite dugout Amy McDonald was hoping her young side could reach a similar level as they had spent this year going from strength to strength.
Under an unforgiving sky we kicked off and immediately Glasgow were on the attack and Brogan Hay was the first to terrorise the dark blue defence after sending in a dangerous early cross she then had he first shot of the match from a narrow angle but failed to trouble the goalkeeper as it flew into the side netting. Next to try their luck for the girls in orange was Carla Boyce with a half volley sent narrowly over from outside the box her next effort was blocked at the last as her side begun to make their mark on this game.
Captain Aimee McGourlick was proving to be a real creative force for the Glasgow side and her possession and control were a large part of why her team saw so much of the ball in the early going as she tried hard to create the killer opening before Lyndsay McCall then tried her luck but her effort sped just past the post and Katie Rice had her attempt bravely blocked by Jessica Murphy in the Falkirk backline as they turned away yet another threat to their goal mouth.
The opening goal wouldn't be far away though and a superb corner in proved to finally be the undoing of the girls in blue as it was met by McGourlick and sent goal wards before ever alert Gilfoyle nodded the ball home from a few yards out to give her side the lead after 20 minutes which was the least they deserved having been on the front foot for the entire game so far and soon after another corner for Glasgow was spilled by the beleaguered keeper under pressure but the turn and shot by Hay was cleared off the line as they looked to turn the screw now that they had the advantage but despite their pressure would go unrewarded and the score would remain 1-0 at half time.