SWPL finale - will Hibernian or Rangers take title? Plus, watch Glasgow City v Hearts
SWPL Trophy Day is here
Here we are. Another final day decider. It has all come down to this.
All eyes are on Ibrox, where the two real challengers meet. Can Rangers win on home soil, leapfrogging Hibs, for the second ever title?
Or will the Hibees hold off the challenge and lift the trophy for the first time since 2007?
There is also drama at the bottom, where either Montrose or Spartans will join Queen's Park and Dundee United in dropping to SWPL 2.
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I fear Russell Martin is slow Rangers burner and not raging inferno fans want to torch Celtic immortality
When Russell Martin was MK Dons manager, the story goes his team once scored a goal which came after 56 passes in the build-up. That's what you call possession football. Rangers fans will have time to leave their seats, buy a pie, and sit back down again before the creation of a goal leads to its execution. Whether Martin 's trademark style – philosophy, call it what you like – is appealing to those fans in the long run is, of course, now a topic for legitimate debate following his appointment at Ibrox on Thursday. And 56 passes to create a goal is, undeniably, a long run. But number 56 is also at the core of the most pressing concern for Russell and Gers fans. Brendan Rodgers' Celtic side won their 55th league title in the season just ended, equalling Rangers' previously held record on that front. The Old Firm side who wins the Premiership in the season to come will create a bragging rights' coup unparalleled in the history of a rivalry that goes back to the 19th Century. It puts inordinate pressure on Martin – and Rodgers. Brendan is, until such time as we receive evidence to the contrary, approaching his final season in charge of Celtic. His entry into the club's folklore will be assured if his swansong is to become the first ever Celtic manager to win three Trebles. A history-making distinction that was denied the Irishman last month after his team's grotesquely bad performance against Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup final – but still it remains open to him before, or if, he goes elsewhere. Conversely, Rodgers could be denied localised immortality by a controversial figure yet to win over his own club's support, never mind anything else. Martin's three-year contract at Ibrox is, for those ultra- pessimistic regarding his arrival there, split into two parts. One year's wages followed by two years' compensation when his unsuitability for the role of manager necessitates the termination of his employment. 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