'Why shouldn't it be us' - Hibs boss Grant on SWPL title race

BBC News

13-05-2025

Two games, 180 minutes of football. That's all that stands between Hibernian and a first SWPL title in 18 years.Back then, Kim Little was still kicking about in the green and white. Current star striker Eilidh Adams had just turned three. Celtic and Rangers were nowhere to be seen.The landscape in Scottish women's football has drastically changed, but the capital club have been an ever-present. Now they're closing in on a piece of history of their own.It's all in Grant Scott's side's hands. Wins against Celtic and Rangers and the trophy is theirs. If only it was that easy."It feels really exciting, brilliant in fact," Scott told BBC Scotland."I'm incredibly proud of the players, but I'm also really scared of what could happen with all the different angles to it. "We're trying to keep all of our emotions in check just now. We're two 90 minutes of football away from determining where we finish. "That's the simplicity and beauty of the game."A straightforward as it sounds, Scott never envisaged a manic week in May like this one."I don't want to sound too harsh on the players at this point, but I probably had different expectations from them than probably even Stewart and Joelle, who probably had a more positive outlook than I had for the team," he added."But we've surpassed even their vision of where we would be, so full credit to everyone involved."I think we would have bitten your hand off at the start of the season to be given this opportunity, and that's all it is at the moment. If we fall short, it would be so disappointing, but we've got every chance."I keep saying to the players, 'why not? Why shouldn't it be us?'. "There's a lot of work to do and we've got some really difficult opponents to play, but all of the emotions right now come from where we are."