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BBC News
19-05-2025
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Rangers 0-1 Hibernian: What the league-winning players said
Hibs defender and goal scorer Linzi Taylor tells BBC Scotland: "It doesn't feel real, I don't think it will for a number of days. It's what we've been working for all season. "A lot of people wrote us off but we knew what we had in the changing room and we knew if we stuck together then anything was possible and I think it's safe to say we were daring to dream. "It's unbelievable for the club, for everyone involved, this group of players deserve it. It's a collective, the club has given us the backing and we've shown them what we can do. "Hibs centre-back Siobhan Hunter tells Sky Sports: "Probably at the start nobody thought it, which makes it even sweeter. It was a dream."We had a couple of results where we slipped up but when it counted we stood up for one another. It's so special I can't put it into words."Hibs full-back Lauren Doran-Barr tells HibsTV: "It's surreal. I'm so proud and it's nothing less than we deserve. "I can't believe we're going to playing Champions League football. It's such an amazing opportunity for us to showcase what we can do on that stage."Hibs midfielder Ciara Grant tells HibsTV: "So many people didn't think we'd be able to go the whole way but we proved we can and everyone is buzzing."Everyone put in every ounce of effort, it was absolutely roasting so its just class and it's such a nice feeling to do it the way we did it."
BBC News
17-05-2025
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- BBC News
Can Hibs best Rangers to win most surprising title in Britain?
SWPL finale: Rangers v HibernianWhere: Ibrox Stadium When: Sunday 18 May Time: 12:00 BSTCoverage: Watch live on the BBC Sport website, app & iPlayer, listen on BBC Sounds & BBC Radio Scotland If Hibernian get the draw they need against Rangers on Sunday to clinch the Scottish Women's Premier League crown, it would arguably be the most surprising title win in Britain this predicted Grant Scott's side would be in this position before a ball was kicked in August - needing just a draw at Ibrox to become champions for the first time since 2007 and first in the professional term, Hibs were fifth, a huge 36 points behind eventual winners Celtic, and Rangers, who lost out on goal this season, up against better-funded Glasgow sides with more winning and international experience, Hibs have been the most consistent team over 31 games and surprised everyone with their 32, though, is where it is all on the line. Treble-chasing Rangers are three points behind and the only side who can stop Hibs, and in turn claim the title themselves - on goal difference - with a the third season in a row the SWPL will be decided on the final day, and if this campaign is anything like the last two the tension it will go right to stoppage Rangers head coach Jo Potter said: "It's looking tasty". Can Hibs take final step? After Hibs' 4-2 victory over Celtic on Wednesday, defender Siobhan Hunter - a one-club woman who has supported Hibs all her life - went over to the cameras captured her fist-pumping and roaring and urging the small band of supporters at Meadowbank to turn up the noise to celebrate getting to the final day with a three-point passion and togetherness has been a mark of Hibs' season, as was the fact Caley Gibb, Michaela McAlonie and were like the walking wounded in the closing stages of that huge victory, before eventually being hauled from the Bowie was named as a substitute despite her foot being in a protective - who had cup success during his first spell at Hibs from 2018 to 2019 - has added to a squad of academy graduates players from around the SWPL who have shone at other clubs and built a strong among them is Kathleen McGovern, who has scored a remarkable 31 goals in all competitions since her summer move from Hearts and been rewarded with a maiden Scotland call has been ably supported by academy graduate Eilidh Adams, who has 27 for the campaign. The pair have scored 49 of Hibs' 89 goals in the the other end, they have conceded the second-fewest goals, which has contributed to their excellent record against the other five professional teams in the have taken 28 points from a possible 45 so far against Rangers, Glasgow City, Celtic, and Hearts. That's five more than Rangers have after all that work, taking the final step could be the hardest one of all. Will Rangers make Ibrox advantage count? Hibs have beaten Rangers twice already in the league this season, while the third meeting was a Rangers steamrolled Hibs in the second half of the Sky Sports Cup final in March, winning obvious difference that day was the game was played at Fir Park, on a big grass pitch, whereas the league meetings were all on artificial surfaces, as nearly every game is in the have decided to play this final game at Ibrox, to try to use their own fans but also the wide Ibrox surface to their Potter and Scott have said it will allow Rangers to stretch the game more and get their considerable attacking weapons into the has been their strength this season, having scored an astonishing 139 goals in 31 games - by far the most in the league - as they have swatted aside the division's inferior Wilkinson has 39 alone in the league, as many as four SWPL sides as a whole. So can Rangers use the pitch to maximise space for their potent forwards? It is not always as simple as last time they played at Ibrox, Potter says they "let themselves down" as they were beaten 1-0 by Glasgow City on 30 seasons ago they were also beaten 1-0 by City when they had the chance to win the title on the final day at it is about handling the pressure. Who can step up and deliver when everything is on the line?Should Glasgow City defeat Hearts in their last game, whoever does not win the league between Rangers and Hibs will drop to third - and miss out on going into the Champions League would at least have the consolation of a Scottish Cup final next week, but the league is the big target and their hopes of a first ever Treble are at really is all or nothing. Tasty indeed.
