Captain Nicola Docherty insists Rangers won’t rely on past success as they head into Sunday’s SWPL Cup final.
Rangers are bidding to win the trophy for the fourth consecutive season, but face a tough task against current SWPL leaders Glasgow City.
The sides met last weekend in the league, with Rangers edging victory thanks to a late penalty from Katie Wilkinson to set up a mouthwatering rematch at Fir Park.
“It’s not ours until we win it,” said Docherty.
“We’ve obviously won it a number of years and it’s been great over the years this trophy, but we know that it’s going to be a difficult test on Sunday.
“It’s the league leaders at the moment, who are at the top on merit, and so we need to make sure that we are we’re on it but we’re focusing on us as well.”
Now 33, the Rangers captain is one of the more experienced figures in Leanne Crichton’s squad.
While Docherty believes there is “no pressure” on the younger players, she admits representing Rangers brings its own expectations.
“I love that about them, their attitudes are excellent week in, week out at training,” she said.
“There’s no pressure on them because I think us as a group and the togetherness we’ve got in the squad, we always make sure that everyone feels confident and ready for the game.
“When you represent a club like Rangers there’s pressure on you straight away to win silverware.
“I know that myself, I was a fan growing up as a young kid. I always want the men to be winning as many trophies as possible as well and we’re trying to emulate that on the women’s side.”
A three-time winner of this competition, Docherty believes there won’t be much to separate the sides on Sunday.
“I just think we’ve obviously been working hard behind the scenes to make sure that we’re relentless in both boxes and it really does come down to the small margins in cup finals,” she said.
“It comes down to who wants it more, who turns up on the day, and so it’ll be a really close game but hopefully we’re the ones that come out on top.”
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