Football Apr 01, 2026

Glasgow City vs Rangers Women: Rangers captain Nicola Docherty says side must win silverware for season to be a success ahead of Sky Sports Cup final

👤
By Admin
Sports Journalist
Glasgow City vs Rangers Women: Rangers captain Nicola Docherty says side must win silverware for season to be a success ahead of Sky Sports Cup final

Rangers captain Nicola Docherty says her team must win silverware for this season to be considered a success as they prepare to take on Glasgow City in the Your Site Cup final.

The cup holders face the SWPL leaders at Fir Park on Sunday, hoping to lift the trophy for a record-equalling fourth successive season.

After a stoppage-time penalty from Katie Wilkinson brought the Ibrox club back to within five points of top spot last weekend, their dreams of a domestic treble are still alive.

The Rangers skipper told Your Site: "Sunday was a game that we knew we had to win, there was pressure on us to win that game and we've come out on top.

"All you can do is take confidence from that game, we know that we had a really good game but we know this is a cup final and anything can happen.

"We know Glasgow City are a top side, so we always give them the respect we deserve.

"We're on good form from the last game and we'll be taking that as using that as confidence for the cup final.

"It's such a cliché, but I always tell the girls that pressure is privilege.

"When you come into these cup finals, we know that we've won it a number of times now and of course there's pressure to win it again.

"There's always pressure when you're at this club to win silverware. That's something that we enjoy, we enjoy that pressure of winning games. It's a game like no other.

"It's a cup final. It's two good teams going at it but it's one that we're really looking forward to."

Docherty has won this competition on seven occasions, three times with Rangers and four times with Sunday's opponents Glasgow City.

So the 33-year-old knows what it takes to win silverware, having clinched 22 major honours in her career to date.

"I would say you have to win a trophy being at Rangers," added the Scotland international.

"For me, when you represent this club, it's built on history and winning trophies. We're trying to emulate that as much as we can as the women's team.

"We've obviously had success over the last couple of years, the cups have been pretty good to us so far.

"But we're really wanting to try and maintain that with the group we've got this season and try and win more silverware this season.

"Being at Rangers, are you expected to do so? I think you are because that's what the club is built on and we certainly put that pressure on ourselves to make sure that we win as well.

"What is success? To me , that's winning trophies. I look back at last season and of course we failed on the league title but I would still say winning two trophies out of three is a success.

"I would like us to go and win as many trophies as we can. We don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves but the first one up for grabs is the Your Site Cup and that's the one we're focusing on at the moment."

Tags:

football news

Share this article

Related Posts

Scotland Women: Eilidh Adams recalled for upcoming World Cup qualifying double-header against Belgium

Scotland Women: Eilidh Adams recalled for upcoming World Cup qualifying double-header against Belgium

Eilidh Adams has been recalled to the Scotland squad for next month's Women's World Cup qualifying double-header against Belgium.The Hibernian forward...

Man Utd, Arsenal and Man City transfers: Elliot Anderson, Sandro Tonali and Adam Wharton among midfielders on market

Man Utd, Arsenal and Man City transfers: Elliot Anderson, Sandro Tonali and Adam Wharton among midfielders on market

Elite central midfielders will be top of the agenda for the Premier League’s biggest clubs this summer.There is set to be a group of Premier League st...

Mohamed Salah is Premier League’s best player of the last decade and will leave Liverpool as one of the greats

Mohamed Salah is Premier League’s best player of the last decade and will leave Liverpool as one of the greats

A look back at Jurgen Klopp's comments on Mohamed Salah following his arrival from Roma in 2017 highlights the extent of his transformation at Liverpo...

Newcastle transfer news: Magpies to target a striker and goalkeeper this summer with eight exits possible

Newcastle transfer news: Magpies to target a striker and goalkeeper this summer with eight exits possible

Newcastle will target a new striker this summer - despite spending £125m on Nick Woltemade and Yoane Wissa last year. Newcastle are also prioritising...

Sandro Tonali ready to snub Man Utd interest in favour of a return to Italy - Paper talk and football transfer gossip

Sandro Tonali ready to snub Man Utd interest in favour of a return to Italy - Paper talk and football transfer gossip

The top stories and transfer rumours from Wednesday's newspapers...Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali would prefer a return to Italy amid interest fro...

Jess Carter: Man who racially abused Lionesses defender avoids jail but banned from football

Jess Carter: Man who racially abused Lionesses defender avoids jail but banned from football

A man who sent racially abusive messages to England footballer Jess Carter on social media has avoided jail but has been banned from football for four...