Spanish manager has led Edinburgh side to top of Scottish Premier League and a showdown with Rangers looms
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earts have an opportunity to move one step closer to making history when they face Rangers on Friday. Hearts have never won the Scottish Women’s Premier League but they sit top of the table, one point above their opponents and two ahead of the country’s most successful women’s team, Glasgow City, with five games remaining.
Win or lose, lift a first league title or not, the rise of the Edinburgh side has been remarkable and their manager, Eva Olid, has been a hugely significant part of the journey.
Despite being on the cusp of making history, Olid is set to leave at the end of the season, with the option of extending her contract by a further year not triggered and the decision a mutual one. She signed a two-year extension in 2023, taking her up to this summer. At the time, she told the Edinburgh Evening News she couldn’t be “in a better place than Hearts” saying she felt “so validated”.
