It's a peculiar position Malky Thomson and Rangers find themselves in.
After all, it can't be too often a team appears in a cup final for the very first time while also being labelled favourites. But that's what lies in front of the Ibrox side on Sunday as they face Hibs for the right to lift the Sky Sports Cup. It's indicative of the rapid progress that's lifted Rangers from also rans in the women's game to SWPL winners last season, a triumph that earned a first foray into the Champions League. They are four times semi-finalists in this competition but have never gone all the way to the final hurdle. At Tynecastle this weekend, in their way are a Hibs side who have won it on a record seven occasions.
The Edinburgh side's league form has been indifferent this term - they sit sixth to Rangers' second - but they've developed a quite remarkable knack for collecting this particular piece of silverware down the years. For Thomson and Rangers, this is all new. But their manager has absolutely no doubt it's an occasion they will rise to.
