St Mirren Women head coach Kate Cooper was delighted to see two of her star players help launch the Paisley club’s historic sponsorship deal with Digby Brown.
And now her players are determined to end their SWF Championship season on an even bigger high by sealing a third consecutive win on the spin this weekend.
The Buddies travel to Stenhousemuir on Sunday for their final game of what has often been a difficult domestic campaign.
After recently helping launch the club’s new sponsorship deal, that sees St Mirren’s women’s and youth teams carry the same sponsor as the men’s team for the first time, they are hoping to finish their season on a high note in Stirlingshire by earning some sweet revenge against Stenhousemuir Ladies.
Cooper told Express Sport: “It was brilliant for our players to be involved in the launch of the new Digby Brown sponsorship.
“It’s a great move because the sponsor’s have shown they want to support the entire St Mirren football family, not just one part of it.
“St Mirren want to be a family club and this is certainly a great step towards that. SMISA have been in touch too as they are very keen to support the women and girl’s academy as well, so the future is looking really bright for us.
“We’re hoping for a strong performance to end the season on. We lost 5-1 to Stenhousemuir earlier this season and we felt we didn’t do ourselves justice in that game.
“The players have got the bit between their teeth now after winning our last two games and they want to prove to everyone how good they are.
“It would be an excellent way to end the season, winning our last three games.
“In terms of building for next season, it would create a real air of excitement and anticipation for coming back after the summer.”
The Saints have learned a lot throughout this campaign, including taking some hard knocks in some double digit defeats.
Cooper believes her young side have performed admirably throughout and feels they’ll be even better equipped for their return after the summer shutdown.
She said: “It’s been a really tough season mentally and physically.
“We’ve seen other teams drop out of the league altogether because it’s been so tough dealing with coronavirus and injuries.
“The challenge with coronavirus is that, even once you’re through the initial 14-day period of catching it, there’s a lot of fatigue that comes with it. It’s not just been a case that players are straight back to full fitness once they’d stop testing positive.
“The benefit of this season is that I feel like we’re coming out of it a lot stronger and a lot more resilient.
“We’ve got a very young squad and it’s been a huge learning curve for a lot of the players.
“What I know is that we’ll be much better prepared for next season. The players are much more confident in themselves now and we’re all looking forward to next season starting already.”
