Hibernian Ladies Head Coach Grant Scott described the players’ performance in yesterday’s superb 8-0 victory over Motherwell to secure the SSE Scottish Women’s Cup as ‘terrific’.
Jamie-Lee Napier scored a hat-trick, Abi Harrison scored twice before going off with an injury whilst Lauren Davidson and Cailin Michie both scored one each. The remaining strike was an own goal.
After the final whistle Scott told Hibernian Media: “Overall, the team were absolutely terrific.”
“We got ourselves into a really good position so early and it was always going to be so difficult for Motherwell to come back from that.
“We had to be professional when we were playing against a team from the league below, even though we think their quality is good enough for SWPL 1, I’m just delighted with the way that we took the game to them.
“Because we’ve got that message into the players this week about going in to do the job first and foremost, then giving Motherwell respect for what they have achieved this season, but we knew if we took care of business that we would turn out winners.
“The players deserve credit for going and doing the job.
“The first half performance was really good. Getting the first goal really helped and it settled us down. The team retained the ball well, moved it about well the movement was great and they were absolutely clinical when they got chances.
“Again, the goals were shared about the team. Jamie got a hat-trick and we also had goals from Abi and a few others too.
“It’s brilliant winning the double. I get a lot of credit for where the team are and how they are doing, but I’m at pains to say that the groundwork has been prepared by a lot of other people.
“There’s staff in the background underpinning what the girls are doing every single night of the week. There’s the previous coaches who have signed a lot of these players that have got a winning mentality within the group and they deserve as much credit as I do.
“I’ve taken on the group. I love being here and working with them. It’s the most enjoyable thing I’ve done in football.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
