Ibrox 'a far greater proposition' for Rangers women

Rangers anticipation the allure of Ibrox volition pull much followers of the men's squad to the women's crippled and pull players.

The women volition play their location matches astatine the iconic venue successful the play up unless determination are fixture clashes with the men's team.

"The thought down coming backmost to Ibrox much often is truly astir trying to link with much supporters who are engaged with Rangers," said managing manager of women's shot Donald Gillespie.

Rangers women played 4 matches astatine Ibrox past play but were based astatine Broadwood Stadium successful Cumbernauld, 15 miles distant from Glasgow City centre.

"We don't needfully deliberation that each azygous protagonist of the men's squad is going to beryllium a protagonist of the women's team," added Gillespie. "But we cognize truthful galore of them are passionate astir the nine and would enactment a hoops squad if it was Rangers!

"Making it accessible is the fig 1 happening we privation to bash and playing extracurricular the metropolis wherever your team's based is simply a obstruction to increasing that support."

Gillespie besides thinks thinks the accidental to play astatine Ibrox connected a regular ground volition entreaty to imaginable signings.

"It's a acold greater proposition to beryllium capable to effort and entice them in," helium said.

"Rangers women bid astatine the aforesaid determination arsenic the men, they devour astatine the aforesaid place, they get entree to the aforesaid qualified doctors, physicians, indoor facilities, outdoor facilities and present the aforesaid stadium that houses upwards of 50,000 people."

The power volition not beryllium without logistical challenges and a fig of matches volition inactive request to beryllium played astatine Broadwood.

"The SWPL recognise what we're trying to bash but we request to run wrong the boundaries that the league acceptable successful presumption of Ibrox arsenic our location stadium," explained Gillespie.

"We cognize that with an unpredictable league docket for the men and much truthful the European docket there's going to request to beryllium an knowing of erstwhile we tin denote games for Ibrox. The cardinal happening for america is to bash it arsenic aboriginal arsenic we can."

The nine are successful the process of recruiting a successor to caput manager Jo Potter, who near to articulation Crystal Palace.

"The fig of prime funny parties that person travel guardant implicit the past 10 days oregon truthful is testament to wherever the women's crippled successful Scotland and the nine person been successful the past 4 years," added Gillespie.

"The timing isn't perfect but determination are inactive a fig of escaped agents that could assistance the process determination a batch quicker truthful we're having immoderate conversations with radical conscionable present and moving towards those milestones to marque definite that we're successful a bully spot erstwhile the shot rolls connected 17 August."