The Scottish Women’s Premier League have announced a new partnership with Rangers chairman Douglas Park's Motor Group, who will become an official partner of the SWPL.
The deal will run until the end of the 2025/26 season. As part of this new agreement, Park’s Motor Group will also become the title sponsor of the SWPL and SWPL 2 for the remainder of the 2022/23 season.
SWPL Managing Director, Fiona McIntyre, said: “We’re thrilled to have Park’s Motor Group on board. They are huge supporters of the Scottish game, with significant history of investing in Scottish football, and in particular the women’s game in recent times.
“This is another significant milestone for the women’s game here in Scotland, and is the first time in the history of the game that the leagues and the cup have both had title sponsorship. This illustrates the continued growth and progress of the game here in Scotland and the desire for companies to align themselves in the long term with the girls’ and women’s game.”
A Park’s Motor Group spokesperson said: "Park's are proud of our association with Scottish Football over the last fifty years. We are delighted to continue our support of the women's game and we look forward to working with Fiona and her team at the SWPL to help grow the league."
Meanwhile, Rangers manager Michael Beale has urged his players to be more ruthless in front of goal against struggling Dundee United despite hitting 14 goals in their last four games.
Gers have scored at least three goals in each of those matches but Beale still saw room for improvement ahead of their clash with the bottom club at Ibrox on Saturday.
The game pits Beale against former Aberdeen boss Jim Goodwin for the third time since his Rangers managerial career began in earnest in mid-December and he knows the Irishman will set out to frustrate.
But he feels Rangers are capable of putting away more chances than they did when beating Motherwell 4-2 last time out.
Beale told Rangers TV: “You are playing a coach for the third time in your spell here. Obviously with Aberdeen it was two quite close games that we got victories in and they are fighting for their lives down the bottom of the league, and they will come to Ibrox and make it tough, like most teams do. I am sure they will try and reduce the space on the pitch.
“It is important for us that we are very sharp in the final third and we keep creating the opportunities that we are and scoring goals.
“Of late we have scored quite a lot of goals but it’s also fair to say in every single game we could have scored more.
“For me the most important thing is that we are creating chances and scoring.
“I would like us still to be a little more ruthless because I think if you look back to the Motherwell game we should have scored more goals, the Raith game as well, away at Hibs we should have scored more goals.
“There are good signs that we are scoring threes and fours, but also I want us to be a little bit more ruthless.”
