Rangers Women's and Girls managing director Donald Gillies previously spoke positively of a collaborative approach to build a made-for-purpose facility for Glasgow clubs.
An exclusive in The Herald on Tuesday revealed Scottish FA president Mike Mulraney had initiated talks on a shared stadium for Celtic, Rangers and Glasgow City's women's teams.
Talks, at a tentative stage, have been well received with the potential for a 4G pitch to be shared by the teams in a new arena in the city with a possible capacity of between 3,000 and 5,000 supporters.
The Scotland national team could also use the stadium with the plans tabled to try and accelerate the growth of the women's game in Scotland before co-hosting duties at the 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup.
There are suggestions that similar stadia hubs could be utilised throughout the country if the Glasgow proposal goes ahead in the future.
Before the report, Gillies - who was previously head of girls and women's football at the Scottish FA -had discussed a possible collaborative stadium build, but admitted it was "only aspirational" during a Fan Advisory Board meeting in December 2024.
During the meeting, Gillies suggested a fit-for-purpose stadium built through "multi-partnership groups" including "other women's teams in Glasgow, as well as the Scotland national team" could help grow the game.
The Rangers women's and girls managing director did not mention possible clubs that could be involved but was positive as he set out the potential impact a shared stadium could have in Glasgow.
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Gillies explained: "Let me choose my words carefully. I stress this is only aspirational, but there would be ways of doing it with multi-partnership groups, particularly the other women’s teams in Glasgow, as well as the Scotland national team.
"It could be funded by four or five different organisations and clubs. Let me be frank, in my opinion, Hampden isn’t working for the women’s national team. It’s too big for attendances of 8,000. But if you had a fit-for-purpose stadium specifically for women’s football, with restaurants and other facilities, a grass playing surface and capacity of 8,000, then suddenly you’re looking at stadia sell-outs and a better atmosphere and matchday experience.
"You could have that Friday Night Football and two games on a Sunday, one after the other.
"You’d have a fit for purpose stadium with two sets of home and away dressing rooms, on opposite sides of the pitch. Strategically, that needs to be part of the conversation. I believe it should be the next landmark moment for the women’s game in Scotland.
"It would be fundamental for improving the product for the whole of the women’s game in this country. As much as Broadwood is great, the matchday experience isn't where it needs to be. However, I don’t necessarily think it's consistently brilliant anywhere, for any club.
"The majority of people who attend women’s games do so because they've got a genuine interest in the women's game. It’s nice. It’s a good family day out. You can buy an affordable pie, there’s better chat among fans from both teams, you can meet your friends and see top-class female athletes and teams. It’s not as tribal. But to grow the game, there needs to be more layers to this whole process. Entertainment, fan engagement, a buzz that the players can feed off and in turn raise their own levels to match."
Quizzed on the potential for uproar over money committed to building a shared facility rather than spending on the Rangers first team, by Stuart Langan, Gillies added: "I get that. Look, I’m realistic. In terms of the venue I stress again that, ultimately, it's aspirational, but I don’t think we’d be pushing for this in isolation.
"It’s a role Rangers could play to help drive forward Scottish women's football as a whole."
Further pushed on whether that would eman a focus of Rangers continuing to compete in Scotland rather than any move to the English set-up, he said: "Our responsibility is to create the best platform for the Scottish players, and the Scottish women's game."
