When her current team plays Caley Thistle in the Scottish Cup, Rangers player Rachel McLauchlan is eager to return to the place where her professional career started.
When third-tier Caley Thistle Women play current SWPL leaders Rangers in the Scottish Cup’s third round on Sunday, the defender will make his way back to the Highlands.
McLauchlan, who is originally from Avoch on the Black Isle, will be playing in a competitive game in Inverness for the first time since she become professional.
She also acknowledges that if it weren’t for her big break at Inverness City Ladies, who changed their name to Caley Thistle in 2019, her career would not have been feasible.
McLauchlan has now gone on to win ten domestic trophies while playing for Glasgow City, Rangers, and Hibernian.
The 23-time Scotland international spoke warmly about how the north side shaped his remarkable career thus far, ahead of the Gers’ Scottish Cup trip to Caley Thistle.
McLauchlan declared, “This is the life I wanted since I was a wee girl.” After all that, you do need to remind yourself sometimes that you are there.