Olid to leave SWPL leaders Hearts at end of season

Olid to leave SWPL leaders Hearts at end of seasonImage source, SNSByAmy CanavanBBC Sport ScotlandPublished9 April 2026Head coach Eva Olid will leave SWPL leaders Hearts at the end of the season by mutual agreement.Olid, who will have been at the club for five years in the summer, beat Glasgow City for the first time on Sunday to move to the top of the table.She signed a new deal until the summer of 2026 in April last year. There was the option for a further year in that contract, but that has not been taken up.The Spaniard told BBC Scotland she "couldn't leave the club without beating City" having already picked up scalps against Celtic, Rangers and Hibs.She told her players after the win of her plan to depart this summer.Hearts beat Glasgow City for the first time to move top of SWPLKeep up to date with Scottish women's footballFirst Scotland call for Weir as Eddie withdrawsPublished2 days agoOlid, who replaced Andy Kirk in 2021, also guided the Edinburgh side to their first domestic cup final two years ago when they lost to Rangers in the 2024 Scottish Cup.There were back-to-back fourth place finishes in the league before a drop to fifth last term as city rivals Hibs finished first.Hearts are top of the SWPL, one point above Rangers - who they face next after the international break - with five matches remaining.Analysis - 'catalyst' Olid tough to replaceWhen a bright-eyed, unknown Olid was announced as the new boss in July 2021, Hearts had just finished bottom of the league.There was to be no relegation due to an agreement of expansion to 10 teams for the 2021-22 campaign, for which Hearts then finished eighth.But it was over the next two seasons where Hearts, and Olid, really made their move and established themselves as the fourth force in the women's game, as they moved from amateur to semi-professional for the 2022-23 season.Back-to-back fourth-place finishes were impressive enough, as was their rise to regularly claim city...