From amateurs to SWPL champions - how Olid transformed Hearts

From amateurs to SWPL champions - how Olid transformed HeartsTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Hearts lift SWPL trophy for first time in their historyByAmy CanavanBBC Sport ScotlandPublished45 minutes agoWhen an unknown Eva Olid arrived in Edinburgh back in 2021, Hearts had just finished bottom of the SWPL, only avoiding relegation because of the league's expansion to 10 teams.To say she has transformed the club in the past five years is a colossal understatement.Back-to-back fourth-place finishes as the club became semi-professional for the 2022-23 season were pointers towards things to come.But the triumph they secured on Sunday - a first league title, which brings with it a maiden run out in European football - would have been beyond anyone in maroon's wildest dreams.Just over six weeks ago - days after Hearts moved to the top of the table by beating Glasgow City for the first time - the Spaniard announced she would be leaving at the end of this season.The hole she leaves at Hearts is humongous, but what a leaving present she has delivered.Hearts win first SWPL title despite loss at HibsRouted Rangers miss out on title as City hit six'I've dedicated my life to this club for five years'When she was unveiled as the replacement for Andy Kirk - who became boss at Highland League side Brechin City - then-sporting director Joe Savage said Olid's application "instantly stood out".Information about her past was, and still is, scarce - her Wikipedia page has nothing pre-Hearts - but her work in her homeland and in the United States with Houston Dynamo impressed the powers that be in Gorgie.Savage said it was "an exciting appointment" and the club were getting "a top operator". Both statements have stood the test of her tenure."I've dedicated my life to this club for five years," the league-winning manager - who took Hearts t...