The midfielder’s family are making the long journey from Scotland to Bristol as we face Manchester United at Ashton Gate in the League Cup final.

Her experience tells her that Chelsea must focus on the task in front of them for the entire 90 minutes – with extra time and penalties if required – and she couldn’t be more determined to lift the trophy once the final whistle has blown.

‘My family are all coming down, and it's different for me because they can't always be at the games, but they would never, ever miss a final,’ says Cuthbert.

‘Having them there makes it a bit special and a little bit different, but in terms of the game, it has to be like any other. You’ve got to play the game, not the occasion.

‘I’ve been part of a Chelsea team that has won and lost in these finals, so I know what it feels like both ways, and I want to make sure that we're on the right side of it.’

Chelsea overcame Marc Skinner’s side in the Women’s FA Cup fifth round directly before the international break when Naomi Girma’s extra-time finish handed us a 2-1 victory.

But Cuthbert is resolute in her stance on not taking anything for granted and is not reading too much into the significance of that result.

‘Form goes out the window when you're talking about a final,’ she explains. ‘Including anything previous that's gone before. It’s just about who turns up best on the day and who wants it more. You need a wee bit of luck when you play a top team, too.

‘Maybe if we played them three days before the final, it would have been different, but it certainly feels like a new opponent because there’s been a big gap with the international break in between.

‘Winning against them last time certainly helps, but that was a real hard fought game. It was neck and neck; it was on the wire every single time. It really could have gone either way, so it's going to be the same again at the weekend.

‘You have to turn up with the right mindset, the right mentality. Sometimes it's your day, and other times it's not your day. We have just got to make sure it's ours on Sunday.’

Cuthbert joins Lucy Bronze in praising Chelsea’s supporters and the real difference they can make to the team. It’s abundantly clear this is not merely lip service; instead, she deeply feels the support when she’s in the heat of battle on the pitch.

‘The Chelsea fans make a massive difference; they’re our 12th player,’ she concludes. ‘I know it's so cliche to say that, but genuinely, when you're on the pitch and you look up and see a sea of blue, it really does lift you and gives you that extra motivation you need to get over the line, especially when the games are really tight.

‘We're going to need their energy, their passion, their shouting, their singing, right from the first minute to the last. No matter if things are going good or bad, they still give us everything because no matter what, we'll give them everything as well.'