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Watch: Ciara Grant reflects on ‘incredible’ European final experience – ten years on

written by Chris McNulty July 9, 2020
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CIARA Grant has reflected on the ‘incredible’ journey to the final 2010 European Women’s Under-17 Championships.

Ten years on from Ireland’s memorable sojourn, which ended in a final defeat to Spain on penalties in Nyon, Grant has wound the clock back.

“It’s mad and it doesn’t feel like ten years ago. It was a special group of players,” said the Letterkenny woman, now a qualified doctor who is on the books of Shelbourne.

“We were on a high. It was incredible.”

The Irish were managed by Noel King and Grant recalled how she first got involved.

She said: “I had just turned 15. we had played inter-provincials and Noel King came to Donegal at the time, pulled me aside and said he’d like me to come to the under-17s to get a feel for it.

“I went for a weekend of football, we played four hours Saturday and four hours Sunday. The next thing I knew, I was called into the next camp.”

In the semi-final, a goal by Megan Campbell gave Ireland a 1-0 win over the fancied Germans.

Grant said: “We knew we’d go in defensively and Noel instilled belief that we could get away with it.

“Megan Campbell scored a free kick and we held out for a 1-0 win. It was about 45 yards out and she put it in the top corner. The whole place went crazy.”

Watch the full interview below …

🗣️"I definitely think it was a huge drive behind the changes that started within women's football."

🔟 years after reaching the final of the European Championships, @GrantCiara talks about the #IRLWU17 team that were a penalty shoot-out away from glory 🇮🇪#COYGIG pic.twitter.com/fz5dqli48F

— FAIreland ⚽️🇮🇪 (@FAIreland) July 8, 2020

Watch: Ciara Grant reflects on ‘incredible’ European final experience – ten years on was last modified: July 9th, 2020 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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