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Rachel Furness
By: EalingGreen Date: April 15, 2021, 9:46 am
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Euro 2022: A lifetime goal, a broken leg and Panini stickers -
inside NI's historic win
It was the worst 96 minutes of my life, followed by the best
night of my life.
"We have dreamt for so long about this and now Northern Ireland
are going to Euro 2022. I cannot believe what we have just done,
it still doesn't feel real.
I came into the side in 2005 as a young, 16-year-old girl who
loved playing for my country. I've had some lows playing for
Northern Ireland, and although there have been some highs,
nothing will ever top this.
I hugged Simone Magill on the halfway line after the match on
Tuesday and there was the realisation that we had done it. We
had been saying amongst ourselves for a while that it felt like
it was meant to be.
The amount of times we have been challenged, the major injuries
we have had - we have been tested so much and we have got
through it all as a team.
Missing the second match as Seaview on Tuesday with a broken leg
was tough. I'm definitely a better player than I am a spectator.
I was trying to head and kick every ball from the stands. I
think a lot of the girls on the bench had headaches with me
sitting behind them. I was hoping my positivity was getting
through and I wanted to help them get over that line.
We are like a family, the togetherness of this whole squad is
something I've never experienced before. We could put any team
out and the girls on the bench would have been just as pleased
for the players starting.
We are such a tight-knit team and we have all bought into this
journey. When you go out on the pitch you fight for everything
and you throw yourself in front of every ball.
I broke my leg in the first game, and I'd do it all again to get
the victory. I think all the girls would be exactly the same
because we all want the same thing for each other"
There's a whole lot more to this interview here - well worth a
couple of minutes of your time! [emoji106]
HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56753276
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Re: Rachel Furness
By: Jack Russell Date: April 15, 2021, 10:12 am
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She is nothing short of an NI legend!
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Re: Rachel Furness
By: richboy Date: April 15, 2021, 2:45 pm
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Thanks EG. Great to see a player who wasn't born in NI be so
proud of being Northern Irish. I didn't realise she'd broken her
leg though 😦 From memory she just sort of caught her
foot in the ground. Hopefully it's not a bad break.
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Re: Rachel Furness
By: eightball Date: August 8, 2021, 2:44 pm
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Made her comeback from injury today.
Demi Vance also played her first game for 8 months.
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Re: Rachel Furness
By: EalingGreen Date: December 1, 2021, 10:30 am
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As you will doubtless know, Rachel is our all-time leading
goalscorer with 38 goals in 81 caps.
Her counterpart in the England team is Ellen White, now on 48
goals in 101 caps.
But while both goals per game ratios are almost identical at
around 47%, what is remarkable about our girl is that she is a
midfielder in a team which has lost more games than it has won,
whereas White is a centre forward in a team which has won many
more than it has lost.
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Re: Rachel Furness
By: RichardM Date: December 1, 2021, 11:05 am
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How does she qualify for us? One or both parents? or
Grandparents? She seems very proud to wear the green shirt
anyway.
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Re: Rachel Furness
By: EalingGreen Date: December 1, 2021, 12:35 pm
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[quote author=RichardM link=topic=344.msg7590#msg7590
date=1638378359]
How does she qualify for us? One or both parents? or
Grandparents? She seems very proud to wear the green shirt
anyway.
[/quote]
From a 2010 report:
"Twenty-one-year-old Furness was born in Newcastle, but not in
County Down. She hails from Tyneside and now plays for her
hometown club Newcastle United and qualifies to play for
Northern Ireland through her Belfast-born mother Angela."
HTML https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/northern-ireland-ladies-why-football-is-a-girl-thing-28526845.html
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Re: Rachel Furness
By: green port Date: December 2, 2021, 9:06 am
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Only 21, she is going to be around for ages, great news.
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Re: Rachel Furness
By: RichardM Date: December 2, 2021, 9:08 am
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Report from 10 years ago, now 31.
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Re: Rachel Furness
By: green port Date: December 3, 2021, 6:14 am
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:-[
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