A passion for the game, a natural talent with a football and a determination as a young girl to succeed in a boys’ world all helped lead up to the moment of magic which has seen Stephanie Roche nominated for Fifa’s 2014 Goal Of The Year.

THEY’VE moved from behind the green door to behind the green gates — and, even then, there’s still a long and winding road up to the FAI’s new home at the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown.