Young footballer fights burning skin condition to help team to league victory

Sample caption: Although goalie Sophia Dawson (12) has epidermolysis bullosa simplex – a severe form of the incurable genetic skin condition also known as ‘butterfly skin’ – and plays with painful blisters on her feet, she was named players’ player of the year by her Donacarney Celtic Under 12s teammates after she helped her side win the Metropolitan Girls League Division A.

A young footballer from Co Meath has overcome a burning skin condition, which causes painful blisters on her feet, to help her side become league champions.

Sophia Dawson, aged 12, took up football because she wanted to remain active after being forced to leave Irish dancing when classes became too painful.