Hannah Noonan, the London footballer who hadn't heard of Croke Park

‘I had to go home and google where Croke Park was. I hadn’t even heard of it. I had heard of Wembley because that was kind of the big deal over here’

24 August 2019; Hannah Noonan of London in action against Áine McGovern, Danielle Maguire, and Róisín O'Reilly of Fermanagh during the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Junior Championship Semi-Final match between Fermanagh and London at St Tiernach's Park in Clones, Monaghan. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Playing Ladies football for London means sacrifice; often finishing work at 6pm, travelling an hour-and-a-half on the Tube to training, before more public transport on your own and arriving home around midnight.

Hannah Noonan has operated at adult level in London for almost two decades now and a combination of driving her own car and having a partner that understands the sacrifices involved has ensured she can keep going.