Euro 2022: Northern Ireland s part-time players with full-time dreams
By Chris Andrews
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After a whirlwind week, Northern Ireland s senior women s team are still coming to terms with their greatest achievement - qualification for next year s Euro 2022 finals
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For many observers, it is an underdog success story.
A squad made up of healthcare staff, teachers, shop workers, civil servants, students and more, all striving to play at the highest level, all making sacrifices to chase their dreams.
On Tuesday, when the final whistle went in the play-off against Ukraine, it was all worth it.
BBC News NI has been speaking to four members of the team about their lives away from football, how they deal with the work-life-football balance and how it feels to return to some kind of normality after Tuesday s triumph.