Simone Magill: Northern Ireland Striker Ready To Make Euro 2022 Dreams Come True

To play football for a living was the ultimate goal, but coming from a small town in Northern Ireland, the ambition to make it to the top of the women's game was quickly rebuffed as no more than a fanciful daydream. "I remember distinctively when I was in primary school and everybody starts saying, 'what do you want to be when you grow up?'", Magill recalls to MOTDx. "I said, 'I want to be a professional footballer' - and everybody started laughing." Magill can chuckle to herself now at those classmates who doubted her, as the 27-year-old striker - who…