Northern stars

Good luck to the three Cliftonville players in the Northern Ireland squad for this evening’s Women’s World Cup Qualifier with the Netherlands.

Regular senior squad members Marissa Callaghan and Billie Simpson are joined in the panel by former Under 19s captain Emma McMaster for the clash at Shamrock Park in Portadown.

Though they cannot mathematically qualify directly for next year’s tournament in France, a victory over the Dutch would keep Northern Ireland’s Play-Off hopes alive and we naturally wish the Reds’ representation well when they take on the European Champions.