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Cliftonville Ladies had been expecting to be savouring the cut and thrust of the new Danske Bank Women’s Premiership season by now but, with football currently in lockdown, they find themselves playing the same waiting game as everyone else at the Club.

The sport’s suspension does, however, present us with an opportunity to get to know the players who will be donning the Red shirt during the campaign ahead and cliftonvillefc.net today continues a new weekly series profiling the team’s star performers – with Hannah Grieve taking centre stage on this occasion.

Nickname: Grievo or Grievesy.

Position: Wannabe striker but Seamus put me at centre-back.

Dream job: What I’m doing right now, PE Teacher.

Favourite coach: Brett Holland

Favourite food: Fajitas.

Football team you support: Manchester United.

Footballing idol growing up: David Beckham.

First football match you ever attended: Supporting Northern Ireland.

What’s one thing most people don’t know about you?: I live and work in England.

Do you have any hidden talents?: I’ve represented Ireland at both Hockey and Cricket.

If you had to be self-isolated with one person from your team who would it be?: It would have to be either Rachel McConnell, because you could never get bored with her goats around, or Niamh Connolly because it would be a change of scenery for me in Donegal and she would cook for me all the time.

What do you love most about being a Cliftonville player?: The togetherness and inclusiveness of the group. Anytime I come back they always make me feel welcome, it’s as if I’d never left!