Game Ready: Kelly Clark

A Game Ready instalment with the Celtic captain, a chartered accountant with Deloitte who has continued to combine work with football even after most of the squad turned professional, and who reached 200 appearances for the club in early October. Clark is stricter the night before a match than on the day itself, always eating the same pasta dish in the same portion, since kick-off times vary too much for a fixed matchday routine. She chills as much as possible beforehand, watching whatever football is on, and her one ritual is joining the same queue behind the same person in the warm-up, a habit several teammates share. Hating not winning is motivation enough, and visualisation settles her nerves. She names Tegan Bowie, Chloe Craig and Rachel Donaldson as the changing-room characters.