The She Kicks Locker Room: Game Ready with Demi Vance (Glentoran)

The Locker Room’s matchday-routine slot catches Demi Vance after a season that brought Glentoran three trophies and Northern Ireland a creditable point against Wales in Euro 2021 qualifying. The left-sided midfielder’s preparation runs on caffeine: a light breakfast of chicken and pasta or peanut butter on toast, a Loco energy drink, and an espresso with the five or six Glentoran team-mates who have run a pre-match coffee club for the past year. Left boot before right, clothes folded neatly in the dressing room, and the same mindset whether starting or on the bench. She reckons she and Simone Magill are the jokers of the Northern Ireland squad, and possibly of her club side too. Afterwards it is a lot of food, no caffeine for a day, an ice bath and a light session.