Emma Hansberry chuckles when asked to compare her commute from her days playing with Wexford Youths to the one she now has to undertake with Sligo Rovers.
“On a Friday I’d work from eight ’til one, then jump in the car and drive down the road for 4½, five hours for training with Wexford. We’d usually have a match on the Saturday night, and after it I’d drive home, getting in around two or three in the morning.”
Your current commute?
“I hop the back fence in my garden and I’m in The Showgrounds – so, about 20 seconds,” she laughs.
Hansberry is, then, effectively working from home thanks to Sligo Rovers’ application to join the women’s National League being accepted back in December.
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- March 3, 2022
