From playing Gaelic football with Crossmaglen Rangers to signing for Linfield isn’t exactly your typical back page story in Northern Ireland but then there’s nothing ordinary about the lady who has just done it.

Alex Clarke hails from a successful GAA family, played at county level for Armagh as a teenager, is superb with a ball at her feet, has a sparkling personality and fierce determination having recovered from two serious knee injuries to join the Linfield Women’s team for what is effectively her second sporting life.

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