Shelbourne's new big-name recruit Heather O'Reilly made an amusing comparison ahead of making her Champions League bow at 37.
Despite having a glittering CV which includes being a World Cup winner and three-time Olympic champion, she never got a chance to play in Europe's elite competition which was always something which wrangled with her.
It was for that reason that she opted to come out of retirement, having stepped away from the sport to start a family.
