In the picture is a young Katie McCabe, five months shy of her 22nd birthday and staring into the camera like it’s a ball she’s about to bury into the top corner.
She’s there with Aine O’Gorman, Niamh Fahey, Stephanie Roche, Louise Quinn and others; older heads who now look up to the Arsenal star as their captain and leader.
They’re in Tbilisi today, having jetted in late last night from Antalya, where they spent 10 days in a warm-weather training camp.
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They’ve come a long way from five years ago, when a bunch of international footballers posed outside Liberty Hall, wearing green t-shirts with ‘RESPECT’ emblazoned across their chests.
Why hark back again to a time when Irish football made global headlines for all the wrong reasons?
To show how far we have come from the conditions that forced McCabe, Emma Byrne, Diane Caldwell and others to threaten strike action.
Five years ago, the idea that they would get to spend 10 days in an all-inclusive resort on the sunny southern Turkish coastline ahead of a World Cup qualifier would have been laughed out of the room.
But this is the legacy of those brave women - many of whom are in Tbilisi today.
Ireland coach Vera Pauw knows it. And speaking to the small group of journalists who have made the trip to Georgia, she hailed that “crucial moment” in history.
“We could have easily stayed at home and thought after 11-0 [against Georgia in Tallaght last November] we can win this,” she said.
But they’ve left no stone unturned, thanks to the legacy of Liberty Hall.
“Definitely,” agreed Pauw. “And everyone has said that from the moment I came in, the FAI also; everyone has said that was a crucial moment in the development of the game.
“At that moment, things changed.
“You are right, it started back then in 2017 where they stood up for their rights.”
Irish football is back in the headlines once again - but this time as a world leader thanks to the decision last year to offer equal pay between the senior men’s and women’s players.
“The FAI is doing even more than people would respect,” Pauw continued.
“The Netherlands are only getting equal payment now and they are European champions.
“We have never qualified for a tournament but the FAI have created the conditions for us to play at our highest level.”
Was it a case of the players being aware of their potential and reaching out for assistance?
“If I can interrupt,” said Pauw, “it is more basic. From the squad, they knew they had the right to equal development and the FAI are approaching it from that stance.
“This group is talented and it is a basic human right to have the same level of development between men and women and that is the FAI’s approach.”
Pauw is a former Netherlands international who has managed her home country, Scotland, Russia and South Africa, as well as in the USA with Houston Dash.
She speaks regularly to football people right across the globe and she describes the distance Ireland has travelled in those five years since Liberty Hall, in the eyes of others.
“It’s massive,” she said. “Denmark was the first, with the men putting in money, like the FAI and men putting in money to do this.
“The coaches tell me it is massive, how do you do it? And I say I didn’t do much.
“We have talks about equal rights and the management agree with that.
“The players have shown they give the same to the game as the men.
“It’s a combination of them showing they are top athletes and putting everything to Ireland and the management showing equal rights.
“That has brought us to this point. That is the key, equal rights are crucial to a development process.”
Was this key to her continuing in her role as Ireland manager?
“That is a good question,” replied Pauw. “Surely it has influenced me, yeah I think so.
“Not consciously. But surely it has given me a push to continue with the players.
“But the biggest thing was that I found we were on the road to the top. We didn’t achieve it the first time [in qualifiers for this summer’s European Championships].
“But I experienced this also with the Netherlands, with South Africa and with Scotland. So a setback like that was a natural progress.
“So if I stepped back, it would not have been fair to the players. That was the biggest thing for me.
“The players had the right to have continuity in the programme and I felt responsible for that.
“And part of that also was the FAI showed that they really wanted to create everything for us to be able to make that next step.”
Pauw, meanwhile, has hailed the bond within the squad. Many of the players have been together for almost two weeks, including training in Dublin.
“They had that bond already when I came in,” she said. “I called them a bunch of tigers after the first game and it is a nickname now, but that is what they showed.
“In other countries, it has taken time to develop these attributes.
“You need to know how people react because I am from a different culture, I am very direct.
“And of course that is Dutch, so I try to be aware of that, but there are moments players have to realise that is my culture.”
As for her thoughts on Irish culture, Pauw replied: “I find it a very pleasant culture and we fit in very well.
“We are more direct. Some of the Irish will speak directly but others need to sit down and have space to say what they feel.
“The basic fighting spirit is so big compared to Holland. They (Dutch) think about themselves first because they are a very individualistic culture.
“Whereas me, I am the opposite because I am one of triplets. I am probably better in cultures like Ireland.
“So for me togetherness and team-work is key because I am one of triplets.”
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