Girls in Green ‘didn't get the backing of the people’ - Former international FIFAWWC
"Truthfully, I don't think the air was ever in the balloon," she said."It definitely wasn't the same; if our men's team was there, it would have been a totally different game.We made history by getting to Australia, it was the first-ever Irish team to make the World Cup.With one more game to go against Nigeria, Ms Gorham said the team has done everyone proud.
"They've done us proud; I was so proud of that Irish team yesterday - there were absolutely magnificent, especially in the first half.'We've moved on greatly'"In different ways we've moved on greatly with the professionalism of the team, and the way that the team themselves have been taken care of by the FAI, Sky Ireland and Cadburys - they've great backing now," she said.
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