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‘Like a movie script’: Michael McArdle backs Northern Ireland to make history

Manager says he has made team ‘play-off ready’ since taking over in March. They now face Portugal in their quest to reach World CupFor seven and a half years, Michael McArdle worked in the construction industry while playing semi-professional football, studying for a degree in building services engineering and raising three young children together with his wife. Any leftover earnings he put into funding his football coaching badges.Eventually he took a big risk and decided to take “probably a 300% drop in salary” and commit to coaching, a life-changing moment that now may be leading towards a World Cup in Brazil next summer as the Northern Ireland Women’s manager. Continue reading...

Published Oct 8, 2026 · 10:30 AMOriginal source: Sport | The Guardian1 reads
Manager says he has made team ‘play-off ready’ since taking over in March. They now face Portugal in their quest to reach World CupFor seven and a half years, Michael McArdle worked in the construction industry while playing semi-professional football, studying for a degree in building services engineering and raising three young children together with his wife. Any leftover earnings he put into funding his football coaching badges.Eventually he took a big risk and decided to take “probably a 300% drop in salary” and commit to coaching, a life-changing moment that now may be leading towards a World Cup in Brazil next summer as the Northern Ireland Women’s manager. Continue reading...
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