When Liam Walsh ran onto the Swansea.com Stadium pitch during the closing stages of Swansea City’s Championship meeting against Stoke City last month, it was the final instalment in seven months of arduous rehabilitation work for a player who has had to endure his share of injury frustrations across his career to date.
This International Women's Day, Swansea City - the only EFL club to include female members in its Former Players' Association - is encouraging ex-Swans Ladies players to join the growing organisation.
Swansea City Ladies’ Claire Skinner juggles a full-time job as a paramedic with being the goalkeeper for the top-flight team in Wales. It entails long hours, hard work and arriving at matches with less than two hours sleep … and she wouldn’t have it any other way!
Swansea City Ladies forward Chloe Chivers is determined to make sure all the mental and physical challenges she has overcome to recover from injury are worth it after making an impressive return to action.
