The Northern Ireland senior women’s team will be training in Leicester ahead of the upcoming UEFA Women’s Nations League play-off matches against Montenegro.
A two-day training camp is to be held at Leicester City Women’s training ground as the team prepare for the games on 23 February (away) and 27 February (home).
The Leicester City Women’s squad will have a two-day training camp to get ready for their games on February 23 (away) and February 27 (home).On Monday, February 19, and the following day, Tanya Oxtoby, senior women’s team manager, will put the Northern Ireland team through its paces at the Belvoir Drive training field in the East Midlands city.On Monday, February 19, and the following day, Tanya Oxtoby, senior women’s team manager, will put the Northern Ireland team through its paces at the Belvoir Drive training field in the East Midlands city.
“I am really excited about this double header and I feel that getting the group back together in new surroundings will add to our preparations,” stated Oxtoby, the manager of Northern Ireland (pictured).”We’re delighted to be linking up with Leicester City Women for this and looking forward to putting the work in to ultimately give our special fans something to cheer about when we head back to Belfast.” Northern Ireland will benefit from the use of LCFC Women’s award-winning training pitches and first class medical facilities during the two-day camp in Leicestershire.”We are excited to host Northern Ireland at Belvoir Drive later this month as part of their UEFA Women’s Nations League preparations,” an LCFC Women spokeswoman stated.
This season, international women’s football has already taken place at King Power Stadium, home of Leicester’s men’s and women’s clubs. We are thrilled that our foreign colleagues are already making use of the top-notch facilities at Belvoir Drive. We hope that Northern Ireland’s forthcoming play-off matches go well.
Early next week is when the team for the matches against Montenegro is expected to be revealed.
