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Claire Shine 'Scoring goals in the dark'

To the outside world, it looked like Clare Shine had the world at her feet. Excelling on the football pitch – a rising star, playing international football and receiving plaudits from all angles. But internally, she was struggling. By age 23, Clare had...

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15.21 24 May 2022


Claire Shine 'Scoring goals in the dark'


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15.21 24 May 2022


To the outside world, it looked like Clare Shine had the world at her feet. Excelling on the football pitch – a rising star, playing international football and receiving plaudits from all angles. But internally, she was struggling. By age 23, Clare had become addicted to alcohol, experimented with drugs, suffered panic attacks and tried to take her own life. Clare joined Adrien to tell him about her new book ‘Scoring goals in the dark’.


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