After initially moving to Blackburn with fellow Blues, Louise McDaniel, Kelsie Burrows and Abbie Magee, Perry split her time between football and her degree in Sport and PE at the University at Central Lancashire.
The coronavirus pandemic has meant she has had to finish her studies from home in Northern Ireland, which has included coursework and doing “Joe Wicks-style exercise videos” for kids.
“Four of us went over together from Linfield but Louise, Kelsie and Abbie have all moved on from the club.
“I had to adapt when they left but it has been good to learn and have that independence.
“I thought, ‘why would I come home?’. I wasn’t struggling and I was enjoying both the course and the football side of things.”
Blackburn, who had earned promoted into the second tier, were sitting in seventh position by the time the league was suspended.
Gemma Donnelly’s side are on track to see out their survival ambitions, however Perry admits that “the biggest challenge” for Rovers is that the players are part-time in a competitive league.
“If we have an away game in London or if we need to stay over somewhere overnight, players often need to try and get out of work early,” she said.
