Sarina Wiegman has admitted to having had some “hard conversations” this week after choosing to leave Euro 2022 winners Beth England, Lotte Wubben-Moy and Nikita Parris out of her squad to face USA, the World Cup holders, and Czech Republic next month. “There were hard conversations and hard choices,” the England manager said. “When you look at the team it is very competitive in the different...
‘Really heartwarming’: how Euro 2022 started a girls’ football revolution
It was at a village fete this summer that Manchester United’s Aoife Mannion saw a stall run by the local Davenham Juniors Football Club. After going over to introduce herself, Mannion – also an England international – discovered that the club were looking to start a new girls’ team, after their last one folded in 2018. Mannion wanted to help, so she gave talks in two local schools encouraging...