A World Cup win will cement women’s football in the national consciousness. But there are still other battles to be fought if the playing field is to be truly levelled
Eve from EastEnders has been raving about the Lionesses all summer. One supermarket chain expects to sell 45 bottles of prosecco a minute this weekend. Boris Johnson wants to “strap the Taliban into their chairs on Sunday” and force them to watch the game.
Meanwhile, a psychic from Bath called Jemima Packington, who claims to be able to predict the future by throwing asparagus spears into the air and seeing where they land, has forecast an England win on penalties. “The asparagus could not reveal the score in normal time,” Packington admitted, a little unhelpfully.
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