Football Daily | Women’s World Cup kicks off with nerves, fireworks and frustration

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Major football tournaments often feature tight, nervous games, in which both teams are scared to lose. The opening offerings from Ausealand 2023 did not disappoint, producing 1-0 wins for both co-hosts, although the Matildas only did so after losing their record goalscorer in the buildup to the match against the Republic of Ireland, Sam Kerr twanging a calf during training which rules her out of their first two games – at least. “Of course I would have loved to have been out there, but I can’t wait to be a part of this amazing journey which starts now,” cooed Kerr.

Re: yesterday’s Football Daily letters. I’m not sure what Ray Griffin’s on but, as an ex-soap writer who knows how hard it is to keep turning out popular entertainment to a tight deadline (‘popular entertainment’ quotient debatable, obviously), I’ve always found David Squires’s work to be blessed with a touch of understated genius. And – as with some of the greatest ‘cartoonists’ throughout history – it’s not always about being funny” – Steve Bennett (and 1,056 others).

Loved the Gary Lineker and Paul Gascoigne cricket photo (yesterday’s Memory Lane, full email edition), which looked exactly like every holiday photo developed at SupaSnaps in the early-90s: slightly over-exposed. Maybe it was a one-hour rush order?” – Siân Williams.

Was that picture of Lineker and Gascoigne at Italia ‘90 taken before Gary ‘slipped one down the inside leg’ against Ireland?” – Martyn Shapter.

The only problem with Simon Dunsby’s idea of Football Daily adopting the Smiths’ ‘That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore’ as a theme song (yesterday’s letters) is that it assumes the joke was ever funny to begin with” – The Man Edward Dean.

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