The 12-month delay to the women’s European Championship in
England offers the FA time to reset its insipid plan
The queue for security inside Charles de Gaulle airport moved at a snail’s pace and, easily distinguishable in their tracksuits, the England women’s team were trapped amid the shuffling throng.
In that increasingly distant time BC – before coronavirus – the absence of physical distancing felt reassuringly normal. The players, heading to
London and Manchester from
Paris following a friendly defeat against
France in October 2017, raised no objections.