England Find Themselves And Win Nation’s Support With World Cup Bronze

Louise Taylor in Edmonton, The Guardian
Sun, 07/05/2015 - 10:19am

Mark Sampson hopes his Lionesses receive the acknowledgement they deserve following the best return from a national football side since 1966England arrived in Canada in search of a new identity and departed with that wish fulfilled. The pride of Lionesses that left London as near-anonymous figures in late May will attract plenty of second glances as they make their way back through passport control at Heathrow on Monday morning.After persuading a nation to finally fall in love with women’s football and, they hope, inspiring an entire new generation of young female players, Mark Sampson’s squad are suddenly household names.

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