The summer heroics of Sarina Weigman's England side have helped to spark a revolution in women's football; the sport's meteoric ascent catapulting its stars to celebrity status for perhaps the first time in history.
In the Women's Super League, record crowds are flocking to grounds across the country each week to catch a glimpse of their new heroes and, on Merseyside, players like Everton's Toni Duggan and Liverpool's Missy Bo Kearns are establishing themselves as household names. But before the two homegrown talents were enjoying life in the upper echelons of the women's game, they were lining up on a pitch in south Liverpool for Mossley Hill FC.
“Missy Bo played in the boys team alongside Curtis Jones when they were Under-8s and to watch them it was just totally different," club chairman Rob Wells told the ECHO. "You would see teams coming up against them being like 'oh no'.
