Lionesses captain Leah Williamson can't wait to surf the wave of England's Euro 2022 triumph as the new Women's Super League season kicks off on Friday.
Williamson and her Arsenal team-mates suffered WSL heartbreak on the last day of term in May, pipped to the title by Chelsea. The Gunners open the delayed 2022-23 campaign against Brighton with the England skipper admitting: “That Euros fever is still very much alive and I hope people are not just going to switch off.”
Switch off? No chance - all the vital signs of growth are sprouting like the first spiders of autumn. If performing on a Tuesday night in Stoke is English football's yardstick of competence, the Lionesses lived up to the challenge with a 10-0 mauling of Luxembourg on their homecoming in front of 24,000 fans.
