It seems strange to think now, but the start of the summer was not exactly a happy one for Leah Williamson. Having led the WSL for most of the season, her Arsenal side were pipped to the title Chelsea in the final day of the season in what she looks back on now as a draining experience.
“Yeah at the end of last season, because it came down to the wire and we missed out by the finest of margins, it hurt me a lot," she tells football.london . "I think it tired me."
What came next though was something she and the whole country will never forget.