The statistics paint a straightforward picture. After one Championship defeat all season, Liverpool have been promoted to the Women’s Super League with two games to spare. Given that they are on a 19-game unbeaten run, their record suggests an imperious procession to a title secured at Bristol City last Sunday, but the reality was slightly different.
Along the way Liverpool have coped with the life-threatening car crash that left their goalkeeper Rylee Foster with her neck broken in seven places. Meanwhile, the assistant manager, Paul McHugh, suffered the death of his parents.
