English football endured precisely 56 years of hurt between Alf Ramsey’s World Cup victory over Germany at Wembley in 1966 and Chloe Kelly stabbing home the winner at the same venue against the same opponents last summer to secure the Euros for Sarina Wiegman’s side.
Now, England’s women’s team has earned the chance to emulate Geoff Hurst’s exploits on the greatest stage of all when they take on Spain in the World Cup final at Stadium Australia in Sydney on Sunday morning.
