Category: Women’s European Championship 2025
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#3. “I’m Walking In The Air…”
1st Half. Tuesday begins with Sarah nudging me. “Coffee.” she says. The aroma lures me from slumber and I prop myself on one elbow to take a sip. I hear Sarah say something about Bethany wanting a picture of my passport. The caffeine hasn’t yet worked its magic. “What? Why?” “For booking flights.” “I’ll send…
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#2. “Here Comes Santy Claus…”
Are you still with me after that first 90 minutes? You are? Excited about extra time ahead? Great! But, before we get back to Lausanne and all those balls in bowls, I feel a quick recap is in order. There was an awful lot for you to digest. The first half: Scene setting Family watching…
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#1. “Do They Know It’s Eurotime…?”
1st Half. It is approaching 5pm on a dark winter evening and my family are huddled around the television set. The stuttering images flit across the screen; a pregnant woman and a man dance around the stage, microphones clasped in their hands, belting out a tune I have never heard before. The tune is not…