Rain Or Shine… SK59! (Editor’s Letter)

Jen O’Neill’s letter is written in the aftermath of Storm Ciara, which blew the issue to the printers on a wave of floodwater and wiped out every fixture in the top four divisions in England, though some Scottish League Cup and Welsh Premier games went ahead. She had battled a third of the way to Manchester before turning back. The storm, she argues, was a rare and well-forecast event and the FAWNL was right to let clubs decide for themselves – but it should not distract from a more pressing and permanent problem, which is the standard of playing surfaces and matchday facilities for professional and semi-professional players and the supporters who pay to watch them. She leaves the growing row over officiating to her columnists, and wishes England well at the SheBelieves Cup.