Steph Houghton, England Captain (full-page photograph)

A full-page portrait of Steph Houghton in England colours, closing the magazine’s Lionesses squad guide before the individual interviews begin. It carries no text beyond the caption naming her as England captain and the FA via Getty Images credit. The placement is deliberate: the preceding six pages have introduced every member of the squad she leads, and her own profile describes a captain liked and respected by all and rather less serious in private than her public persona suggests. Within a month of publication she would lead England to a semi-final in the Netherlands. The page functions as the pull-out image of the Euros guide, the only single-player full-page photograph in an issue otherwise dominated by group and squad photography.