View From The Field: Kerys Kicks (Kerys Harrop column)

Birmingham’s captain writes as the men’s World Cup begins and hopes England can manage what the Lionesses did in Canada. She reports on presenting the FA WSL Sister Club programme to the Norwegian FA with her general manager, and on discovering that a Norwegian lake at midnight in perpetual daylight is still freezing. Her club has just marked fifty years with an awards night bringing past and present players together, at which Ellen White swept the honours after a fourteen-goal season and vice-captain Emily Westwood received a special achievement award with video tributes from Kelly Smith, Karen Carney and others. She looks ahead to a Wales-England decider and to whoever Casey Stoney signs for Manchester United.