View From The Field: Murray’s Matters (Joelle Murray column)

Seven weeks after fracturing an ankle, Joelle Murray reports from the other side of the touchline. The first fortnight was spent house-bound with her foot elevated, her crutches doubling as toys for an eighteen-month-old nephew who occasionally left her stranded on the couch. A third x-ray at four and a half weeks brought discharge without surgery. She watched from the stands as her team won a league game, a semi-final and a 9-0 cup final without her, and cheerfully expects to struggle back into the side. The consolation was Wembley: a first visit, England against Nigeria in front of seventy thousand, and then managing a Scottish team to a 6-0 win on the pitch itself.