Boys love these Lionesses too. A football revolution is coming | Sam Haddad
My sons are just thrilled England are in a World Cup semi-final. That enthusiasm means a threshold has been crossed
Last Friday morning I woke up to my nine-year-old son shouting: “Did you see that Lucy Bronze goal!?” as he burst into the bedroom. His six-year-old brother was right behind him, earnestly re-enacting the England player’s 20-yard thunderbolt with all his might. They’d followed our usual protocol for evening kickoffs on school nights, inaugurated with England’s men in the World Cup last summer and honed with Liverpool in the this season. They watch the first half with my husband and me before bed, then watch the second half on catch-up the next morning.
