“I used to go to Old Trafford and dream that at half-time they’d put out an announcement: ‘Wendy Crossland. Can you come to the pitch to play the second half?’ And the night before every Corinthians game I always had a dream about scoring... for either the Corinthians or for United.’”
As a staunch Red, as well as a former captain of the Manchester Corinthians – a pioneering team who played despite a ban on women’s football by the FA – Wendy’s dreams as a footballer sadly didn’t come to fruition, but several decades on, she knows today is perhaps the next best thing.