A windswept field amid the rolling hills of east Lancashire is an improbable proving ground for the core of a title-challenging England team, though this is where three players integral to Tuesday night's Euro semi-final were developed.
Georgia Stanway, Keira Walsh and Ella Toone all emerged at the remarkable Blackburn Rovers talent factory, whose spartan training environment at a remote spot called Blacksnape, 80ft above sea level, belied a vision for women's football that vastly wealthier clubs like Manchester United and Liverpool lacked.
The national team is the beneficiary, as the women's game within these shores prepares for the biggest week it has known.