Retired England forward Lianne Sanderson has revealed she received abusive messages following the start of the new Premier League season.
Sanderson, who won 50 caps for the Lionesses before turning to punditry, took to Twitter to express her frustration.
She wrote: 'I spoke to [sic] soon. I said the abuse had calmed down. But the football season must be back because it only took a day to be called a token gesture, for people to bring up race and speaking about my culture.
'You don't have to agree with me by all means.