FA Cup finals have come around more often for Bethany England than they have for Tottenham. But as the Spurs captain prepares to lead her team out for their first ever Wembley appearance today, the striker feels lucky she was not forced into an early retirement before this season had begun.
‘Just before the last two games of last season I noticed I’d hurt myself in training but wasn’t really aware if it was a big problem . . . they didn’t think it was,’ England tells Mail Sport. ‘I ended up going away to the World Cup, but as the weeks went on, I was just in more and more pain, so I was having to manage that.