• St Marys
• 06/09/2025
• Attendance: 3,896
• Goals:
  • Saints 4
    • Primus 9'
    • Goddard 29'
    • Bashford 45'+2, 57'
  • Ipswich 0

I felt really disconnected from football at the end of last season. I guess that’s not surprising after disappointing seasons for both the women’s and men’s teams, the pointlessness of the Club World Cup (which I didn’t watch) and FIFA’s pandering to Trump and all the other nonsense that now comes with top-flight football. I haven’t felt any connection to the England men’s team for many years now, and I was losing any sort of connection to men’s football altogether. However, I really enjoyed the Women’s Euros; the whole atmosphere around the women’s game is so much better and more positive. The England team may have made hard work of some of the games, but their determination, togetherness and will to win saw them through. It reminded me of why football has been such a big part of my life for as long as I can remember.