Sam Kerr and a generation of women’s footballers putting a golden boot into the glass ceiling

You only have to have a football-playing daughter to know that the female game is just as dynamic and competitive as the male version. If you had to pay to see a girls’ or a boys’ game, they could charge the same. No difference in audience size, no difference in passion, no difference in entertainment value. Believe me, I’ve been there day and night, rain and sunshine.

So lifelong supporters of female football are unsurprised by the success of the Women’s World Cup. They won’t be…