FA can boost post-coronavirus economy with new venues for women's Euro 2022


The 12-month delay to the women’s European Championship in England offers the FA time to reset its insipid plan

The queue for security inside Charles de Gaulle airport moved at a snail’s pace and, easily distinguishable in their tracksuits, the England women’s team were trapped amid the shuffling throng.

In that increasingly distant time BC – before coronavirus – the absence of physical distancing felt reassuringly normal. The players, heading to London and Manchester from Paris following a friendly defeat against France in October 2017, raised no objections.

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