The Fiver | A round of applause in recognition of another glorious FA triumph

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For the second time in less than a year, English football fans have been put in a situation that is quite frankly intolerable. Yes, it’s a semi-final of a major tournament, one step from glory, and we all know how these effing things usually pan out. England have only ever won three semis in a history stretching all the way back to 1872: at the 1966 Football World Championship for the Jules Rimet Trophy, the 1984 European Competition for Women’s Football, and the 2009 Uefa Women’s Championship. To be fair, that data isn’t quite as damning as it first appears. England would clearly have notched a few more semi-final wins had the women been allowed to play from the get-go, as opposed to 100 years later. They’ve reached twice as many finals in less than a third of the allocated time! Ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause please, in recognition of another glorious FA triumph.

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