England's men's team draw their stars from the top flight of English football, all recognisable and all good players. But in 2016's European Championship in France, they were knocked out by Iceland, a team of relatively unknown players, whose captain plays for a second division British team. England's then manager, Roy Hodgson duly appeared before the media following the defeat and announced his resignation.
By contrast, England's women's team reached the semi-finals of the same competition a year later, beating France for the first time in decades. Though they lost the semi-final, they did so to the Netherlands, the eventual...