Waking up to the good news of England’s win was strange and unfathomable. Let’s embrace it while we can | Zoe Williams
Years of unremitting disasters have convinced me not to go to sleep with hope in your heart. But that footballing victory took me back to more innocent times When I went to bed on Sunday, football commentators were killing time waiting for the England match by talking about Donald Trump, Fifa president Gianni Infantino and Folarin Balogun’s red card, waived for the US because of reasons . None of the available words – “unacceptable”, “cheaty”, “absolutely stinks” – covered it. There’s no chance…

