Is this a golden age for English football?
It feels like a good time to be a fan of the beautiful game.
Tomorrow night in Madrid Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur will face each other in the Champions League final, the pinnacle of the club game. With Chelsea having beaten Arsenal in Europe鈥檚 second tier competition the Europa League on Wednesday, it鈥檚 been a huge week for English football. And there鈥檚 even more to come. Next week the Women鈥檚 World Cup starts, where England are expected to do well, and the men鈥檚 team compete in the Nation鈥檚 League semi-finals on Thursday to add to their unexpected run to the World Cup semi-finals last year. With the club game also in such good shape, and some of our big-name footballers becoming true role models - speaking out about racism and mental health - are we entering a great era for the English game? Football writer and broadcaster Daniel Storey joins us to discuss
This episode features excerpts from 鈥淎 Royal Team Talk: Tackling Mental Health鈥�, available on 麻豆社 iPlayer.
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Producers: Harriet Noble and Duncan Barber
Edited by Weidong Lin and Andy Mills
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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