Former Lioness Steph Houghton has had many high points in her life and career. When it comes to football, her “proudest moment” was being appointed England captain in 2014. “I was massively shocked,” she says.

But in her personal life she’d single out the experience of meeting her husband and “soulmate”, ex-Bradford City player Stephen Darby, in the “really romantic” setting of the 2014 AGM of the Professional Footballers’ Association.

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