 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Hope Powell akava murairidzi mukuru wekutanga wechikwata nguva yakazara muna June 1998, achitevera aimbova murairidzi wake Copeland. Makwikwi eEuropean Championship akawedzerwa muna 1997 kusvika kumapoka masere uye akatama kubva pachiitiko che biennial kuenda kune quadrennial. England yakakwanisa kuburikidza nemitambo yekukwikwidza yemakwikwi e2001 yakaitirwa kuGerman, kunyangwe ichinyora kurasikirwa kwavo kukuru kure neNorway 80 panguva yekukodzera, asi haina kufambira mberi kupfuura chikamu cheboka. England yakasarudzwa sevakashamwaridzana muna 2005, asi zvakare havana kusvika kumasemi-fainari. 