Georgia Stanway is still finding it a struggle to process just how much has happened to her in 2019 and she’s determined to have plenty more years like it, with the best of her career surely still ahead of her.

The past 12 months have been sensational for the 20-year-old Barrovian, who was the youngster member of England’s squad during their run to the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup last summer, after previously helping them win the SheBelieves Cup for the first time.

Her being named in that squad by Lionesses coach Phil Neville came as a result of a stunning season with Manchester City, with whom she won the Women’s League Cup and Women’s FA Cup double.

She was Player of the Match in helping City win the latter, as she scored the second goal in their 3-0 win over West Ham United at Wembley.

That came just a week after she was named PFA Women’s Young Player of the Year and the individual awards have kept coming for the former Dowdales School pupil, who claimed the Women’s Rising Star prize at the North West Football Awards last month.

Stanway said: “I said that I won’t remember how good last season was until it’s over and I won’t understand how good 2019 has been until I’ve probably retired because you kind of focus on each season as it comes along.

“Obviously, I’ve had a successful season previously, but that doesn’t sum up who I am as a player and it doesn’t make me a good player or a bad player.

“It’s just one good season and you need to be able to do that over and over again to be consistent and then make a name for yourself and that’s something that I’d love to be able to do and not just be a one-season wonder.

“I want to be able to do it for the rest of my career and to be able to do it for England as well is my ultimate dream, but I’m proud of what I achieved with England, with City and with individual awards and hopefully I can bring that into next year and win as many trophies as possible with City.”

Stanway has recovered from the rare setback of a hamstring injury from earlier in the season and made her 100th appearance for City against West Ham in November, with her club in the thick of the Women’s Super League title race.

On how her cup final experiences from the year are spurring her on, she said: “There’s no better feeling than lifting a trophy and the build-up to the game, the fact that it’s at Wembley.

“It’s kind of a day where you give back to your family too because they can enjoy the celebrations, you look up and they’re enjoying the hospitality and it’s giving back to them after the hard work that they’ve put in.

“They’ve sacrificed their lives in order to get you where you are and, for me, that’s a day I look forward to for the whole family, especially for the celebrations after the game.”