The final moments of the finale gave us a thread that could easily be spun into an entirely new show. Keeley (Juno Temple) suggests starting a team in the women’s league and clearly Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) loves it. It would also give the writers an entirely new cast of players to play with (and hey, maybe they’ll add more women to the writers’ room).

A compelling storyline this season had Colin (Billy Harris) struggling with coming out of the closet and ultimately sharing his truth with his teammates, who had no problem with it, although Isaac McAdoo (Kola Bokinni) seemed annoyed that he kept it a secret for so long. It’s surely a storyline that many LGBTQ athletes can relate to. At the time, he said he was only going to share his truth with his team, but he kissed his boyfriend Michael (Sam Liu) on the pitch after the game. It would be interesting to see how Colin’s story progresses.

Nate “The Great” (Nick Mohammed) seemed to lose himself this season, as he left Richmond to be the manager of rival team West Ham United. He was brought back to earth by his new girlfriend Jade (Edyta Budnik) who neither knew nor cared about his football career. He rejoined Richmond as a “kit man,” but it seems likely that he’ll be promoted to his former post as assistant coach by their new manager…

First he asked to join the “Diamond Dogs” (pretty surprising) and then he was named team manager, replacing Ted (not surprising, and much deserved). Roy is a fascinating character and it would be interesting to see how he handles the job.

We loved episode six (“Sunflowers”), the episode where the team had a night out in Amsterdam. Rebecca spent a lovely night with a great dude on his houseboat. He was played by Dutch actor Matteo van der Grijn; we never learned his name, as he and Rebecca never told each other their names. There was no sex, just dinner and conversation and a sweet goodbye. Of course, they had a very “rom com” encounter in the last minutes of the episode where we meet his daughter. She introduces herself “I’m Rebecca.” It would be interesting to see how that relationship progresses, and we catch a glimpse of the three of them together at Higgins’ barbecue. But really, it’s such a perfect ending for her, we almost don’t want to know any more details.