Euro success the 'cherry on top of the cake', says Worcester City Women's captain
The Lionesses beat Spain 3-1 on penalties in Sunday's final to retain their crown
England's success at the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 tournament will only further the progress made in the sport and encourage more people to get involved says the captain of Worcester City Women.
Sunday's final win against Spain made it back-to-back successes in the competition after the side also lifted the trophy for the first time in 2022 in front of a packed out Wembley.
The Lionesses had fallen behind in the match to a first-half header from Spain's Mariona Caldentey but levelled things up shortly after the break thanks to a header of their own from striker Alessia Russo.
Neither side could score again to take the win in normal time or in extra-time leaving it to penalties to decide who would be the winner, with Chloe Kelly scoring the decisive spot-kick for England to win 3-1 on penalties.
Jess Fassnidge from Worcester City Women says the success still hasn't quite sunk in yet and it will build on all the work that's seen the game grow since the Euro 2022 win.
"This Euros is almost a little bit like the cherry on top of the cake, it's kind of now saying we're here to stay, woman's football is only getting bigger and better," she said.
"It is on the rise, there are so many more opportunities and I think that's the most important thing, regardless of if we won or lost, I still think the impact would have been massive.
"I think the one thing we can't really forget though is all those pioneers who created where women's football is now, Chloe Kelly is a household name but all those people that fought for women's football, it's very much just about them as much as it is these current players."
Victory in Sunday's final was the first time an England senior side had won a major trophy on foreign soil and also had successfully defended their title, the men's side failing to follow up their 1966 World Cup win.