Lionesses: Euro 2022 has helped 129,000 more girls get into football
The FA’s senior national development manager for grassroots football Stacey Mallock said they were overwhelmed by the success of the programme.
“Without grassroots, you know we don’t have a real future England team,” Mallock said.
“The sport has grown a lot over the last few years and that gives us a lot of hope for our talent pipeline and what our development teams in England will look like now, with so much more talent available to choose from.
“The fact that we won at Wembley that summer was something none of us could have imagined, without a doubt. It was fantastic.
“But I think we’re going to see growth regardless — whether it’s going to be on the same scale, you know, who knows?
“I think it’s been really helpful with all the media coverage, the personalities within our team and the people who are promoting what women’s football is about and how different it is from men’s football and how well they promote women’s football. “Hopefully using their platform can bring about real change in society. “
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England played their first match of Euro 2022 at Old Trafford, beating Austria 1-0. She now has a mural in Manchester after spending five years at Manchester United before joining French side Paris Saint-Germain.
“To have the game at Old Trafford is… yeah, it’s really unbelievable,” Earps added.
“I remember being on the court the night before at practice and not having any idea, I guess, of the journey we were about to embark on, just being very focused and excited to play at the Theater of Dreams.”
Earps now encourages people to get involved in football, even if they don’t want to play. “There are so many ways to get involved in football. Whether it’s a season ticket holder, a fan, a coach, a referee, an official, whatever.”
