Fuck me.. the women did it!!

[Davethecat2000]

Probably millions of threads, but going to say it anyway!!!

Two of our DD's were there. They've followed ladies football for over 20 years and bought their Wembley tickets a year ago for £15 never really believing that England would make the final. OMG the post match selfie they sent me from the stadium made me cry. Never seen them looking so utterly ecstatic. Absolutely brilliant - well done ladies! So, so proud to be British tonight.

Well DONE!

Thats lovely ☺️

Another Scot here applauding the lionesses! They've certainly raised the profile of women's sport in the UK.
I'm not much of a football fan, but enjoyed the game, found it just as exciting and skillful as the men's.

But they aren't are they? Any semiprofessional team of teenage boys would thrash the Lionesses let alone other women's teams.
Still, it is good to see women's sport receiving some exposure

What utter shit. Seriously, fuck off.

I was a bit cheesed off when I looked at the news on my phone before bed. This was about 4 or 5 stories down on Google news! It'd have been headlining if it had been the men!

Sexism still prevails, alas.

I was at Wembley this evening, and all afternoon. It was a fantastic atmosphere, and Germany fans were mixing with England fans on Wembley Way and in the stadium in just a joyous, collaborative way.
These women have done so much good. I'll never forget being in that stadium!

@bitteroulbag - I hope I have it right that it was you - my heart went out to the German team - it really did . I cannot pretend I was not happy that England won but those German women played their socks off - Dh was very nervous in the second half - he thought Germany were playing better

And loving Ian Wright getting angry at how shit it is that they make it so hard for people to watch women's games

Good to hear this. After the huge interest that was generated by the last 2 World Cups, the opportunity to build on that was lost with all the messing around with the timings of the League Matches etc....switching around, trying to pay in the Summer Months, etc..... the TV coverage for the league matches never given a fixed slot, and when it was on it was really late, and moved about to different days.
They just lost such opportunities.

However brilliant day today. Well done the Lionesses.

But if I were to write a headline tomorrow - I would say "& this Gentlemen is how it is done " 😄

& one more point - how lovely and joyful to see Irish & Scottish women inter alia celebrating this win. I think this was a celebration for all women who play at a great level & how just great to see women from all over celebrating a womens' teams success.

@toomanypillows - very envious - what a lovely story

Google news isn’t compiled by anyone though, it’s just an algorithm based on, in part, the order of publication and the types of news articles you tend to read.

It looks like it’s the headline story basically everywhere that’s actually editorialized.

The front pages of the papers are great.

Their website says Chelsea play all their games at Kingston upon Thames. Is that changing then?

Their website was a tad poor tbh and it's quite poor they don't even have dates for their matches yet.

I'm not into football whatsoever but I think this is going to be a super thing for women. Well done to all the teams and well done England.

This

I'm not a football fan but this is what has made me so happy especially for young girls watching and the encouragement this gives them to get involved in any sport not just football.

Plus of course getting one over on the men's team 😀

@Hmmph they usually play at Kingsmeadow in Kingston but their first game of the season will be played at Stamford bridge on 11/9.

Depending on ticket sakes maybe more mstcges will be played there

All the dates are there!

The website is so confusing I was looking at a page in the FAQs which said which date the tickets would go on sale that gave the match day as a weekend (ie 10/11.Sept). I have now found a different page with more info.
Thanks for your help!

Such a long way we've come. When I was in secondary school there was a girl who was exceptional at football but not allowed to play (there was only a 'boys' team') as it made the boys uncomfortable.

Congratulations to the entire England team and staff. You are an inspiration.

p.s. I also loved Fara Williams' commentary and presence. I wish they would get her on the 'regular' football shows. Shall we start a MN petition?

In case anyone else wants them, this is the link to Chelsea games: www.chelseafc.com/en/matches/womens-team-fixtures-and-results

Now how do you buy tickets?? I went to the tickets page on the website, but it's only tickets for the men's game...

Click on the menu top right on your link … tickets .. it defaults to men’s but you can change it to women at top.

I think it's quite ironic that the last time England Mens Team won a major title back in 1966, women weren't allowed to play professional football.

Thank you! Sorry I was being thick. Not enough sleep as I was too excited!

See you there ;)

I'm not into football at all (I think the last match I watched in full was probably the '66 World Cup final, and that was only because my dad was watching it), but I saw a bit of one of the early England games at a friend's house and it seemed so different from the men's game (much less faffing about!), I got quite into it.

Last night was amazing. I really thought it was going to go to penalties, and the extra time goal was something else.

It's very rare for me to cry, but I was in tears from that point on. I can't believe that, at the age of 66, I have suddenly got why it's called "the beautiful game".

Fan-fucking-tastic.

Really, I thought she was awful, her diction drove me crazy.