“The domestic game in terms of attendances is hit and miss for some clubs,” Powell said.
“I am hoping that as a result of all of this euphoria and the fact that everyone has witnessed some fantastic displays of football, from all the nations involved, that fans and people who are interested in the game look at the product and go ‘this is worth going to watch.'”
Powell, the first black and first female coach of an England national side, managed the Lionesses for 15 years from 1998 until 2013.
She also played for England between 1983 and 1998, appearing in the first ever ‘European Competition for Women’s Football’ in 1984 when England lost a two-legged final to Sweden on penalties at Kenilworth Road in Luton.
“If that was today, the game would not have been played – it was horrendous conditions to a point that the ball wouldn’t roll. It was an absolute mud bath,” Powell reflected.
“You look at the conditions the players are playing in now at Wembley, the best surface there is, in front of a capacity crowd of 87,000. It’s unbelievable.
“That was a moment. An absolute moment that 30 years ago we would only dream of.”
For Powell, the success achieved by Sarina Wiegman and her squad have changed the way people view women’s football and women’s sport in general.
“It is a societal change. Women are firmly on the map and can do just as well as their male counterparts.
“It’s a powerful thing that happened yesterday. Hopefully that can have a knock on effect to other female sports.”