On the legacy of England’s Euro 2022 triumph, FA chair Debbie Hewitt said: “We’ve got to get girls across the country playing football in schools.
“Once they have that opportunity, all of them, to play in schools and associate them with the clubs, then you will see this just take off. It will be like rocket fuel, the impact of the win.”
Hewitt said the Premier League could play its part in supporting the legacy of Euro 2022 by continuing to invest in the women’s game.
She said: “We had over 17 million viewers last night watching this game in this country. If you are the Premier League. Why wouldn’t you want to capitalise on that?”
England midfielder Fran Kirby said she wanted the success of Euro 2022 to “become normal”.
“We want it to be that people come in to watch, and with sellout crowds in this country and all over the world, so hopefully we’ve played a big part in that and hopefully we can continue to grow it,” Kirby said.
Ella Toone, who scored England’s first goal in the final, added: “That’s what we set out to do in this tournament – make the nation proud, fight for women and get young girls involved as well and I think we’ve done that for every single woman in this world.”