England v Spain - Women's Euro 2025 final

Fantastic effort by Whole England squad and back room staff. They should be extremely proud and I hope they enjoy the Victory Parade on Tuesday in LONDON!

well done escapee, great shout

They shouldn't have but they did,great to see some lads make a few £ on it.

Fcuk me, shouldn’t you be having tut tea by now? Probably a pie with gravy just like breakfast and lunch.


You're right this is hilarious

Come on, call me a wnker again. I like that

Classy of England to have an Honour Gaurd

classy or the easiest thing in the world to do when youve won

spain giving england one would be classy

Jul 27, 2025 -- 8:02PM, SirNorbertClarke wrote:

Fcuk me, shouldn’t you be having tut tea by now? Probably a pie with gravy just like breakfast and lunch.You're right this is hilarious Come on, call me a wnker again. I like that

Come on now, try saying something original, you can do it Manc. If not get you clogs on and take the whippet out.

spain were like france the other night against ten man germany. wouldnt have scored if they had played until next week

scored again obviously

Nobby nob nob has never been to Machester in his life, he is from Surrey.

**** me William, don't hug any of the Spanish team. They'll put you in the same cell as Andrew!

no honour guard from spain

Well done winners

lol at that girl on stage trying to break up the hand shake between Saraina and Prince William wtf

**** me William, don't hug any of the Spanish team. They'll put you in the same cell as Andrew!



My thoughts too, ha ha ha

Come on now, try saying something original, you can do it Manc. If not get you clogs on and take the whippet out.


You forget you're the stalker. I'm just laughing at you.

Jul 27, 2025 -- 8:07PM, SirNorbertClarke wrote:

Come on now, try saying something original, you can do it Manc. If not get you clogs on and take the whippet out.You forget you're the stalker. I'm just laughing at you.

God you are boring, no wonder you are a Manure fan.

Yay!

God you are boring, no wonder you are a Manure fan.


Ah, am I a disappointment

Imagine what I think of your lame insults.

Jul 27, 2025 -- 8:11PM, SirNorbertClarke wrote:

God you are boring, no wonder you are a Manure fan.Ah, am I a disappointment Imagine what I think of your lame insults.

Not getting much back here, I guess you should be having your cocoa by now Grandad

never mind any of this banter. how unbearable are the next few days and weeks going to be. a full on wiegman love in in prospect

Not getting much back here, I guess you should be having your cocoa by now Grandadad


You're so much fun I've cancelled my cocoa. Call me a Manure fan again, talk dirty to me

the focus should not be on how many times they have got out of jail. the focus should be on how they got into jail so many times in the first place. as the saying goes its better to be lucky than good and my oh my has weigman had some luck in this tournament

Comedy sequels rarely live up to the originals but that one ran it close. How not to take a penalty, Part 2.

Entertaining it may be but the quality on show is appalling, but that won't stop the BBC from painting it as the greatest moment since the invention of the wheel.

I like Michelle Angyemang, her Christian beliefs make her likeable and I think she will stay grounded. Exemplary.

tobiasr 27 Jul 25 20:16 
never mind any of this banter. how unbearable are the next few days and weeks going to be. a full on wiegman love in in prospect


100%

My advice would be to avoid any Guardian content for about the next 30 years or so

Pretty tight contest but massive credit to the spirit of the side..

actually can't say they did or didn't deserve it but get over the f'kin line...

subs actually used appropriately tonight !

Spain good as they are don't like a proper contest.

Wiegman must be some kind of genius to pull that off.

really ?

no. incredibly lucky.

England were ahead in the KO's for 4 minutes 52 seconds, as said in the opening post, that is more of a lucky general than a good general

spot on mes

Last 3 games we have been 2nd best...

She's managed them beautifully to get the best out of them.
Not many managers would be bringing cup home with that squad.

you wouldnt be aiming to be ahead for 4 minutes and 52 seconds in the ko rounds. therefore to get through in those circumstances massive dollops of luck are required. and also the corollary of luck which is shithouse opponents and england have had plenty of those. they couldnt do it all themselves they needed their opponents to help them and they certainly all did that

CaptainCristy you haven't given up on me already have you?

I thought this was the start of something real, something lasting. I'm so upset

Jul 27, 2025 -- 8:31PM, SirNorbertClarke wrote:

CaptainCristy you haven't given up on me already have you?I thought this was the start of something real, something lasting. I'm so upset

I can’t be arst, you are so thick that I don’t want to waste any more time on you.

Pleased for the England squad. It was good drama, wasn't it?

It's been mega box office for itv bbc

Sport is the best drama

shouldn't be relying on a 96 min equalizer against Italy in SF or being massively outplayed by France for 80 mins in the group stage..making hard work of Colombia and Nigeria (pens) in WC...

she's bullet proof on end product..better to be lucky than good..suspect she's good but also lucky..

I can’t be arst, you are so thick that I don’t want to waste any more time on you.


Not much of a stalker are you?

How many late goals did Liverpool score last season

Why is it called fergie time

That night in 1999 etc etc

they kept in touch against a technically superior  side then took their chances in the spot kicks ,deserved it in the end .

England won. That is the stat. In the state of the nation we are in currently, just be glad, take a breath and keep your fingers crossed.

L'pool dominated most of those games..

Utd dominated most of Fergies..

Utd got lucky (most proper Utd know) but had to play without Keane and Scholes...

I would agree with that.  Astonishing really because in any match where I watched them they were never the better side.  Yet, they have proved to be the better team and sort of deserve it.

obbis football but enjoyanble

Well done Chloe superhoop thro and thro,probably get in the team if the FA would let her play..

There's always an element of luck, but if you are lucky enough so consistently
then it's got to be a bit more.

Over 120 minutes Spain absolutely blew it guys, simple as

Largely would agree with that...but England probably have the best paid and highest valued squad in the tourny (Spain possibly close) and the last WC and here struggling past the teams I mentioned with a good draw...

I'm delighted they win it..but just saying as I see..

brentford the best team lost there mate, I think anyone watching that game would agree.

A good U16 boys team would hammer England women's football team.

U18 maybe.  Under 16’s can’t even vote let alone take corners. 

Jul 27, 2025 -- 9:02PM, soldieroffortune wrote:

brentford the best team lost there mate, I think anyone watching that game would agree.

Didn't watch it so can't comment but I did watch the Germany final and felt the same. Somehow they keep producing. Well done girls.

What a lot of moaning minnies.

Be men and fly the bloody flag!

We're still owed a bank holiday from when we won it in 2022.

I'll be taking tomorrow off and Tuesday as well.

Plus the rest of the week because it's Glorious Goodwood. 

Totally agree Norbert, here's a good example ...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDH_r7-GN4o ...... "Switzerland Women’s Team Gets Destroyed By Under 15 Boys"

The media hype around the England women's football team is an absolute joke.

U16 males would beat adult women at any sport not just football.

Jul 27, 2025 -- 9:11PM, Blake@1658 wrote:

What a lot of moaning minnies. Be men and fly the bloody flag!We're still owed a bank holiday from when we won it in 2022.I'll be taking tomorrow off and Tuesday as well.Plus the rest of the week because it's Glorious Goodwood.

Excellent post. Why be sour?

Lots of male players have played in the EPL at 15 or 16, including; Wayne Rooney, James Milner, Jack wilshere, Harvey Elliott and Ethan Nwaneri. So, the parallel with under 16's is, perhaps, unfair.

Teenage boys would be stiff opposition

I'm not sure what's more surprising, YHTL admitting that boys would beat the women, or Blakey seemingly having a day job.

No surprise to see the troll trolling because he's hurting

Keep it up dixie lad

It's a silly barrier to enjoying the women's game.

It's like: I couldn't watch Sugar Ray Robinson because Tyson Fury would have beaten him.

Anyone who plays EPL at 15 or 16 is playing u16 at about 13. That Swiss game was not the national team, it was a club side against their own u15s.

England did very well to win, they weren't the better side but Spain are like the men were until recently, loads of possession and not good enough in the final third, KO'd on pens. Awful pens again, most at an awful height and telegraphed. The England keeper (who was a bigger hero than Kelly) was halfway across the goal for the ones she saved.

Jul 27, 2025 -- 9:31PM, lurka wrote:

Anyone who plays EPL at 15 or 16 is playing u16 at about 13. That Swiss game was not the national team, it was a club side against their own u15s.England did very well to win, they weren't the better side but Spain are like the men were until recently, loads of possession and not good enough in the final third, KO'd on pens. Awful pens again, most at an awful height and telegraphed. The England keeper (who was a bigger hero than Kelly) was halfway across the goal for the ones she saved.

She was. I wondered how she got away with that.

You are allowed move on the line, very few pens I've seen at these euros had any attempt to outsmart the keeper and send her the wrong way.

Spain should have won, but they let England back into the game and England did what they needed to do to win. Most of the pens on both sides were terrible; nowhere near the corner, at a nice height for the keepers and far too soft.
The first half was quite good, then Spain got scared and it became scrappy which suited England fine.
The pundits, comms and presenters are beyond awful, and I watched most of the coverage with the sound turned off.

Lurka - that WAS in fact the Swiss national women's team, they lost 7-1 to Luzern U15's.

I think you are getting mixed up with the game 3 years ago when Arsenal Ladies lost 5-0 to Arsenal U15 boys team.

Both games were of course prep/friendly games behind closed doors.

Regardless of the standard of play I enjoyed the tournament much more than I thought I would.
Spain were a slightly better result for my book but I'm very glad England got the job done.I

https://www.sportbible.com/football/football-news/switzerland-alisha-lehmann-women-euros-boys-u15-team-974768-20250625

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Spain got what they deserved.  Both sides were disappointing imv but one had to win. That’s about the size of it.

At least it's pi55ed on the fireworks of those prima donna's who couldn't be bovvered to turn up if they weren't in the 1st team

LoyalHoncho27 Jul 25 19:54Joined: 28 May 10 | Topic/replies: 16,351 | Blogger: LoyalHoncho's blog
No TONGUE on the podium please.

Dixie Dean. For your information I'm a freelance writer. I specialise in writing eulogies, best man speeches etc. It's surprising how many people are prepared to pay to have a few well chosen words written for both sad and happy occasions.

I'm glad England won it. They may not be the best team in the tournament, but they played as a team. They also defended as a team; their resilience never wavered; their spirits were there for all to see. I understand they rode their luck, but luck was rewarded with hard graft, tenacity and the priceless never give up attitude.

They worked for their victory - it was never a given. Well done The Lionesses!

I will keep you in mind if i ever need such services Blakey.  I sweated for weeks about writing a Best Mans Speech a few years back, a fractious time !

Surely your speciality would be "Tributes" ....?

I'm pretty sure I can't find 11 (random) 20-30y men who can run faster than the top 30 or so women at any distance. I'm not so sure I can't do the same for the top 20 women footballers or this England team. How far can the womens game improve as judging by those pens they can kick the ball harder for starters!

Finding better athletes with the same football
ability will help any team.

The girls in England football team deserve extra praise
as they grew up in an era of no woman's football on tv,
very few football clubs for girls too. And zero girls
football at school.

A young girl with athletic ability would be channeled
into netball or gymnastics or swimming or athletics.

Loads of clubs to do that with friends and like minded
girls.

Still showing ability lottery funding becomes available
so our most athletic lasses were unlikely to
end up playing football

They ended up playing football because they loved it. Against
all odds.

Different now of course and lottery funding is setting
up footy clubs for girls all over the UK, not just
Engerland.

Give it a decade and see how the game improves....

The standard of the women’s  game can increase exponentially with more money, more opportunities and more coaching from a young age.

Yep, and Wales and Scotland and Norn I surely will get a lift off too.

I agree with the “more opportunities” assertion but not necessarily the other two.
I repeat that when I see a CL club fielding a woman in their side I’ll accept that the women’s game has achieved some real quality.
Of course that day may not be far off.  Who’s to say that someone in FIFA doesn’t get the right sort of incentives to rewrite the laws of the game and bring in an “every club must sign five women and play at least two in every match” rule.
Much funnier things have happened.

Like they have for Rugby Union Honcho?

It is a different game. Their game is a woman’s game. Sporting contest is about two teams going at it. That is why we like to watch even Curling! I was one of the ten million who stayed up yo watch them win Gold! The fact that women are not as strong or as fast as men is not important.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3icM-nuLXs


^ England women's first ever game against Scotland in 1972
One of England's players was Scottish
Doesn't mention it in the video, but the ref was Scottish as well
Still won 2-3

Women won't play in Premier league

That's not the argument.

Women match up to 14/15 year old boys in terms of physicality

First 50/50 and the bird is stretchered off

People don’t seem to mind watching women’s tennis where the standard is not comparable. Anyway if you saw the crowd at the final it was mostly women so let them get on with it.

'bird', last time that expression was used to describe women was probably in some 1920's East London 'boozer'

1980's surely mes....and by me in 2025 obvs

Have I missed the bus parade in London?

Some here do not have the ability to differentiate between the women's and men's game. Such a shame, and a huge embarrassment to their male counterparts.

That’s it mes.  It is good, healthy, family entertainment.  Long may it continue.  Activities that families can enjoy together should be encouraged.  But it will never reach the quality standard of real football.  And yes I am happy to reiterate  -  real football.

A damehood is surely in-waiting for Ms Sarina Wiegman now. It's the correct honour, and she deserves it. She won 2 consecutive Euros for England. A damehood will be the ultimate recognition of her achievement for herself, and also for England.

The England women's football team will undoubtedly win the Sport Team of the Year 2025. I hope to see one of the women players win the Sports Personality of the Year 2025 eg Chloe Kelly, Hannah Hampton, Leah Williamson, etc.

Honcho

The Oxford Thesaurus will be, in its next edition replacing whatever it's example of the term "back-handed compliment" with your offering above

Thank you. 
Logic would suggest that what she can do with the women she could surely achieve with the men?!  If we follow the female logic of things. 

Cherie lunghi was top drawer

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Well done to the Lioness winning the Nonsense Pottery Trophy.

Those penalties were borderline embarrassing again.

Don’t ever ask for equal pay again.

Youse are miles off it.


Barton taking a pen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkKBONlgD2E

Barton staying relevant by talking about women's football

Nobody notices his opinions on men's foitball

Irony not dead.

hang on a second
must not be first
to notice.....
women play cricket...??!!??
they any good..?