Is this the day England win their first major football tournament since 1966? Join Daniel Harris for all the buildup before kick-off
Regardless of where you say the journey started, it’s been a long old time getting to here. But here we finally are, andSibbert founded Dick, Kerr Ladies in 1921, the team going on to play in front of crowds exceeding 51,000 while raising colossal sums of money for working-class causes .... so the FA, in hock to power, banned it, deeming football “quite unsuitable for females”.
But since then, the work, sacrifice and talent of heroic pioneers like Gillian Coultard, Marianne Spacey, Hope Powell, Anita Asante, Fara Williams and Kelly Smith has brought us to this point. Tomorrow, the challenge will be to move on – more girls playing, more girls watching, and from more diverse backgrounds – but today is all about today.
And we could scarcely have hoped for a better match-up to glorify it. Though Spain and France deserve our gratefulness – who knows where they’d be had the former not lost Alexia Putellas and Jenni Hermoso, the latter Marie-Antoinette Katoto – but England and Germany have been brilliant, expansive when they’ve been able to be and nails when they’ve had to be. They’ve earned the everything out of their presence at this stage, and anyone who claims to know what’s coming next is lying.
So over the next few hours we’ll look back at a sensational competition, forward to what should be a terrific final, and generally enjoy everything we’ve got to enjoy. Here we go!
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