Women's Euro 2025 can continue inspiring girls to take up sport says captain of Worcester City Women
The competition is currently taking place in Switzerland, with England looking to defend their crown after winning the tournament back in 2022
A Worcester women’s footballer says she believes the current Women’s Euro 2025 tournament will inspire so many more girls to take up the sport.
The competition is taking place in Switzerland, with England looking to defend their crown after winning the trophy back in 2022.
A Chloe Kelly winner in extra-time sealed their first major title success on that day as they beat Germany 2-1 in front of a packed out Wembley stadium which had over 87,000 fans in attendance.
Jessica Fassnidge is the captain of the Worcester City Women team and has been playing the sport since she was back in school.
She says seeing players can now pursue a full-time career as a footballer has been so important to see and the game has just gone from strength to strength with how its grown.
"There seems to be more and more females that are now also realising this isn't just an industry to go into play," she said.
"Personally I still think we've got quite a way to still go yet with women's football, but to think when I first started I was in a boys team, there wasn't any all-girl teams, so to see that growth and women can now have a career in it is exciting.
"I can imagine there's a lot more young girls out there that are probably more inspired as a result of the last Euros, so it's quite exciting to see actually, what legacy is now going to be left behind by this current one."
England's next match is against the Netherlands on Wednesday (9 July), before they play Wales in the final group stage match on Sunday (13 July).
Ahead of the tournament West Midlands Railway also announced it had named one of its newest trains in honour of England footballer Jess Carter who grew up in Warwickshire.