Women footballers hope for boost from Euros glory

Sophie Tinson hopes the Lionesses' success will lead to more funding for women's football

Hull City Ladies players say they hope the success of the Lionesses at the Euro 2025 tournament will result in more funding for women's football.

The England women's team beat Spain to lift the trophy in the final in Basel on Sunday.

Sophie Tinson, a striker for Hull City Ladies FC, said: "You haven't got many big clubs around here so hopefully it will bring more funding here."

Hull City Ladies compete in the FA Women's National League North, the third tier of women's football in England.

Defender Darcie Sugden-Brook says her generation has seen big improvements in the game

Tinson said her brother got her involved with football and she started off playing in a boys' team, before working her way up the system to Hull City Ladies.

She hoped the success of the Lionesses would lead to more funding for women's clubs in the lower leagues.

"All the girls that are coming through in Hull and York… there's obviously got to be some talent out there somewhere, so hopefully it'll bring them through, and we can bring them through Hull City Ladies," she said.

Defender Darcie Sugden-Brook said the women's game had already improved for her generation.

"There's definitely going to be a lot more coverage of women's football, but I already think it's getting bigger in itself," she said.

The club's physio, Jamie Lee Robinson, said the team had seen an increase in the number of spectators, especially young girls.

"I think women's [football] is just as important as men's," she said.

"It would be nice to see that progression of spectators and more people playing as well."

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