England: Fifa Women's World Cup 2019 squad announcement live

Summary

Captain Steph Houghton first to be revealed by Duke of Cambridge
Goalkeepers: Telford, Bardsley, Earps
Defenders: Houghton, Bronze, Stokes, Daly, Greenwood, Bright, McManus, Williamson
Midfielders: Moore, Walsh, Scott, Carney, Stanway, Staniforth
Forwards: Duggan, White, Kirby, Parris, Mead, Taylor
Tournament in France starts 7 June
Lionesses joined by Argentina, Japan and Scotland in Group D
Get Involved: #bbcworldcup or text 81111 (UK only)

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Georgia Stanwaypublished at 11:04 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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Abbie McManuspublished at 11:03 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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Triple announcement incoming...
Postpublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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This is a great shout.
Make it happen, Lionesses!
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Karen Carneypublished at 10:49 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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Love this one.
Rachel Yankey and her little helper confirm Karen Carney is in the squad.
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'Honoured and proud'published at 10:48 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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Get Involvedpublished at 10:42 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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Beth Knight‏: Absolutely loving these Women's World Cup squad announcements!
Sulaimon Adelekan: Brilliant announcement. I am so loving it. The Engliah squad will do well at the World Cup.
Jake Gallagher: Love what Lionesses are doing. Great idea, executing brilliantly.
'We are in a really difficult group'published at 10:32 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
Phil Neville
England Women head coach on BBC Breakfast
“It’s 32 days until we play Scotland. Scotland are fantastic and Shelley Kerr is a great coach.
"We are in a really difficult group, with three dangerous teams in Scotland, Argentina and Japan.
"We are the third ranked team in the world and there is a lot of expectation but our performances have been really good and there is more to come from these players.”
The fixturespublished at 10:30 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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The Lionesses dates you need to look out for for their group games this Summer:
England v Scotland - Sunday 9 June, kick-off 17:00 BST
England v Argentina - Friday 14 June, kick-off 20:00 BST
Japan v England - Wednesday 19 June, kick-off 20:00 BST
Jill Scottpublished at 10:26 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
She pulled out of the Lionesses squad for the SheBelieves Cup, but returning for her fourth World Cup... It's Jill Scott.
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Millie Brightpublished at 10:23 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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Chelsea defender Millie Bright gets the nod.
Millie will continue writing columns for the BBC throughout the tournament, so keep your eyes peeled for those.
You can read her latest here.
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Get Involvedpublished at 10:20 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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Jess Hawkins: Loving this Lionesses World Cup squad announcement!!
Lucy Hinchey: I’m so here for this announcement
Soccer_niall: These Lionesses World Cup squad announcements are sick!!! Well done to everyone involved!!
Oliver Hargreave‏: This Lionesses squad announcement is brilliant!
Karen Bardsleypublished at 10:13 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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Get the rave on!
Jordan Pickford doing the honours...
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Nikita Parrispublished at 10:12 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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Great to see Becks involved in the announcement.
"Nikita will wear the number 7 shirt this summer. Obviously it's a shirt I wore for many years with pride. It's a shirt I captained my country in and I know Nikita will do the same and wear this with pride.
"Also a message to phil and all the Lionesses. Good Luck, we'll be watching."
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Nikita Parrispublished at 10:09 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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Here he is.
From one number 7 to another...
David Beckham confirms Nikita Parris' place in the Lionesses World Cup squad.
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'It's coming home'published at 10:05 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
The Lioness' kit gets the seal of approval from Chelcee Grimes and Zuzu.
Whilst we've got a bit of a breather from the announcements, here are some of this summer's World Cup kits rated.
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Women's World Cup 2019 kits rated by Chelcee Grimes and Zuzu
Fran Kirbypublished at 09:54 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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Almost half way through now.
England's mini Messi AKA Fran Kirby is off to France.
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Keira Walshpublished at 09:53 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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Man City's Keira Walsh scored the opening goal in Saturday's FA Cup final at Wembley with this long-range beauty.
Plenty more of those, please!
Keira Walshpublished at 09:50 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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BBC Radio 1 DJ Monki has stepped it up a gear with the announcement game.
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Alex Greenwoodpublished at 09:45 British Summer Time 8 May 2019
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