England’s Euro 2022 triumph had little impact on inner-city girls, report finds

Georgia Stanway (left) and Leah Williamson at Wembley after England have won Euro 2022. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

England’s historic success at the European Championship last summer has had little impact on inner-city teenage girls with 63% unable to name any of the Lionesses, according to new research from Football Beyond Borders and Youth Beyond Borders.

With 100 days to go before the Women’s World Cup starts in Australia and New Zealand, the report also found that one in four teenage girls still never watch women’s football and only 17% are part of a club.