There were wild celebrations in Manchester’s fan zone at the final whistle on Sunday evening as more than 2,000 people, some of whom had arrived three hours before kick-off to queue for a seat, celebrated England’s Euros victory.
Fans, including the former Lioness Stacey Copeland, gathered in the Piccadilly Gardens venue at the end of a watershed tournament that began against Austria just a few miles west, at Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium. .