Former Lionesses captain Carol Thomas has tipped England to lay claim to the Women’s World Cup this summer and underlined the crucial impact another major tournament triumph would reap on the country’s grassroots game.
Less than 24 hours after the Wembley final, the Lionesses penned an open letter to the Tory leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss spelling out demands for the progression of women’s football.
In March, the government heeded the calls of Sarina Wiegman’s squad as the government pledged a multimillion-pound funding package to provide equal access to all sports in PE for boys and girls in England, alongside new rules that schools must deliver at least two hours of PE each week and that girls and boys should be able to play the same sports in lessons and after-school clubs in a bid to increase participation amongst girls in sport, a key driving point of the Lionesses’ letter.
