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Louise Taylor

Mud, sweat and cheers: six of the most memorable women’s Euros

Hope Powell Euro Euros England Germany Inka Grings Karen Carney Pia Sundhage Sweden Denmark
From left: Germany's Nadine Angerer at Euro 2013 and Silvia Neid at Euro 1991, Lieke Martens of the Netherlands with the trophy in 2017, Germany's Inka Grings at Euro 2005 and Sweden in action during the 1984 final.
From left: Germany's Nadine Angerer at Euro 2013 and Silvia Neid at Euro 1991, Lieke Martens of the Netherlands with the trophy in 2017, Germany's Inka Grings at Euro 2005 and Sweden in action during the 1984 final. Composite: AFP/Getty Images; Bongarts/Getty Images; Uefa/Getty Images; Empics Sport

1) 1984: the tournament shaped by ‘old men’

It is perhaps an exaggeration to call the first women’s European Championship a tournament given that the finals – staged between 8 April and 27 May 1984 and known as the European Competition for women’s football – involved only four teams. Matches were over two legs and staged home and away. This dictated that the Euros were spread across Denmark, Italy, England and Sweden, with England’s matches staged at Crewe’s Gresty Road (the venue for a victory against Denmark) and Luton’s Kenilworth Road.

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