Season › 2024-25 › Opinion › Talking Points England Women win Euros!!! by Dave Abrahams | 27/07/2025 9 Comments [Jump to last] Well done to the Lionesses for their penalty shoot-out win over Spain! The women’s final was a very good game to watch and the England squad seem to be managed by the lady in charge a lot better than the men’s team were by Sir Southgate. The ladies game is getting bigger and better every season and is getting watched by bigger attendances — maybe Goodison Park will last a lot longer than I thought it would. Return to Talking Points index : Add your Comments » Reader Comments (9) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer () Dale Self 1 Posted 27/07/2025 at 20:19:39 Congratulations Ingerlinda! Derek Knox 2 Posted 27/07/2025 at 20:30:45 Well done to the Lion Jesses, on another win, and successful Penalty Shoot Out ! Robert Tressell 3 Posted 27/07/2025 at 20:54:44 Yes Derek - great to see the women bring home a trophy. Thought the Spanish were very unlucky not to win in 120 minutes. They are good side - but we held our nerve. Danny O'Neill 4 Posted 28/07/2025 at 07:05:38 I watched the final last night. My view remains the same, having watched and helped coach women's teams for years. The standard has improved over the years. The game is naturally slower and littered with mistakes, more so than the mens game. The goalkeepers are a bit iffy and the penalties have been eye-brow raising. But it's entertaining to watch and will continue to grow. I think our owners have seen the potential hence Goodison and player investment.On wage parity, I think the players get that from the FA, the difference being bonuses and sponsorship. League wise, it will be a while as it will be based on revenue generated.Average WSL attendances were down last season. Only Arsenal neared 30,000. I think Everton's at Walton Hall Park struggled to reach 1,000. We've only just had the first £1m pound transfer in the women's game.It will be a while before the WSL is generating anything like the Premier League in terms of TV revenue and sponsorship, which in turn will reflect salaries.That isn't being dismissive to the standard, quality and improvement of the women's game, just hard financial reality. Colin Glassar 5 Posted 28/07/2025 at 07:14:34 Well done to the lionesses. I forgot it was on last night as I don’t follow the female game but well done all the same. Wiegman will surely get an honorary Damehood now and it will be well deserved. Andy Crooks 6 Posted 28/07/2025 at 07:54:17 I like the women's football and watched plenty of games. I just hate the team being called "The Lionesses". I think it sounds patronizing and ridiculous. Mick O'Malley 7 Posted 28/07/2025 at 08:07:25 I live in a house full of women, I've got 3 daughters and a granddaughter and I’ll openly admit I've never watched 1 minute of women's football. I'm just not interested in it. I've watched the women in the 5 nations which I enjoyed but the football is not for me. That doesn't make me a dinosaur or a misogynist… to be honest I don't watch the England men's team cos I hate International football. Andy Meighan 8 Posted 28/07/2025 at 08:45:37 Go in any pub club, workplace etc, where the majority of folk are male and I'll guarantee 99.9% of them won't be talking about the Women's Euros (coughs).But I'll bet you they'll be talking about Everton’s tour of The States or Liverpool’s tour of Asia.You see, in my opinion, in our city you are born into a blue family or a red family and you quickly learn from an early age to love your club with a passion, and you gloat and mock when they get beat, and celebrate when we win.This will never ever happen to the women's game because, sorry, there's no pull for it.I'm not apologising here, women's football is absolutely shit but its rammed down our throats by the woke BBC and Sky, so I suppose its going to get the coverage it really doesn't warrant.I've said on another thread here I know a hell of a lot of Evertonians and I doubt if one of them could name me a player, let along recall a game.I've got brothers and mates who recall games through the ages, 60s, 70s, 80s etc like they were yesterday.Women and football doesn't mix.Sexist? No — just telling the truth. Peter Mills 9 Posted 28/07/2025 at 09:09:50 I really enjoyed the game. Fair play to that England team, they know how to battle through. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. How to get rid of these ads and support TW © ToffeeWeb