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BBCHull City Ladies football players have said they hope the success of the Lionesses during the Euro 2025 tournament will result in more funding for women’s football.
The England women’s team are due to play Spain in the Euros final in Basel at 17:00 BST.
Sophie Tinson, a forward for Hull City Ladies FC, said: “You haven’t got many big clubs around here so hopefully it will bring more funding here.”
Hull City Ladies compete in the FA Women’s National League North, the third tier of the women’s English football league.
Ms Tinson said her brother got her involved with football and she started off playing in a boys’ team, before working her way up the system to Hull City Ladies.
She hoped the successful Lionesses Euros campaign would lead to more funding for women’s clubs in the lower leagues.
“All the girls that are coming through in Hull and York… there’s obviously got to be some talent out there somewhere, so hopefully it’ll bring them through, and we can bring them through Hull City Ladies.”
One of the team’s defenders, Darcie Sugden-Brook, said the women’s game had already improved for her generation.
“There’s definitely going to be a lot more coverage of women’s football, but I already think it’s getting bigger in itself,” she said.
The club’s physio, Jamie Lee Robinson, said the team had seen an increase in the number of spectators, especially young girls.
“I think women’s is just as important as men’s”, she said.
“It would be nice to see that progression of spectators and more people playing as well,” she added.
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