Quote Originally Posted by Forest Green Bluebird View Post

Whether England were lucky doesn't really matter. They won and it will be so insprational for girls ... not just in England.
Last euro's my club had a few young girls ask to join, enough to start a U10 / 11 girls team ( we did have U14 and U13 girls teams at the time ) from a personally post of view, we have zero extra interest at U14 girls, nothing, not even a message, we kept the U14 going ( now play ladies ) but the U13 disbanded which is a shame, research shows that 43% of girls quit sports in the 1st year of secondary school, now thats a shocking % and one that society would be ashamed of

so while the ladies / girls game will always have its haters, the standard is improving, some of them little one / two touch triangles Spain used were outstanding, take it for what it is and its enjoyable