That Lionesses Podcast - Jill & Leah: Final Feels, Fan Love & Monopoly Mayhem | That Lionesses Podcast Connected by EE

Episode Date: July 26, 2025

To round off a fantastic journey, captain Leah Williamson and 2022 EURO winner Jill Scott join Harriet for the final episode of the series. They look back at the last four weeks and the resilience the team have shown throughout every game. Talk soon turns to Sunday’s highly anticipated final against Spain and what it would mean to the players to lift the trophy once again. Follow @lionesses on Instagram, WhatsApp and X, plus @england on TikTok, Facebook and YouTube so you don’t miss a thing! We’d love to get your feedback on ‘That Lionesses’ Podcast’. This survey will only take 5 mins to complete and your honest thoughts will be extremely valuable in helping to shape England content in the future: https://project.tolunastart.com/s/So58M  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I've been in the gym and I have been doing a few interviews. No, no, no. Hey! Nobody's actually seen her in the gym. Everybody just hears, I'm on my way to the gym. Obviously I do. I make it. Yeah, like the arguing over who's got like Mayfair on the morning.

Who's got the wild property card which we're sure Beth keeps in her pocket. Yeah, I think she does. And then a few hours later they're going out to fight for the countries. It's a day of opportunity and if we're good enough to win, then, you know, I can imagine it's going to be 10 times as magical as it was before. The girls know what the job is and what they've got to do. And it's not a thing about England v Spain. It's about England winning that gear.

Hello and welcome to a very special episode of That Lioness' podcast, Connected by EE. I'm Harriet Rose and we are just hours away from England facing Spain in the Euros 2025 final. To get us excited, we have two incredibly special guests. One of them is a Lioness legend with more than 150 caps and was part of the winning team in 2022. The other is the captain who lifted that trophy and is hungry for more. It is a pleasure to introduce Jill Scott and Leah Williamson. Welcome. What a duo.

Oh, I am happy to be here with you. I won't pretend I'm not. Really? Yeah, genuinely. That means a lot. I've been hanging around outside this door for three weeks and I haven't been allowed in and I've finally got my call up. Yeah, I don't know how they let you in actually. Security are on their way though, don't they? Yeah, I've heard. You've only got 10 minutes. Yeah, wrap it up. This is England's third consecutive major tournament final. An incredible feat. Talk to me about how you're feeling as both player and captain. Just very proud. There's loads of things that happen when you get to a tournament. Like, you know what I mean. Where if you didn't make it to a final, you wouldn't think about them.

You just let them go. But when you then get to it, you think, I'm so happy we're here because you do plan in your head. Like you want, you just don't know, you commit to it, you commit to the dream and you're like, right, I want to be here till the end. And then all of a sudden you actually are. And you think it is an achievement in itself to reach a final 100%. But we know what it feels like to win and naturally we want more. And that's great. Yeah you know what it is such an achievement though when I today I was walking through Zurich obviously I've got a little bit more free time than Leah and you see the the 16 teams like you know the groups and I'm like there's literally only two

left which I know is state in the obvious but I was like had a little walk today and I'm like, there's literally only two left, which I always state in the obvious, but I was like, had a little walk today and I was like, that's so special when you look at the teams that have gone out, France, Germany. And what it takes to actually get to the final. Yeah, exactly. Same with the rule chart. Like you walk in and it's completely empty,

nobody's kicked the ball yet. And then all of a sudden our name is in the final and I think it's just great. It is, it is, well done. Thanks, Jill. I feel like after the last game, Yeah in the final and I think it's just it's just great Well done Thanks, Joe. I feel like after the last game seeing your smile. You've got a very infectious Smile and I saw it as soon as it was one because we were watching it on TV and your smile suddenly just appeared and it's like Going I guess from that mentality of fight fight fight fight fight to oh, okay. I can relax Yeah, five seconds. Oh smiling a lot more after Chloe's goal than I was Meach's.

Meach's I was like, right, job done. Yeah, let's go. Yeah. And then Chloe scored. I thought this could be, this could be good. I forgot that it was going to extra time when that call went in. I was like, yeah, everyone celebrate. And I was like, we've won.

And then I was like, Oh, I was thinking, I, I can't do another one of these, this is awful. But it was, you see the emotion, like you said, you're completely, everybody is on job. And then as soon as that final whistle goes, and we very much, we don't just say it for effect, you've been in the environment, you know what it's like, we very much get through each game, take each game as it comes, and then you win this game,

because that's the goal, you've come here to win a game of football and then you think oh now we're in the final. It takes a little while to sink in because you're not associating with that, it's just win this game of football in front of you. Yous are such a special group of players though, I think you know when to turn it on, it's time to work and then afterwards you just see you relax and I think like that takes a lot to do that like in and around you'll be playing cards you relax you've got that kind of team morale and then it's like they become different people when they step over that white line. I've seen you in the morning, we were just all having a chill, we were just playing Monopoly and

yeah yeah yeah just chilling out and then as soon as you like you say you turn up to a game it's like... Yeah like they're arguing over who's got like Mayfair on the morning who's got the wild property card which wish your best keeps in her pocket yeah I think she does and then a few hours later they're going out to fight for the country so no they are a very very special group and that has been something I've taken in having been here in this time it's like how do you do that? I don't think I'm ever going to fathom it, but Leah, I want to ask, like, it's obviously

been a whirlwind, like you said, and you've taken it game for game, but what has it actually been like the past month? How's it felt for you, like, living in Zurich, being here immersed in it in the moment, game to game? How's it felt for you? I've actually really, really loved it, and that surprises, like you know me as a person, so I get really homesick. I'm the same.

From the minute I leave my house, I'm homesick. Like I'm ready to go home. Yeah. And every single time we've got through a game, or you know, we've had to travel for a couple of games and it's like knowing that we're coming back here, back to our base camp, back to our home. Like I said, like you just really commit to the dream and you don't think about the final but you know that

where it is and you know that you want to be there. So then day to day it's like you want to take it all in, you want to enjoy the moments with everybody but at the same time you're here for a job and we, like Jill says, we seem to do it so seamlessly where you where I don't feel, I feel like I'm living life, but just in this crazy, like crazy way. But I've honestly loved it, I've loved it. And the team, you never know what a team's gonna be like when you actually get to a tournament, like people being away for so long.

You see every side of a person. And it's been really nice like the environment and the girls and it's just yeah it's nice. Your family is so great though aren't they? Yeah. They are, they're literally like there every tournament, every game. My family, yeah. They've been doing subs like rotations. I'm screaming. Some fly out, some fly in. Tap in like at the airport just high-fiving as one goes back through. There was one day where it was, I think it was just, it was like me for like 12 hours in Zurich.

Were you okay? Yeah, and I was like, this is, somebody said, what are you doing, so I said, just chilling here. Got no one. And then my dad came back, so it was nice. Leah does a Zoom call on a Thursday with all her family and tells them who's been selected. Yeah. It's like you've made the call, you haven't. It's like traitors, you wear a cloak and you're like just pointing out. Yeah. Jill, you've also been out here most of the time because you've been back and forth doing. Has she? Yeah. She's

been at work. I think they're sick of us now, to be honest. I think at first they were like, oh, Jill's here, it's nice, we can have a coffee. Now, every time I walk in that room, they're like, are you still here? You get the most abuse out of everybody. I know I do. It's probably because you don't have to do the hard bit, the training.

You can hang out, do the fun bits, see Zurich. Yeah, I've been in the gym, and I have been doing a few interviews. Hey! Whoa, whoa, whoa. Nobody's actually seen her in the gym. Everybody just hears, I'm on my been in the gym and I have been doing a few interviews. No, no, no. Hey! Nobody's actually seen her in the gym. Everybody just hears, I'm on my way to the gym. Yeah.

That's what it always is. I don't know if she ever makes it. I don't know if she actually does. We actually are going. Obviously I do. I make it. We're going through the process of checking the security cameras, don't we? We will have the results on that by the end of the episode.

But you've been obviously hanging around the players, which they've loved. No, we have, we have. She's still the best person to have around the team. Don't just say that because you're sat next to her. She was also paid a lot of money to say that. But you've also been around the fans. Yes.

How would you describe the feeling of the fans, like how they're feeling around the tournament? I think just really excited. I think for this team now, I think when I look back on previous tournaments that we did, you kind of have a lot of fans going into a tournament and then there'd be a big drop off and then you might get a few more for the next tournament than another drop off. But I think

one thing I can say about this team and what they've done is they have fans for life now. No matter what happens you can see how loyal they are. Like, and yeah, when I'm walking around and you just hear like dads talking to the daughters and they're so excited about the games. And I was on the train coming back from the last game and there was this couple behind us and I could hear them saying, you know what? I love seeing Kira Walsh get higher up and taking all them shots. And I was going to try and record up and taking all them shots. So do I. And I was going to try and record it and I thought I can't do that. But I think just the fans are just enjoying the whole experience.

Some of them have been out here for the whole three, four weeks. And yeah, it's just lovely to see. I've had people texting me who've never seen a football in their life being like, oh my God, I'm thrilled. I've been in every game. And everyone is behind you. Like the whole of the'm thrilled. I'm in every game. And everyone is behind you. Like the whole of the, I know I'm hearing so much, obviously we're hearing this little kind of echo chain. Yeah. It's hard to connect to it because yeah, especially I know like we literally don't

go into the outside world. So like we have no idea. We hear ripples. It's sort of like big brother. No, honestly, honestly. Yeah. It's like entices you because you could, you could sort of go and engage if you wanted to, but it's dangerous, dangerous world. Yeah. Well, everybody is like, as you've said and as you've seen Jill, everyone is behind you and it's just, it's so exciting.

But I wanna have a little look back at the past month before we come onto the final. It began, all began with the game against France, a defeat which obviously left some people writing England off. That annoyed us so much. Same. So annoyed us. Same. But as you've said many times, you can't write off the Lionesses. How do you reflect on that game now and what the squad learned from it and how they've implemented it? The thing is we didn't play our best football. It's always, it's a lot easier and what the squad learned from it and how they've implemented it?

The thing is we didn't play our best football. It's always, it's a lot easier to lose a game. It's not easier, but what I mean is it didn't knock our confidence because it wasn't our best. If that was our absolute best and we lost, that's worrying and you're thinking, oh God, you know, what happens now? But I think the biggest thing is that then after that every single game has been a final because every time we had to get a result we had to win. Which I think was obviously you'd love to win your first game

and we won in 2022 when we won our first game. I'm not saying that's not important but if you're going to lose then use it and I think we did and the way we came together, the language I think it changed the language that we started using together because we had to learn a lot about ourselves in a really quick like it was a you know straight away yeah and you're so honest the one yeah I think you knew that wasn't your best performance but I think the thing that annoyed me was 2017 I think we beat France for the first time in 44 years. So it's not like France are just an easy team to play first game of the tournament but I think it was almost good to have that game because it was like this is the level we need every single game

but to write them off oh I was getting so annoyed I had to stay off social media. Yeah I think it's best because that's the thing it's like you've got to stay honed in on the goal. And one thing that you guys all did was not panic and stay absolutely goal-driven game by game and treating every game like a final. And finally we're here at the actual final. So it worked. Yeah.

Jill, the players obviously have to dig deep every game. Yeah. Pushing into extra time, sometimes penalties. From your perspective, what's impressed you most about their resilience? Yeah, I think definitely that. When I see them still running, tracking back, fighting for each other,

like you know how it feels when it goes into extra time, especially in a tournament when you might have already played five games. And I've just been so impressed with the work rate. When they spoke about the Netherlands game, I know everybody was talking about the in possession and the goals. You could just tell like everybody was, somebody would give the ball away and you could see the mate was like, I'm gonna go and get it back for you and I think because like I would like to think when I played I loved that side of the game I was just so impressed by it so yeah you can speak about

resilience determination but I think it's just been a combination of everything really. Absolutely I mean actually saying that Leah something I've picked up on is kind of you mentioned earlier how close the players are and the incredible environment you and them have built. Would you say that's the heart of the spirit of the team is that connection that you guys all have, that mutual respect and like, I guess, like in meshing that you guys have experienced? Yeah, it's, we had a conversation, like a really honest conversation

after the first game, obviously. And one of the comments that came out of it was like, it was a lonely game of football to play in terms of, like, we all just felt really far away from each other. And like Jill says, if I make a mistake, she tidies up for me. It's like an unwritten rule and I know what she's done for me and I'll do it back. And it's like, we're really good at that and we just it just wasn't our day and I think ever since that has become the heart of it like I give I take care of myself first but then anything I have to give I give extra and I think that's what you're

seeing with like the players are running themselves literally into the ground and then the next girl comes on to back up her mate. Before anything else, before her football does the talking, before the skill, before any of the stuff that wins you the games, ultimately it comes down to a base level line of I've got your back, do what you can do, I'll do what I can do and everybody's, I think I said after the semi like every cog in the wheel has played their role down to a tee and you don't win a tournament without that. Mm-hmm. It's screaming from the players, the Lionesses scream that like level of kind of connection with each other, it's crazy. Yeah, well I just think the game is so, so the women's game is, the level has risen so much.

You don't win a game. Back in the day, it used to be like, if you were the hardest working team, because not every team was professional. So if you could run, if you could, you'd probably win. Like over the semi-pro teams. Then, you know, all of a sudden you get, you've got real technical players

that have been playing so much football and had such good coaching all the way growing up. They were winning football games and now it's like, you have to be this hybrid team, you have to be able to work so hard and then you have to have the skill level and, you know, the fancy, but neither of us have known before. We'll just call it fancy stuff then. Fancy stuff, I don't really engage in, but somebody else should should and then they can't play a long ball like you though. Well, like you say, though, like you're discussing every single member of the 23 team is important. How do you foster the energy that each player feels that they are that important member of the team, because it is 23 of you coming out and winning these games and taking it home. Having like, had different roles in the team,

like if I go back to 2019 World Cup, I spent a lot of time with you and Kaz. Yeah. Don't tell me you don't remember. No, I do remember. It's very impactful for me. Imagine. I was like, who's, who's, who's this kid

just following us around all the time? Me and Kaz are trying to discuss retirement. But I was, I was a baby and I had to figure out my own, I had to occupy myself because I wasn't playing and I had energy to burn that other people didn't, my mates were playing. So you have to take care of yourself to a certain extent, but then there's moments where you just connect with somebody or somebody just makes you feel important and like you're offering something in that way. And maybe you are just the opposition in training, you know, that's your role. But when I'd go into those meetings, I'd listen and like try and be the best opposition I could be so that my teammates are ready to go out. And it's like you just find whatever your

role is, whatever position you fit in in a team, not everyone can play. And starting is obviously self-explanatory, but if you're not starting every game and it's tough, it's really tough. So it's, you look after yourself, but your teammates have to look after you too. Whereas we, like Jill says, off the pitch, we're all equal. There's no hierarchy. There's no, which I think is true. Yeah, definitely. No, definitely.

I think you can see that, but it's funny when you say about being the opposition in training, so if you're not playing, but that is so important because you win tournaments on that. Yeah. And I remember seeing in 2022, I think Fran was playing in the 10 and she was running rings round us. And I was like, just do that in the game.

I was like, I literally can't cope with you. And she was like, I'm sure she went, are you playing rubbish because you meant to be the opposition? And I was like, I'm really tired. I was like, I'm giving it my all. But I think if you can have a good attitude and try your best, even if like you're being an Austria player

or something like that, it's so important, isn't it? Yeah, because you can't, you literally can't do, like you don't win tournaments without every single role being taken care of. And it's the same with the staff. Like we'll always show appreciation to the staff because every single person has a role. If they weren't there, you'd notice.

So everybody has to do whatever it is is required of them. And then, yeah, some girls get their flowers and some girls have amazing moments, but behind that moment is 23 girls that have done everything to make that stage. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, but I feel like as captain, you also make it very clear every time that it's 23 of you. Like that's something I've really, and I feel like the whole team does that, you know?

Yeah. And like that's- It's not for show. It's not a cliche. It's the truth. It's the real. And you literally don't win without 23. So- She does walk around in the lounge bit with her captain's armband on. Yeah. Just flexing, flexing one muscle. I've seen her making a tee before and she just captain's armband on. Just flexing one muscle. I've seen her making a tea before

and she just has her armband on. Just so that you know that it's her. But there's no hierarchy? No, no, no hierarchy. There's no hierarchy, but Jill, do you walk in and you're like, I'm the queen? No, definitely. Just remember who the queen is?

Definitely not. I'm the one making the cups of tea. I should be getting the mood for me actually. I think you had a cup of tea made from you when you walked in the room. Yeah I did, thank you. I should have come in here more often rather than down there. It wasn't Megan for an invite. Let's talk about Serena for a moment. She's taken this team to their third consecutive final. What do you think it is about Serena that makes players want to give absolutely everything?

Well, I was chatting before and I said that I think what she's done so great with this team is she's worked out what you guys need. And I think she's just so calm in their moments. And I think you really respond to just being calm. You don't want loads of noise. You don't want these rallying team talks, like you just wanna know your job if there's a problem and how to solve it.

She, exactly what Jill says, and when you get to a tournament, she's, she just, she just like turns on this, she just knows. Yeah. You know, like she, she just reads a room well, and I think tournament football is just where she just comes, comes alive and her record speaks for itself.

It's, you know. Yeah, yeah. And work so hard behind the scenes as well, obviously with all the coaching staff as well, but people don't see the three, four o'clock in the morning, staying up, analysing teams, and then back up at eight o'clock, doing the same again.

And I've been picking up my flat white on the morning. You can just see them, like the work they put in is absolutely incredible. And I know you speak about the three finals for England, but the last five in terms of being manager for the Netherlands, like I can't even find the word to say what that achievement means. And no one's ever done it.

No, never. So, yeah, I'm obviously biggest Serena fan. When she came on the pod, I asked her about her glasses because she obviously changed the look. I watched that podcast. Thanks. Yep, I did. Did you think it was good? Yeah, it was really good. It was rubbish. No, it was really good.

Thanks. Really good. I asked her about the glasses and I was like, there were some comments and I was like, there were some comments on it being like, should we give it a fan vote next time? Yeah. I was like, I'm a bit worried because she might end up wearing sort of like Elton John glasses in the next, but maybe she should just switch it up for the next one. Literally come out wearing like tiny John Lennon or like massive Anna Wintour. Every game. Imagine Anna Wintour. She literally walks on and she's like. She's clipped in a fringe as well.

You know what I've seen in that, like this is what I mean about she never changes, because I think she actually corrected you and said, I've changed them this many times actually. And she is like that, isn't she? Like she's direct and she'll tell you, and she'll never like, say if you say something, like a lot of the time I just go along with

what this lot say, even if I if I think oh that's not right but she'll she'll always always tell you. She's a sickler for the for the fact yes exactly you're a bit banter you know like bit of English yeah yeah and she's not she would have missed the word or something and she'll just kill it like what yeah you know like now I'm gonna need you to explain it again. It's like, I can't really say that again. I can't say it was funny the first time. Now it's maybe disrespectful.

Well, she's an icon, she's a legend. Now let's look ahead at the final. Leah, England are playing Spain. Don't know if you know. But you were worth it. No idea. Is there a score to settle here? I don't think that's how I would describe it personally.

I also wasn't in Australia. So, you know, not gonna speak for other people, but I think it's more, what I like about playing against Spain, like everybody respects them, but we respect their style of football so much and that goes without saying. But the game that it requires from us is what I think brings out the best in us. At the end of the day, somebody has to win a football game, but I don't know if you agree with me.

Like if I go back to previous games against Spain, they always, I'm proud of us. And I'm, yeah, what it requires of us is what I think when you walk off a pitch, you can be really proud of as an English footballer. Like talking about. And you're used to playing against them, aren't you? Like, you know, obviously we're no Spanish teams

in the past that going to possess the ball But I think what England always do well is you can still be in control even though they've got the ball And when you've got that togetherness and everything else and it's just them days where you're like come on then have a go breaking us down But when I look at this team as well going forward, I feel like the solid defensively But then also going forward, like Spain must be thinking, wow, they can come at us from every single angle. So yeah, it's going to be a good game, but I suppose it's probably one of them, regardless of who

the opposition is, the girls know what the job is and what they've got to do. And it's not a thing about England v Spain, it's about England winning that game. And that's what's so beautiful, the whole time, the respect for the other teams. Like I think Lucy was saying it in the press lineup. They said, oh, who would you rather play, Germany or Spain? And she was like, I don't care. They're both really, really talented teams. We'll see what happens. I definitely would have guessed Lucy would have given that answer. Yeah. And she genuinely, she's a ton of vision now.

Yeah. Yeah, I love that. Jill, that World Cup final was obviously two years ago with Spain, and these are two very different teams now. How have you seen the Lionesses squad evolve since the World Cup? Yeah, I think obviously it was a really difficult game. I think one thing in sport which people don't see is when you go from tournament to tournament and you go from club season to club season and the Lioness is making that final in the World Cup. Yeah, I think since then you've seen the girls progress. I think I've seen them taking a step back and watching them in the league games I was at the Champions League final and was just such a kind of proud fan of you, Alessia, Beth, like Chloe and Lota and just seeing them get them achievements but they've come on individually

like so much in that time and there might be experiences with England but then also club football as well so yeah it's a completely different time but again an incredible achievement. I think we speak about finals now like we expect the Lionesses to be there but when I think back to the past to make a final would have just been absolutely everything and it still is but it's like there's this expectation that they carry now and you know what a win in 2022 took a lot but this tournament has took everything. And I think that's what me, as their biggest fan, I'm most proud of. That is so lovely to hear.

She earns that title. She is the biggest fan, because I don't know anyone else that pays into the environment, that's not in the environment, pays into it as much as Jill does. Yeah, well, we heard a lot of that. Like when we heard, you know,

that you were joining the sort of camp in a way that it was because everybody loves being around you and you're such a positive influence on the whole team it's just so nice to have someone like that I guess along inside you guys right? Yeah and somebody that's been been there and done it in it yeah but in this casual you know what you are you like consultant. Like a casual consultant. Casual. No, no, not like a surgeon, far from a surgeon. You're like a surgeon.

Like a doctor. A consultant before sending you in person. You're like somebody that, you know, the company. No, a consultant. Yeah, trying to better themselves and they're like, right, we want to focus on this and we're going to bring in this expert. And you just seem to be an expert in lots of different

areas but it does make a difference like I see Kira talking about it today about Jill and just bringing like a level of normal conversation when there is some of the conversation yeah it's not far from normal but it's like Joe says there is an expectation of us it's changed changed the dynamic. The dynamic since 22 has changed. The landscape of women's football for us has changed. And we're aware of the expectation and we have to like really block that out because there's nothing we can do about it.

We're gonna try our best. We'll see what happens. So for you to be able to bridge that and come in, it's nice because you understand, but you don't put that pressure on us. But then I think back to all the games that we played, obviously we were always playing cards and you always come in on match day in the morning

and I'm like, you just keep saying, you'll be fine. When you come back here tonight, this unwavering belief, so I suppose where other people have expectation, Gilles is just pure belief and it's nice to have somebody like that around. To be fair Serena did just say it was one day like you're doing some interviews so you can pop in for a coffee I don't think she thought I'd be there as much as I am. I think she's chuffed that you are though. Coffee on the morning, coffee at lunchtime. She's like why did I say she could have all this coffee?

But no they're a great group and I think I retired, everybody asks us all the time, do you miss playing? Do you miss football? And I always answer, you know what? I don't miss playing, but I miss being around the team. Like I miss it so much. Like when you're going to work on your own and stuff like that, I miss being around them. So this for me, I just feel so grateful that I've got to do

this part with the girls. Yeah, I think without any of the hard work. Yeah, exactly. I've been to the gym twice. The honorary 24th player. 100%. 100%. Definitely not. Leah, the Lionesses are defending their championship.

What would it mean to you to win? I think like Jill says, you know, we had a fairy tale in 2022 and it was the first time and it was at Wembley and it was in England and everything was magical I'm never ever gonna take anything away from that but to win this now what it would take to win I would like I'm from a teammates perspective looking around my team I think 2022 felt like it was for everybody everywhere whereas this would be really really special for us as

players to know that we were capable of doing that, knowing how hard that task is, let alone what effect it will have. So yeah, it's just, I think we said it before back in 2022, but it's an opportunity, it's a day of opportunity. And if we're good enough to win then you know I can imagine it's going to be

ten times as magical as it was before. And do you guys have a little message for the fans? Because as we mentioned earlier, they are behind you, they are ready to scream at the telly or in the stadium. So have you got a message for the fans? Well, I am a fan, so you see a message to me. Come on. I need to go buy. Firstly, you've had your money's worth with your tickets because the games have been going 220

and we've given you a good show of drama, so you're welcome. Yeah, you definitely give us our money worth. You've also give us heart attacks, but we won't go into that. Yeah, blood pressure's pretty low, but mine are. No, I just think, thank you. I think after that first game, like we said, a lot of people wrote us off. I think real fans, stay with you.

And I hope that, I just really, really hope that when people look at us, they see people that are so proud to be doing what they're doing and would give out anything and everything to achieve like the goal and the dream of winning it But mostly we want you to have a good time and we're aware of our success being directly correlated to that

so I just think thanks for sticking by us and We're glad to have got to a final we will do everything in in our power to to go one more. Thank you. That really means a lot. I was being really serious. I didn't look at you once. She knew it was for her though. Yeah. I really felt it. Oh Leah, Jill thank you so much. Oh is it all? Yeah. Oh, I was having such a nice time. Oh, somebody film that and send it to my boss. What? Leah, Jill, thank you so much for joining me on that Linux

podcast connected by EE. And it's the last time I'm going to be able to say that. We are sending you, obviously, an abundance of luck and well wishes for the game, Leah. Whatever the outcome, as we've both said, and as all the fans are saying, we could not be prouder of this incredible group of players. And that is it, our final episode.

Thank you for listening, watching, and being part of this amazing journey. It has truly been a joy. But before we go, I have one last request. There's still one game left. So, it's time for you to bring your A game. Get your shirts on, paint your faces with England flags, maybe even put an England bow tie on your dog.

However you show your support, make it loud and proud because this team has given us everything over these past four weeks and they deserve nothing less. Thanks for being with us. And for one final time, come on England!