The Rest Is Football: Daly Brightness - FINAL EURO 2022 REWIND: Goosebumps On The Pitch And After Party Shenanigans 🤣

Episode Date: August 7, 2025

What was it really like to play in the EURO 2022 Final against Germany - and why couldn't anyone hear each other on the pitch? 😂 What did Jill Scott do in Millie Bright’s room the night after the win? And what does it feel like to watch the Lionesses bring it home again in 2025? From goosebump moments on the pitch to hilarious afterparty chaos, this final episode of our EURO 2022 Rewind series is packed with inside stories, laughs, and surprises you haven’t heard before. 💬 Hit play, relive the magic, and make sure you're subscribed - more iconic moments are just around the corner. Wherever it takes you. It Starts with a Swipe ®. Download Tinder today. https://tinder.com/en-GB/download  For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello and welcome to the rest of Football Daily Brightness. We've made it to the final episode of our Euro 22 Rewind series and we have got a treat in store for you. If you didn't catch the semi-final episode or indeed any of the others from the 2022 tournament head back and listen to those first. You'll find them all on the daily brightness feed. Right, Bestie, we left the listeners at the end of the last episode, recounting that emphatic 4-0 win over Sweden. Let's talk about post-Swedon heading into the final.

Unbelievable. Do you know what? Springs to mine straight away, doing that dance, I remember we'd always do that same dance. Me and Jill would do this dance, then we'd go around and we'd spot our families out in the crowd, and then we'd go and have our debrief. I just remember that that was such like a distinct moment for me,

like realizing you're going around cheering with the fans and were like, holy shit, we're actually in the final. Like, it was like a pinch me moment. It was like, it can't be real, can't be happening. That was probably the first time where we got a bit of a glimpse of like how excited the fans around us were because it was popping at Bramore Lane on it. It was ridiculous.

And then I remember... Popping off. It was popping off. And then I remember getting back to Lensbury. I don't think we slept that night No and everyone was just like Oh my God you're in the final Like everyone was so gas for us

I think yeah that's when you probably got A first bit of a taste of like Oh my God We could do something here Because I think regardless Like win or lose The nation was so proud of us And that was what we set out to do

We were in the final We've inspired the nation We've inspired the next generation That was our main mission Going into this whole tournament We had like a bit of a pinch me memory I remember I remember sitting in the room Being like

Hey we're in the final what the hell? Yeah, we were like, what the hell? But don't you think it was weird? Like, after that night, we kind of woke up as if we'd not made the final and it was like back to business. It was back to normal routine.

Wake up, go to wellness, get your breakfast, go to recover it. Those that didn't play, trained, we'd cheer them on, we'd have a laugh, we'd go play basketball. And then it was like, we were just on a normal schedule. It was like we'd not made a final.

Yeah. But the night before we were like, holy shit, we were in the final and we were like, couldn't sleep and we were buzzing. No, I remember. I remember the best, the funniest thing, because we stayed at Tottenham's training ground, didn't we, the night before the final. Yeah, that's what I remember.

We were so, yeah, we were so excited because we were like, as much as we loved the lens, but it was like, just a change of scenery for the night. It was like, yeah, we got there and it was like this beautiful hotel, but it was, it was all like a smart room. Unbelievable. So I remember trying to get into the river, I'm like, well, how did you turn the lights on? There's no switch. I'm like, oh, like, where is it? everything's controlled by like an iPad or something wasn't it yeah I couldn't find the how you open the curtains like but the funniest thing was right I'll never forget this

we woke up that morning and we got and we got to breakfast and everyone I was like anyone's curtains open in the middle of the night and there was so many of us were like oh my God literally night before the final I'm like it's like we're away from her here, like, someone, do you know, and you're like, you think, oh, you're the away team. Like, if that happened to Germany, like, maybe we've set their blinds to open at three o'clock to wait them up. Like, that's what it felt like. I'm like, why are all of us awake at like three or four in the morning?

Because all of our blinds are just going, meh. I just slept for everything, though. Mine must have been going open like this throughout nine. I didn't even notice. Shock I woke up. I was laying there and I was like, is it morning? Like, is this like a private alarm that happens and they just opened the curtains for you? Because no joke, literally, I was laying there, and I thought, it's that noise?

Everyone in the team was like, oh God, you and Jill, you and Jill cracked me up that morning. We were like, shocked. It's the morning of the final. We're playing at Wembley, again, Germany, and the blinds are going off at 3, 4 o'clock in the morning. I couldn't believe it. I was like, how, how's that happened? But anyway, that was, again, it was like another story to tell, add it to the list. But then I will never, ever, ever, ever forget the moment that after breakfast, we went and sat in your room.

No, I was in my room. next door to you and I sat there and I was getting ready and I thought because we always did this didn't we got ready and then one of us

would knock on for the other one or we'd have five minutes before we left the room and I came into your room earlier than we were going to leave mine's always always it's disco room in it

you just follow the music no but we sat there quietly first what was our song we had a song that we played every game Unstoppable by Sia I remember sitting at the end

of your bed and we both ended up standing up on that like bench thing just absolutely screaming our lungs off singing and then we just stopped and I was like

we're going to Wembley in 10 minutes to go play in the final and we were just like in disbelief weren't we? Is this real? But we did that the night before we had a cup of team

you turned to me and you said Mill we could be looking back and telling our children me and your mum's won like the Euros at Wembley and that's what we said to each other

the night before you turned to me and you was like we could be telling our kids that we've won the Euros and it was like we could be European champions and I think that's the first time we'd ever spoke about

anything like that wasn't it like we never ever spoke about like going on and winning it or never and then the night before it was like well it's here now like why yeah we kind of like let ourselves

like look into that a little bit whereas before it was just like I've just literally just got goosebumps then it's crazy that was such a good memory all right just before we get into the game

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Download Tinder today. Welcome back, everyone, to the rest is football. Daily brighteners. We are now going to get into the grand finale, which is the day of the final. Playing at Wembley against Germany when we won. Rach, what a day. What a day.

Oh, what a day. Oh, what a day? Everyone says, like, oh, were you nervous? What was it like walking out in, like, in front of 87,000 fans? And honestly... Incredible. We were warming up. We were warming up together, don't we do a little pass?

And you said something to me, and I was like, I can't hear you. Do you remember? And we were trying to talk to you to them. We literally couldn't hear a word you were saying, and you were literally... Let's put it in to bring it to light for the people listening. Me and Rachel used to do passing together, and we do like little, you know, where you bop it on, you call it a pancake

and then you do two-touch. We were literally five yards away from each other. Five yards. And this girl's screaming back at me, I can't hear you. And I was like, I can't hear you.

Literally try to like, talk to you like, how are you feeling? I remember that in the game. That was like the one thing that I remember is like I couldn't hear much at all. You couldn't hear anything. Everyone were looking at each other like,

cross it shoot whip it oh I have Chloe I have me that was listening and Chloe whip it whip it

oh my God why did we do that I actually need to find out that story why we started that I can't remember whip it but yeah that was my distinct memories He's like not being, I remember, because obviously I was playing left back

and I was near Serena at one point. I was like, I can't hear you either. I was like, what? Not Ray's giving Gaffer some stick. Oh, God, it was too funny. Everyone was like, what did she say? I don't know. We were like, pass it on.

We got some info. Oh, God. But what a game that was. like, like, it was, there was chances both ends. Yeah. Well, they didn't have a pop dropped out, didn't she, in the war? But everyone was like, Pop, like, drop it. But.

Yeah, I think that was the talk of the pregame, wasn't it? Oh, Pop's not playing. But do you know what? I was a bit gutter, you know? I was so, I was so pumped to, like, play against, like, she's such a beast. Like, she's such a hard striker to defend. And I was like, this is it. These are the moments.

You want to win whilst the best are on the pitch. like playing up against one of the best strikers and she was like their biggest threat. She's all we spoke about and she's their target. And then she didn't play. I was like, oh, I was a bit like, I really,

really wanted you to play. Like, I was so ready for like that challenge and, and to play against her. And it's actually quite nice playing against a striker that I can actually go in like proper hard on like with a 50-50. Yeah. But I know there was so much talk about that just before.

And we were like, okay, whatever. Don't matter. Move on. We're prepared. They've still got unbelievable players. It's fine. Exactly.

But it was so calm. Like, I just remember it. Like, the change of room was chilled. Bit airy, because I was like, we're in the final, but like, everyone's just the same. It does make me worry sometimes, you know, when you're playing in a massive game and, like, it's a little bit quiet. But it weren't quiet, like, nervous, quiet. Everyone were just doing their own things. Some had headphones on.

Same as normal, isn't it? It was just the same. But you do start getting your head and you think, oh, God, do we need to pump it up a bit? Do we need to, like, me and you were always dancing or doing a little. jiggle or whatever. But yeah, it did it was a little bit eerie like you said and even, I remember now exactly what I felt in that lineup like when we stood

there waiting to go out at Wembley one of the best stadiums like one of my favourite stadiums to play in and you could just feel like the noise of the fans like it was honestly electric and then all smokes going off, flames are coming up and I think I just kept looking round at you

and we were probably like giggling some of she was very normal on it. It was just so bizarre like it was yeah it was crazy when I think about that game like Tune's goal ridiculous

the pass from Kira nah like honestly as soon as she put it through it was Tuni I was like goal no problem I absolutely sprinted to I've never ran so fast in my life

I was absolutely gassed even when they scored though but that goal was insane yeah even when they scored it is you just felt that feeling didn't you you were just like no one panicked we were just like, I was annoyed because I was like,

fuck, like, as a defender, you never want to concede and I was like, but then you instantly move past it like and I've been in games where teams have scored and I've thought, oh shit, this is going to be tough to come back from. But when that went in, we were just like, all right, get the ball go again.

And the last five minutes felt like an hour. I was like, keep that ball in the corner. Like, and I just kept looking across it Leah and I was like, we better defend for our lives. And we were just like, keep it there, but it felt the five minutes was the longest five minutes I've ever, ever felt in my life. It was weird, wasn't it? Because obviously it got, when it went to extra time, I was, I was off the pitch then because I got brought off just before the full time. And I was thinking

to myself, I can't do this. Like, I can't mentally sit here with this stress and literally on the edge of my sit. I was just like, oh my God, oh my God, oh, God, oh, God. And I remember sitting and I was just like, I was nervous, but I knew we were going to win, but I was like, when's it going to come? When's it going to come? When's it going to happen? And then the 110th minute, honestly, but from, as a sub-perspective, like, from the bench at Wembley, I, like, didn't know it had gone in at the time.

I was just like, it was like a bit of a scramble, wasn't it, how Chloe put it in? Yeah. To be fair, well, Chloe was waiting for ages to choose, is it a goal, is it a goal? And we were all, like, looking around, like, do we celebrate? What is it? And then when it got, like, said that it was a goal, fuck, did we go off? And then the shirt came off. Woo! Yeah.

Iconic. Get it off. Absolutely iconic. It was just, and I've never felt a stadium like that. It erupted. Absolutely erupted. I can't stop getting goosebumps. This is mad.

I couldn't breathe after that. I honestly could not breathe when that goal went in. And then I was like, my God. Then we just did an absolute master class of time wasting. Literally. I ran that clock down for 10 minutes. Put that ball in the corner. Keep it there.

This is what we're good at. It was amazing. Incredible. And then I remember, obviously, when the whistle went, we just looked at each other and started crying, didn't we? I couldn't believe it. Just dropped to my knees. I was just flooded with, like, tears.

Like, it was just emotion. Like, holy shit, like what we achieved, we all knew that when we won, it weren't just a medal. It weren't just silverware. We'd change the whole nation. Like, we'd... Yeah, it wasn't just for us.

It was for everyone there. Yeah. Everyone in the country. It was just like, yeah, it felt like history. Way bigger than just a trophy, like way bigger than any trophy you've ever lifted. Like, because we'd always said throughout the tournament, like you said, it was always about inspiring the next generation, creating a legacy and then, like, building something for the next generation and changing the country,

like changing perspective of women's football and women in general and women in sport. And we did that. Like, there's nothing that's more powerful than that. Like, you're not just winning a medal. And that's why it was so special. even watching the girls win this time round it was more than just a medal for so many reasons

personal reasons like outside reasons and that's what hits you as a player like you're like every time you look at that medal now it's like all those little special moments or whatever it might be is attached to it it did it felt like a bit of a turning point

didn't it? It was so nice than obviously seeing your family up there like when you're getting your trophy and stuff it was like such a nice feeling but then came to celebrate Oh, get on the beers. We were straight on it. And then, yeah, we did. We just went back to the Lensbury, didn't we? All the family and friends came and they were allowed to be with us and we just had a big after-party, which was really nice. I just loved that they allowed family and friends to come back and then we all celebrated with them. Like, that was one of my favourite things. And it was nice for them to, like, see fully, like, where we'd been staying and, like, where we'd been for the last, like, eight weeks, six weeks. It was, it was a really nice moment that. Yeah, it was. It was so, so. nice

and then there was the next day obviously that was bad because we'd obviously parted all night and we were like everyone has to be

up out the door by 9 o'clock like and I remember going into that meeting room and we were all just sat there

and we had to get on the bus and go to Trafalgar Square and like be present in front of all the fans Rachel that night

Jill Scott did not have a room she stayed in my room when I tell you we were laid in my bed at 5am I just got a shower and came out

and Jill there and she started rapping she made rap like I remember people sleeping in the hallways there were people being sick Jill had no room she was like Millie I've got a room so we're going to have to get in bed I was in Jill's room that's why she had no room because my brother was in my room and his mate I remember that yeah yeah to Jill came with me and at 5m we literally didn't have an ounce of sleep not a wink asleep and she sat there she's like she would make a wrap up and I'm like well yeah if you

want to and then we went to Trafalgar Square yeah but we all had sunglasses on for a very good reason. Oh yeah. I don't know how we even managed to get through that day, to be honest. And then Leah threw me onto the stage to sing. Absolutely. I was like, no, not here. Absolutely not.

Yes, best do it. And then your backup dancer. M, did you see that Chloe and Lucy did our dance? Yeah. Oh, that was so good. That was one of my favourite days, that. Insane. And I love that, like, they did it again.

And then, oh, Serena and Burnaboy, by the way, how funny? Her face was a picture. Because those of you that don't know, like, Serena absolutely loves Burner Boy, don't she? Do you remember when we were on the music and she was, she told her how she went, can we have some Burner Boy? I was like, what? We were like, yeah, if you want to.

But I half thought she were joking, but she actually does love him, like, she's a proper fan. She's been to, like, his concerts with her daughter, aren't she? Yeah. That was sick, though, like watching those celebrations. And I was like, oh my God, get me up there. I want to be partying with the girls. It was so sick.

That was a good day, wasn't it? It was a memory that, like a core memory, I think, that we'll keep forever. But what an experience. Like, I hope you've all absolutely loved us relive in that moment. Because, honestly, talking about it with you and, like, doing these episodes has been, like, so nice to actually, like, relive it. And you remember some of the things that you... Exactly.

You talk through some of the things that you don't always remember. It's really nice. I've loved it. So hope you guys. have absolutely loved it. It's been an emotional journey. We live in our Euro 22 win. We hope we've given you some goosebumps because I certainly got some. And that is the rest is football daily brightness. Remember to hit subscribe and hear great stories from our careers and much, much more. Goodbye from me. Goodbye for me. Thank you, everyone.