England are European champions, again: Football Weekly

Football Weekly

The Guardian

Soccer, Sports

4.6 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Max Rushden is joined by Nick Ames, Seb Hutchinson and Faye Carruthers as England retain the European crown against Spain. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/footballweeklypod

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:07.9	Hi Pod fans, Max here. Barry's here too.
0:10.0	Hello.
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0:52.2	Hello and welcome to The Guardian Football Weekly. England are European champions again
0:56.2	defeating Spain on penalties. Hannah Hampton saves Chloe Kelly smashing at home. What a moment. England
1:01.4	only led for four minutes in the knockouts or something like that, but it doesn't matter. They found
1:05.3	away. They started well before Spain took over, Mariona Caldente's excellent header. It looked like
1:09.9	England were running out of ideas, but Chloe Kelly again setting up Alessia Russo for even better header. So many stories, Lucy Bronze's fractured tibia, Michelle Ajamang from ball girl to European champion, Jess Carter's brilliant performance after what she's been through, and Serena Vigman, five major tournament finals in a row, three European championships in a row. It's frankly ridiculous.
1:28.4	It's come home again. This is the Guardian Football Weekly.
1:35.7	On the panel today, he was in the gantry. Seb Hutchison, welcome. Oh, hello, Max. He was in the stands.
1:43.5	It was in the press box. Nick Ames, hello. Hello, Max. And was in the stands. It was in the press box.
1:44.4	Nick Ames, hello. Hello, Max. And she was on her sofa with her four-year-olds. Is he four now? Not quite, almost. Okay, nearly four-year-old. Holy fake or others. Welcome. Welcome. Nice to see you. Yeah, host of the excellent Guardian. Women's Football Weekly, of course. so there we go.
1:41.8	England win three,
1:42.7	one on penalties,
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