England celebrations continue after Women’s Euro 2025 glory before Downing Street visit - live

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8m ago 04.18 EDT Email! “These ladies will be the death of me,” writes Deborah Yuil. “I have a (non-fatal) heart condition (arrhythmia, or irregular heart beat) which crops up occasionally – like when Michelle Agyemang stepped onto the pitch last night. What a way to go! Congratulations Lionesses, you really are breathtakingly invincible!” Share

10m ago 04.16 EDT 1:16 'We're English and you can't write us off': Lionesses celebrate Euro 2025 win – video Share

15m ago 04.11 EDT In times like this, it’s also important to remember the pioneers: your Marianne Spaceys, your Gillian Coulthards, your Kelly Smiths, your Rachel Yankeys, your Anita Asantes of this world. This triumph is also their triumph. Share

19m ago 04.07 EDT Sky Sports News have just showed footage of the players returning to their hotel. I can’t remember when he said it, but after England’s men won a series or other, Andrew Strauss said in interview that “we’ll celebrate well tonight”. I’ve spent my entire life wanting to a professional sportsman, and I’m not sure I’ve ever felt more envious of those who are. Well, this is another such situation: imagine the satisfaction and the friendship. Share

21m ago 04.04 EDT One complaint, though, if I may: Uefa must sort the trophy lift. Leah Williamson should not have had to schlep it over to her teammates; rather, you get the team lined up, the captain goes first, hoists it, then passes it down the line for everyone to have a go. View image in fullscreen Photograph: Alessandra Tarantino/AP In fairness, though, this wasn’t bad. Share

26m ago 04.00 EDT I have a lot of time for these purple puffas – and the Lionesses stash in general. View image in fullscreen Photograph: Alessandra Tarantino/AP Share

31m ago 03.55 EDT In case anyone needs to know: for a look down the Thames, Waterloo Bridge is the best bridge. View image in fullscreen Tower Bridge lit up red, white and blue. Photograph: James Weech/PA Share

39m ago 03.46 EDT It it a piggyback? Yes. But it is great vibes when they’re sorely needed? Also yes. View image in fullscreen GWR staff members help decorate the 0730 service from London Paddington to Bristol. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA Share

49m ago 03.37 EDT Lovely stuff dept: View image in fullscreen A computer-generated image issued by Royal Mail of how the special congratulatory postmark will look like to mark the Lionesses victory in the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 final against Spain in Basel, Switzerland. The postmark will be applied to stamped mail across the UK from Monday 28 July to Friday 31 July.

Photograph: Royal Mail/PA Share

1h ago 03.26 EDT I wasn’t looking for comparators to the Lionesses, because there aren’t any, and even if there were, they merit celebrating on their own merits. But last evening, towards the end of extra time, the sense of unstoppable destiny I felt – of when you know the power of a team is celestial and supernatural – reminded me of watching Manchester United in 1998-99. And this morning, I’m reminded of something Alex Ferguson – of whom Sarina Wiegman reminds me, a lot – said of Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s Champions League winner: The celebrations begun by that goal will never stop. just thinking about it can put me in party mood. And all they did was win a few football matches. The Lionesses have changed what football matches mean. Share

1h ago 03.12 EDT Please do, over the course of the day, feel free to send in your personal reflections – on the game, on the achievements and on the people. I’ll start: one of very many things I love about the Lionesses is the cohesiveness that elevates rather than stultifies the individuals. Whether it’s the calm, confident leadership of Leah Williamson; the wide-eyed bafflement and dead-table resting-pulse of Michelle Agyemang; the dizzying , infectious ebullience of Chloe Clutch-Kelly; the inspiring devotion of Lucy Bronze; I could go on all day here, and I’m going to. But for now, there’s someone for everyone, except they’re all for all of us, and that is a credit both to them and to the environment created by the football and HR genius of their manager. Sarina Wiegman, what a woman. Share Updated at 04.01 EDT

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