‘Really heartwarming’: how Euro 2022 started girls’ football revolution

Manchester United’s Aoife Mannion and others discuss the increased interest in women’s football around the UK

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It was at a village fete this summer that Manchester United’s Aoife Mannion saw a stall run by the local Davenham Juniors Football Club. After going over to introduce herself, Mannion – also an England international – discovered that the club were looking to start a new girls’ team, after their last one folded in 2018.