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England are due to arrive at Southend Airport any minute.

There are hundreds of fans waiting for the Lionesses, who will then head to No 10 Downing Street for a reception with the Prime Minister.

England defender Lucy Bronze revealed she played through the entirety of Euro 2025 with a fractured tibia after becoming a two-time European champion with the Lionesses.

“I’ve played the whole tournament with a fractured tibia but nobody knew and I’ve hurt my knee today,” Bronze told the BBC moments after the final whistle. “Which is why the girls gave me a lot of love after the Sweden game.

“It’s very painful but I’m going to party. We never lost belief in ourselves. There was a lot of noise on the outside but we stuck together. To go to extra time back to back to back is incredible. We give each other energy and what we’ve done today is incredible.”

The Lionesses also became the team with most wins on penalties in a single edition – as they saw off Sweden and Spain via shoot-outs to become European champions again.

England have now taken four penalty shootouts under manager Sarina Wiegman including two at Euro 2025.

They’ve won all four of them with the most important coming in the Euro 2025 when they defeated Spain 3-1.

Hannah Hampton made two fine saves and Chloe Kelly dispatched the final penalty to take the Lionesses to glory once again.

Talk about doing things the hard way.

England are the first team to have three different matches go to extra time in a single edition of either the women’s World Cup or women’s European Championship.

They triumphed at Euro 2025 despite leading for just four minutes and 52 seconds in the entire knockout stages of the tournament.

Absolute nerves of steel from the Lionesses.

The Lionesses became the first England team in history to defend a major tournament title with Sunday’s (27 July) win in Basel, Switzerland.

Supporters danced on benches, waved England flags and threw drinks into the air after the ball hit the net at Boxpark venues in Croydon and Shoreditch, London.

England also recorded the biggest comeback in a Euro knockout tie when they came back from two down to beat Sweden on penalties in the quarter-final.

Sarina Wiegman’s side also claimed the record for the most different scorers in a single Euro game.

Six players – Stanway, Toone, Hemp, Russo, Mead and Beever-Jones – found the back of the net in a 6-1 win against Wales in the group stage.

Ella Toone spoke to BBC Sport about her feelings on becoming a two-time European Champion.

She said: “Amazing feeling. I felt all the same emotions as I did back then [at Euro 2022]. We worked so hard, winning a tournament for your country – there’s no better feeling. We deserved that and we should be so proud of ourselves.

“There were times when people thought we were down and out but we never did. We had that belief in the squad that we were going to come out and win.

“That’s the quiet confidence we have in ourselves. Amazing feeling. We’re going to enjoy the night. I love a party, I’m a Tyldesley girl of course I love a party.”

A record eleven different players scored for England during Euro 2025.

Keira Walsh, Lauren James, Georgia Stanway, Ella Toone, Lauren Hemp, Alessia Russo, Beth Mead, Aggie Beever-Jones, Lucy Bronze, Michelle Agyemang and Chloe Kelly all finding the target.

It surpasses the previous highest total for a women’s team at the European Championship which was set by Germany in 2009, when 10 players found the net. Both nations went on to lift the title.