it was the game of their lives so much more than a football match a victory for women and equality a triumph for the ages what we've done for women and young girls that can look up and aspire to be us [Music] and then we've changed the game in this country and hopefully across europe across the world few celebrating this lunch time can recall anything like it the last time english footballers won a major trophy women were banned from playing the game we haven't won in a while not even the men's which proves that the women's are better than the men's and getting recognition that they deserve i'm hoping to see like like in the future like more people accepting that women play football and more people go into women's matches after the game goalkeeper mary erp got the party started [Applause] and it's soon spilt over into what had been a sober post-match press conference just a little of the spirit of the squad on display well we haven't seen this at all this is something english cultural english i think we won the cup and when you've just bought home a prize so important there's no chance of a quiet coach ride home or an early night back at the hotel and so they celebrated their big moment into the small hours in the cold light of day some had to pinch themselves but yes it really did happen just ask match winner chloe kelly's mom oh i'm just ecstatic like she's come back from an acl injury 11 months out tears phone calls face times 3 o'clock so often in the past when english fans have gathered in numbers it's spelt bad news but england's women among their many achievements have put the fun back into football the national game will never be the same it'll be better john ray itv news [Applause] you