Last Friday, we did a photoshoot with some of the England Women’s football team in the new Kit. At the shoot, we got five mins with Lianne Sanderson, Rachel Yankey and Casey Stoney to have a quick chat ahead of the their friendly with Norway this evening.

This is the first time we have spoken about Women’s football on the blog so it seems like a good opportunity to have a dig around for some info.

The womens European Cup finals are due to be played in Finland between August 23 and September 10 this year. Twelve teams will compete in the competition, an increase of 4 teams from 8 teams that played in previous tournaments. Finland qualified as hosts, England, Sweden, France, Germany, Denmark and Norway qualified as group winners and Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Russia and Ukraine all qualified by winning playoffs.

A nice bit of trivia that I found is that during the 2007 World cup qualifiers, England conceded the first goal in their opening game against Austria. They then scored 29 consecutive goals, before finally conceding the last goal in their final game against France.

You can watch the game at The ProStar Stadium, Shrewsbury Town FC or live on Setanta 2 this evening at 7:45.  Check back here in the next couple of days to win the shirt that Casey signs in the movie.