22 emotional photos from Telford Town Park as England's Lionesses won Euro 2025 in dramatic penalty shootout
Hundreds of fans came together in Telford to watch England women's Euro 2025 triumph on the big screen - and we went along to join them.
The Lionesses spent another tense match leaving a lot of hearts racing, but fought back to retain their title of European champions.
The game was tinged with revenge, after Spain defeated England in the World Cup final two years ago.
Around 500 fans spanning several generations gathered for the big screen spectacle at the QEII Arena in Telford Town Park.
The tense first half saw England struggle to keep hold of the ball under the blue skies of Basel, while the skies turned a foreboding grey in Telford.
Mariona Caldentey's goal for Spain met was met with stony-faced silence from the crowd, who remained subdued yet quietly optimistic throughout half-time.
As the grey cloud lifted, Chloe Kelly once again delivered by serving it right up to Arsenal's Alessia Russo for an equaliser and elation spread here in Shropshire.
Tension returned to the field as the game entered the now familiar extra time and both teams began to flag.
But, true to form, the Lionesses brought it home in the end with penalties, with goalkeeper Hannah Hampton saving twice and Sarina Wiegman's girls securing a 3-1 shootout victory.
It was met with pure jubilation in Telford town centre, with tears and hugging and the echoes of Sweet Caroline surely heard across the county.
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