Kelly and Hampton lined up for MBEs after starring in Lionesses’ Euro 2025 victory | OneFootball

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·28 luglio 2025

Kelly and Hampton lined up for MBEs after starring in Lionesses’ Euro 2025 victory

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Chloe Kelly and Hannah Hampton are expected to be awarded MBEs with England’s Lionesses set to be lavished with nominations in the new year honours list following their historic European Championship victory.

Sarina Wiegman’s squad were widely honoured after winning the European title for the first time three years ago, with the captain Leah Williamson named as an OBE and Lucy Bronze, Beth Mead and Ellen White receiving MBEs. The stand-in captain Millie Bright was awarded an OBE while Mary Earps and Lauren Hemp got MBEs after England reached the World Cup final 12 months later.


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Kelly missed out in 2022 despite scoring England’s match-winning goal in their extra-time win over Germany in the final and providing the tournament’s iconic moment with her celebration, an oversight that is expected to be corrected by Downing Street in the next honour list. The nomination process for honours is managed by the Cabinet Office, with Kelly and Hampton regarded as shoo-ins for the way they have thrilled a nation who have been glued to the Euros for much of the summer, with tens of millions of people watching on BBC and ITV.

Kelly was even more pivotal to England’s triumph in Switzerland. The 27-year-old came off the bench again to change the game in Sunday’s final against Spain by providing the cross for Alessia Russo’s equaliser and then scoring the decisive penalty in the shootout. In the semi-final against Italy the Arsenal winger scored their winner in the last minute of extra time from a penalty rebound.

Goalkeeper Hampton is also set to be honoured for her shootout heroics and is likely to join former teammate Earps as an MBE. The 24-year-old Chelsea goalkeeper saved two penalties against Spain having also made two saves in England’s epic quarter-final shootout win over Sweden.

Williamson’s OBE may also be upgraded to a CBE as recognition for the Arsenal defender becoming the first footballer to lead England to successive major titles, as well as becoming the first captain to lift a major trophy abroad. The 28-year-old missed the 2023 World Cup after sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament injury three months before the tournament.

Wiegman was awarded an honorary CBE after England’s first European Championship win – she is a Dutch citizen – which is now expected to be upgraded to an honorary damehood. The 55-year-old has two years left on her contract with the FA with no immediate plans to discuss an extension as she has already committed to leading England to the 2027 World Cup in Brazil.

The FA’s president, the Prince of Wales, took part in the medal presentation ceremony in Basel and King Charles thanked the team for their “awesome” achievement. A victory parade down the Mall in London on Tuesday will conclude with a presentation ceremony at the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace.

England’s win over Spain was the biggest TV event of the year with a combined peak audience of 16.2 million watching the shared live coverage on BBC and ITV, and an average of 12m watching the final from whistle to whistle.

As is always the case with joint coverage, the BBC pulled in more viewers with a peak of 12.2m, although ITV’s audience share of 25% was five percentage points higher than when both broadcasters shared the live rights for England’s World Cup final defeat two years ago.

The total audience of 16m eclipsed the viewing figures for the 2023 final, when 14.4m watched Spain beat England 1-0, but was lower than the record 17.4m who tuned in for the 2022 European Championship final. England’s role in hosting that tournament is likely to have attracted more casual viewers, so the overall trajectory of interest in women’s football remains one of significant growth.


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