Euro 2025 champions England will face Asia champions China in a friendly at Wembley Stadium in November, the FA announced on Wednesday.

Another day, another moment for these Lionesses that would have been scarcely imaginable for their forebearers. The back-to-back champions of Europe had won their crown on foreign soil -- the first England senior team ever to achieve such a feat -- and so perhaps could have been forgiven for underestimating the scale of affection for them back home.

Football crowds can be very different in the age of the Lionesses. As thousands swarmed The Mall to watch an open top bus containing the fresh-from-victory England women's football team, it was notable that many of the onlookers were young girls and boys.