‘Football brings people together’: Manchester fans celebrate Lionesses’ victory

More than 2,000 people in the city's fan zone watched England's historic 2-1 triumph in the Women's Euros

There were wild celebrations in Manchester's fan zone at the final whistle on Sunday evening as more than 2,000 people, some of whom had arrived three hours before kick-off to queue for a seat, celebrated England's Euros victory.

Fans, including the former Lioness Stacey Copeland, gathered in the Piccadilly Gardens venue at the end of a watershed tournament that began against Austria just a few miles east, at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium. .