A record-breaking 28.1m people watched BBC coverage of the 2019 World Cup on television and online. She said: "I really did struggle with the criticism off the back of [the World Cup]. And after the publicity generated by the World Cup, England played in front of a record crowd of 77,768 against Germany at Wembley in November. A number of clubs in the WSL provide social media training in order to help players manage criticism online. The women's game isn't used to it, and it's a big wake-up call for a lot of [the players] because they read it."

Source: BBC February 05, 2020 06:33 UTC