Shoreditch's Boxpark was brimming with optimistic and ultimately heartbroken fans of all ages but the good vibes never faltered, i reports
It was an hour until kickoff and the room was bubbling. Groups of female friends in their early twenties took turns painting St George’s flags on each other’s cheeks. A grandma and her two granddaughters sat on one of the long benches, close enough to the big screen. They drank pints of beer, whilst sporadically sipping on their flat whites. A mother and her infant daughter sat behind them, her daughter wearing a football shirt as a dress; her feet hidden under its trail.
Leavesley rolls her eyes. “They would have given us the day off if the men were playing, for sure,” she says. “And Prince William would have definitely gone to the final.” Her friends nod in agreement. “So f***ing sexist,” one chimes in. The number of young families is striking. Instead of screaming men, fidgeting toddlers sit on their mother’s laps, entranced by their busy surroundings. “I have been a football fan my whole life,” says Chelsea Urch, 25, and mother to her two-year-old son. “As a family with a young son, the atmosphere at the women’s game is great. It’s what football should be about. The amount of animosity at male football games can be high,” she says.
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