Lioness Georgia Stanway ‘genuinely motivating’ for Barrow youngsters
Pamela Bilalova BBC News, North East and Cumbria< img src=" https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/9a3d/live/48086cd0-6c5f-11f0-8ecb-dd8005d1932e.jpg.webp" alt ="Til Buergy/EPA/Shutterstock England's Leah Williamson and Georgia Stanway lie in gold and silver confetti as they commemorate after winning the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 final match in between England and Spain, in Basel, Switzerland.
They both use their blonde straight hair in a ponytail and are smiling. “/ > Til Buergy/EPA/Shutterstock Georgia Stanway started her football journey at Furness Rovers England star Georgia Stanway’s success is”really inspiring”
for trainees at her old-fashioned seeking to maximize their chances, the footballer’s previous PE teacher has said.Emma Armstrong said the midfielder, from Barrow in Cumbria, had actually defended her dreams as she travelled cross countries to establish her game while studying for GCSEs.Stanway, among the double European Champion winners being celebrated in a main London bus parade on Tuesday, started her journey to the top of the game at Dowdales School in Dalton-in-Furness.
Ms Armstrong stated previous Furness Rovers youth Stanway is evidence “somebody from the little town of Barrow” can go on to achieve global success.It is the second Euros triumph for 26-year-old Bayern Munich star Stanway, who scored the winner against Spain in the quarter-final of the 2022 tournament. She played the majority of this year
‘s final before coming off in additional time due to injury. Reuters
Stanway and her colleagues ended up being the very first senior England football team to win a significant tournament abroad
Ms Armstrong said of her former pupil: “She’s done absolutely great. She’s done us all proud, as have all the Lionesses.
“It’s genuinely motivating and it is attainable. She did it, didn’t she, however you need to defend your dream and she got there.
“The inspiration that she has for these younger students to see that somebody from the little town of Barrow can go on and do that internationally is living the dream, and it shows them that dream lives.”
Graham Fraser, a former Furness Rovers coach, said “everybody in the town” would be really proud of their well-known ex-player and the increase she has given the grassroots game.
“I believe it’s simply going to take women’ football that much further forward,” he said.Eddie Williams,
who coaches the Newlaithes Ladies’Group in Carlisle, said the Lionesses’back-to-back wins had actually”truly caught the creativity “. And Ms Armstrong said England keeping the prize would provide the women’s game” speed and motivation”to keep growing.”It shows it wasn’t just a one off, it’s got momentum which momentum is carrying and pressing it forward. “