![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/baroness-sue-campbell-lifts-lid-on-historic-wsl-season-and-englands-world-cup-challenge/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_GettyImages-1242174413.jpg&description=Campbell was appointed the FA's Director of Women's Football in 2018 and says the Lionesses' EUROs win has "turbo-charged" the growth of the women's game As Baroness Sue Campbell sat on the podium at Wembley, marooned in the middle of the Lionesses' euphoric EURO 2022 celebrations, she cycled through three different emotions. The first was relief. "I don't think I breathed for the entirety of extra time," Campbell, the FA's Director of Women's Football says, reflecting on England's historic victory over Germany last summer. "I've been on a journey with these players and I know what they've given and who they are, so on a personal level, I was just so happy and relieved for them. I've never had any children but I imagine it felt like watching your children do something incredible." Next, came pride. "I love England and I'm always very proud of my country," she tells Mirror Football. "I was really proud the women's game had achieved something so remarkable because I think it speaks volumes, not just for women's football, but for women's sport." And finally, Campbell was struck by a feeling of wonder, of almost indigestible awe, at the gravity of the Lionesses' achievement. "I was sat there thinking: 'I wonder how many lives we changed today'. It was a real sense of 'I wonder how many youngsters are sitting here or watching it on telly and now believe they can do anything they want to'. It's about removing barriers for women and girls and I think we did that that day. It was extraordinarily special." That desire to use sport as a means of implementing tangible societal change has been an impressive hallmark of Campbell's career to date. Having started out as a PE teacher in inner-city Manchester in the early 1970s, the 74-year-old has seen first-hand how sport can change lives and help to foster a sense of belonging, self-worth and empowerment. For more than five decades, Campbell has tried to bring about that change via a plethora of different high-profile roles. Havi){kind=link}
Campbell was appointed the FA’s Director of Women’s Football in 2018 and says the Lionesses’ EUROs win has “turbo-charged” the growth of the women’s game
As Baroness Sue Campbell sat on the podium at Wembley, marooned in the middle of the Lionesses’ euphoric EURO 2022 celebrations, she cycled through three different emotions.
The first was relief.
“I don’t think I breathed for the entirety of extra time,” Campbell, the FA’s Director of Women’s Football says, reflecting on England’s historic victory over Germany last summer.
“I’ve been on a journey with these players and I know what they’ve given and who they are, so on a personal level, I was just so happy and relieved for them. I’ve never had any children but I imagine it felt like watching your children do something incredible.”