ENGLAND’S Women’s football team have become renowned to the name Lionesses, but where does it come from?
Here we look at a very simple and short story…
The name, Lionesses, helped to differentiate the men’s team from the women’s back in 2012.
#Lionesses was used when the women’s team played in the UEFA Women’s Euro 2013 qualifier, while the men’s team played in the UEFA 2012 Euro.
The hashtag allowed people to follow the women’s team more easily without getting caught up with men’s #ThreeLions branding at the time.