England's history-making players celebrated their Euro 2025 triumph alongside family, friends and a cavapoo called Reggie long into the early hours of Monday morning. Songs by Natasha Bedingfield, Heather Small and Gala featured on a night of singalongs, dancing and drinking as the team and their loved ones soaked in the moment after the victory against world champions Spain in a penalty shootout in Basel.
The Lionesses were already performing their own rendition of Calum Scott's cover of Dancing On My Own by the time they left the pitch, with head coach Sarina Wiegman declaring confidently that “we're going to party tonight” in her press conference. After Chloe Kelly secured victory with her winning penalty kick, Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline was soon blasting around St Jakob-Park. Lucy Bronze celebrated with her young nephews while Beth Mead hugged her partner Vivianne Miedema in the stands.
The squad's families and friends then travelled to the Dolder Grand hotel in Zurich, where the players arrived wearing deliberately back-to-front England shirts emblazoned with “Champions, 25” to the sound of Heather Small's Proud. Captain Leah Williamson and Wiegman are understood to have cut a cake in celebration. All present sang along to Gala's Freed From Desire, Sweet Caroline and, several hours later, Bedingfield's Unwritten.
There was also an impressive rendition of Ike & Tina Turner's River Deep, Mountain High, performed by midfielder Ella Toone, who also danced to a remix of Teddy Swims's Lose Control on the shoulders of her boyfriend, Joe Bunney. Earlier, the team took turns to cuddle Reggie, a dog belonging to the team's private barista James, who has worked with the Lionesses at St George's Park and in Zurich.
The team then flew back to London for a reception hosted on Monday afternoon by the deputy prime minister at 10 Downing Street. Before takeoff, Williamson was seen cradling the European Championship trophy, saying: “We are taking it home back to London, for the next four years.”
