A European Championship Final ticket was given to an eight year old football fan. “amazed”Her father stated that Wembley was too big.
A keen goalkeeper for her local team, Evie Jackson, and her father, Matt, 30, capped their tournament experience of trips to Leeds United’s Elland Road and St George’s Park by witnessing England’s famous victory over Germany on Sunday.
“Why’s it so big?”After entering the stadium, Evie asked her father.
Jackson had posted on Twitter in an attempt to find tickets for the final. He said that he was close to giving up when a stranger reached out to him and offered two tickets completely free.
This was an amazing experience.!
To be able share it with my little girl 🙌 ❤️
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— Matt Jackson (@Matt Jackson)
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“I feel really lucky and I didn’t know what was happening because I thought it was going to be fake,”Evie, who lives near Manchester with her dad in Leigh, shared her story with the PA news agency prior to the final.
“I was so excited when I heard that we got the tickets, I was crying because I thought that we wouldn’t have been able to go.
“I think that they’ve set up women’s football and it is crazy to see how far women’s football has come.
“It also inspires a lot of young girls that might want to play football but might not feel confident, now they have a chance.”
Mr Jackson, an operations manager at a bank, coaches Evie’s Astley and Tyldesley under-10’s team.
Evie Jackson is a big football fan, as is her father Matt (Matt Jackson/PA).
On Sunday, he told PA: “Evie was amazed at the size of Wembley.
“(The Euro final) was not just a day that’s made history, but a day that I think will change the landscape of women’s sport.”
Evie believed that the Lionesses would win the match and correctly predicted the outcome. “2-1 to England,”She spoke.
One of Evie’s favourite players, Ella Toone, who used to play for Evie’s team when she was a young girl, even scored the opener in the 62nd minute.
“(For her) to come on and score a wonder goal, you couldn’t write it. A day we’ll never forget,”Tweeted by Mr Jackson