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And on a side note, the England Women's team have won the Women's world cup. Isn't that nice"

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Sorry, but I need to corrrect you there. The England Ladies have never won the Womens World cup. The Quarter Finals is the best they have ever managed.

Only Three nations have ever won the Womans World Cup. USA, Germany and Norway.

1991 - USA
1995 - Norway
1999 - USA
2003 - Germany
2007 - Germany
2011 - ????

If all goes the way i think it will the USA should play Sweden in the Final. Sweden are a good side and have already beaten the US team in the Group stages, but i don't think the US will let the Sweeds get the better of them a second time.

2011 - USA



Mark (and Geoff), I was mid rant and being sarcastic.
What I was driving at was that even if the England women did win the world cup, there would still be more coverage about some soccer groupie's latest shopping expedition than there would be about the ladies sporting triumph.

While I admit to doing my best to avoid as much of the game as I can, I do listen to the news and stuff and I was completely unaware the women's tournament was happening until I saw this thread, but I am aware that the buying and selling of players is occuring in the men's game.

BTW, I happen to think that the women are more likely to pick up a trophy than the men

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