England star Ella Toone's old club say girl's football has become popular

Girls' football has become so popular at Lioness Ella Toone's old club that they 'can't form teams fast enough'.

Lorraine Warwick-Ellis, from Astley and Tyldesley Community Football Club where Toone used to play, told the BBC of the impact England's success was having on wider communities.

She said: '(Women's football) weren't televised for a long time, which was a shame. Now we are on TV, we're visual and the girls can see it, they can be it.

'It's great to see all these young girls now who are coming down. It's like we cannot form teams fast enough for them. It's superb.'

Toone's former PE teacher Chris Nuttall said she was a 'dream' pupil because she got other students involved.

The PE teacher at Fred Longworth High School in Tyldesley told the BBC: 'The good thing for us is Ella still comes back to school. She's very supportive.

'And I think with the girls seeing Ella around the school as well when she comes in, it's been a massive for them.

'We have girls' teams now in every year group. A lot of girls are very interested and we were just chatting then about how many of the students are coming through wanting to be part of the girls' team, and that is massively down to Ella and her achievements.'

Toone and her teammates were seen this morning leaving their hotel as the countdown to their historic World Cup final ramps up.

The players were seen stepping out of the Intercontinental in Sydney in their light blue tracksuits ahead of this morning's clash with Spain - England's first World Cup final since 1966.

Supporters young and old gathered outside the hotel and cheered as their heroes boarded a maroon-coloured bus, branded with 'The Final' in gold lettering, to take them to Stadium Australia.

The bus was given a police escort for its journey through the city, which should take around half an hour.

Earlier in the day, Sarina Wiegman's team were spotted out on a walkabout in the Sydney sun - a tradition many teams enjoy before a big game.