Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 to win the Women’s FA Cup final in front of a world-record crowd of 77,390 at Wembley on Sunday.
Sam Kerr scored the only goal of the game to keep Emma Hayes’ side on course for a third successive domestic double.
Their victory was secured in front of a Wembley crowd that was a world record for a women’s domestic match, surpassing the 60,739 who attended Atletico Madrid’s home match against Barcelona in 2019 at the Wanda Metropolitano. Though bigger crowds have watched women’s international and continental matches, this was a record for a domestic match.
Baroness Sue Campbell, FA director of women’s football, said of the attendance: “To break the world record is a massive statement and a wonderful marker as to where the women’s game has come in this country.
“I’ve said before that we’ve come a long way, but we’ve still got an incredibly long way to go and we know that.
“But it’s another marker in the sand that the game in this country is now alive and well, flourishing and growing.”
Though United put in an impressive first-half performance, the introduction of Pernille Harder on 57 minutes for Chelsea changed the game.
After the match, Kerr told BBC One: “I think it’s the sign of a great team, we didn’t have…
