{"id":449176,"date":"2025-09-25T00:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T00:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/449176\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T00:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T00:42:14","slug":"ripon-pupil-shines-for-england-against-spain-on-16th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/449176\/","title":{"rendered":"Ripon pupil shines for England against Spain on 16th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aiir-c-news-extra__timestamp\">\n                    Wednesday, 24 September 2025 16:29\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68d40e3e3940f.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            A Ripon Grammar School pupil celebrated her 16th birthday in Spain while representing England against one of the best football teams in the world.\n        <\/p>\n<p>Lottie Day played at right back for the England Women\u2019s U17 team, who were narrowly beaten 1-0 by Spain in soaring 31-degree heat.<\/p>\n<p>A close-range finish fired the hosts into the lead at the 30 minute mark with the Young Lionesses looking to come from behind after the break.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a number of half time changes, it finished 1-0 to Spain at the La Nucia Mini Stadium in Alicante.<\/p>\n<p>Lottie said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt was a fantastic experience playing Spain, one of the best sides in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a real challenge to compete against players a year older than us, but an amazing test as we prepare for the Euros and World Cup.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Sheffield United\u00a0academy central midfielder, who was also called up to fly out to play against Denmark and Norway during the summer holidays, celebrated her 16th birthday with her England team mates at their training camp in Alicante.<\/p>\n<p>Lottie, who lives between Ripon\u00a0and Thirsk, is an Arsenal fan, and began playing football when she was seven.<\/p>\n<p>She confesses she is now obsessed with the game and her ambition is to be a professional footballer.<\/p>\n<p>Lottie added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter Ripon Grammar School, I would love to play for a top Women\u2019s Super League team and my dream is to play for Arsenal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, 24 September 2025 16:29 A Ripon Grammar School pupil celebrated her 16th birthday in Spain while representing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[39704,2000,299,39701,39702,39705,39710,39706,39707,9440,27832,104,39708,39709,39703],"class_list":{"0":"post-449176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-boroughbridge","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-harrogate","12":"tag-knaresborough","13":"tag-masham","14":"tag-nick-hancock","15":"tag-otley","16":"tag-pannal","17":"tag-radio","18":"tag-ripon","19":"tag-spain","20":"tag-stray","21":"tag-strayfm","22":"tag-wetherby"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115262164219444162","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}