Celebrities take to Twitter to announce Lionesses World Cup squad
By Staff on Wednesday, May 8, 2019
The names for England’s Lionesses World Cup team were released today one by one through a series of celebrity reveal videos on Twitter.
The Duke of Cambridge started the reveal by announcing captain Steph Houghton before other famous faces including David Beckham, Emma Watson and James Corden congratulated individual selected players.
We’re starting with a royal announcement. That’s right. The name we’ve all been waiting for…?@stephhoughton2!#Lionessespic.twitter.com/Y7yo1N4g1Z
— Lionesses (@Lionesses) May 8, 2019
Coming through your airwaves: the next player to be announced…
Congrats, @toniduggan!#Lionessespic.twitter.com/5ewxRWDA0L
— Lionesses (@Lionesses) May 8, 2019
What an honour to be asked to name one of the @Lionesses flying the flag for England at the World Cup this summer. @ellsbells89 you’ve got this! #BeReady pic.twitter.com/b8vdWawHPG
— James Corden (@JKCorden) May 8, 2019
Congrats to @DemiStokes on joining the @Lionesses!!! #BeReady ⚽? pic.twitter.com/KTZFknOXbA
— Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) May 8, 2019
So excited to announce that @RachelDaly3 has been named in Phil Neville’s squad for this summer’s @Lionesses World Cup #BeReady pic.twitter.com/dmkQJAii2M
— ANNE♥MARIE (@AnneMarie) May 8, 2019
I have the pleasure of announcing that @frankirby is heading to France as part of Phil Neville’s @Lionesses squad for this summer’s World Cup. Huge congratulations to Fran and the rest of the squad #BeReady pic.twitter.com/L0r43r5IVd
— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) May 8, 2019
From one England No.7⃣ to another. @lilkeets #Lioneseses pic.twitter.com/4SuYS3PO7c
— Lionesses (@Lionesses) May 8, 2019
I am very excited to reveal that Birmingham City Midfielder @lstan37 has made the @Lionesses squad for this years Women’s World Cup in France! Best of luck to you Lucy and the rest of the @Lionesses team! ??⚽??♂️@England #BeReady #Lionesses pic.twitter.com/69phUUv7pg
— Alan Shearer (@alanshearer) May 8, 2019
? Hi @1maryearps – @ClaraAmfo has some BIG news for you!
Congratulations, you’ve been selected as part of the @Lionesses 2019 World Cup Squad. Good luck – we know you’re going to smash it! ?⚽#BeReady pic.twitter.com/vPkgjWsAwm
— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) May 8, 2019
The string of tweets led to a collection of praise from the Twitterverse, applauding the unique way the names were released.
The @Lionesses squad announcement thread is pure gold.?
Brilliant to get buy-in to this from so many top names…trust me, it’s not as easy as you may think! https://t.co/oLnWgHcvmm
— Jamie Fox (@jamiefox1) May 8, 2019
After the announcements were made head coach, Phil Neville said “We wanted to make sure that each individual player really had a special moment.”
For the final 23, this announcement is an honour and a dream come true. The personalised celebrity messages have shown to have made the moment even more special.
Not a bad way of finding out your off to another @FIFAWWC … WOW! ???????? https://t.co/zyzLtv8I4U
— Steph Houghton MBE (@stephhoughton2) May 8, 2019
Wow!!! I’m so honoured and pleased to have been selected for my first World Cup but to then have @jamaledwards announced my selection????
FRANCE here we come? WWC2019 https://t.co/Olj8x50VNi— Millie Bright (@Mdawg1bright) May 8, 2019
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