Should Match of the Day show women’s football?

As the country celebrates the success of the Lionesses last night, the big question now is how can women’s football build on this huge surge of interest?

In terms of what TV can do to continue to raise the profile of women’s football, one option could be to add women’s football highlights to Match of The Day.

Asked on Radio 4’s Today show this morning if Match of The Day should do this and whether women’s football “will ever matter that much?”, Gary Lineker said: “It could do. There’s a lot of women’s football now on television and a lot is on terrestrial TV as well – the BBC has been showing quite a considerable amount. There’s no question it’s already growing and this will only increase that popularity and the amount of football that’s being shown on television.

“I’m sure it will have its own show – whether it’s a highlights package [I don’t know] as you have to remember that Match of The Day is quite an oddity in the modern age where pretty much everything is watchable live. That a highlights programme could be so incredibly popular doesn’t really happen in any other sports or even football. But there will be more and more live women’s football and that’s got to be a good thing.”