England's run to the semi-finals at the 2019 Women's World Cup inspired a growth in participation across all levels, according to Football Association figures, reports BBC Sport.

The FA says 2.63m women aged 16 and over in England now play football.

Since the tournament in France, where the Lionesses finished fourth, 850,000 more women have committed to the sport.

From September, of the 2.63m adults playing in England, 23% play 11-a-side or small-sided football competitively. The remaining 2.03m take part casually, playing small-sided games but not in a league.

Last season, the FA had 1,831 affiliated women's teams and 4,073 affiliated girls' teams. Those figures contributed to a global Fifa study, released in the summer, which found that there were 120,557 female players playing organised football in England.