Grace Clinton’s early finish proved the winner as England concluded 2024 with a 1-0 victory over Switzerland in a friendly at Bramall Lane.

Grace Clinton 's early finish proved the winner as England concluded 2024 with a 1-0 victory over Switzerland in a friendly at Bramall Lane.

Match report as Grace Clinton ensured England finished the year on a high with victory over next summers Euros hosts; Sarina Wiegman made 10 changes from the weekends stalemate with USA; 21-year-olds

After struggling to score against the USA at the weekend, England were off to a flyer when a long free-kick forward was nodded on by Millie Turner, whose effort rebounded off the post before Grace Clinton slammed home the finish into the roof of the net.

Two and half years since that balmy summer’s evening in Sheffield when England’s Lionesses swept past Sweden on a tide of public goodwill to reach the final of the European Championship, Sarina Wiegman’s team make their return to Bramall Lane tonight.

England Women continue their preparations for next summer’s European Championship as they take on Switzerland tonight. It is just seven months now until the Lionesses defend the continental title they so memorably won on home soil at Wembley back in the summer of 2022,

England v Switzerland is the final game in the Lionesses 2024 schedule, and manager Sarina Wiegman has said she is going to experiment with the team. They face tough opposition in their friendly in Switzerland,

The Lionesses played out a 0-0 stalemate with the USA, and Sarina Wiegman is planning to ‘rotate a lot’ in response