Five things you may have missed from That Lionesses Podcast with Beth and Lotte

England pair Beth Mead and Lotte Wubben-Moy were the latest players to take part in That Lionesses Podcast connected by EE.

As the squad turn their attention to the EURO quarter-final with Sweden on Thursday, the Arsenal duo sat down with our host Harriet Rose to chat about life in camp and much more.

And if you haven’t had chance to listen yet, with the podcast now available via both Apple and Spotify, then here are a few interesting take outs from their chat.

The Hemps dominating darts

While Lauren Hemp's EURO 2025 passing stats have an 80.4 per cent success rate so far, it seems her accuracy on the darts board is equally on point.

And it's also clear where she inherited that skill from, following an impromptu darts tournament with friends and family at the team's base in Zurich earlier this week which Mead revealed turned into a fiercely competitive affair.

"I ended up getting Hempo's dad in the first round and he was getting treble 20s for fun, so I felt like I'd been stitched here and was knocked out first round,” revealed Mead.

"But he did get to the final and he did win, so that made me feel better. He beat Hempo in the final!"

Mum’s the word - Lotte's sourdough secret

As well as her boots and kit, another item which made it to Switzerland in Lotte's luggage was a key component from her passion of baking.

And she chose to reveal all on the podcast, whilst also confusing both Harriet and Mead with her explanation.

"Stuart our chef, has been looking after my ‘mother’," she said.

"But it's not the kind of mother you'd think, it's a sourdough-starter 'mother'.

"I bake a lot of sourdough bread when I'm at home and I didn't want my 'mother' to leave me or miss out on the opportunity of coming to the EUROs.

"This is a scientific term, the 'mother' is the birth-giving, she's the one providing and you take some of the 'mother' away and that's what you add to the sourdough and then the mother continues to live.

"She needs to be fed every day, so I couldn't leave her at home and Stuart is looking after my 'mother'.

"I've kept it on the DL because I thought people would probably think it's weird."

Raise the floor and raise the ceiling

Lotte has been one of the Lionesses’ most vocal players when it comes to championing the women’s game in England and working to provide a better future for the next generation of players over the years.

And she paid tribute to Mead, whose journey to reach the top would probably look a lot different for a young player of similar ability in today’s game.

"Beth was at Sunderland and they got stripped, and then she joined Arsenal when she was the top scorer in the WSL at the time,” explained Wubben-Moy.

"It's mad to think that the game's come on so far in that time but the disparity between the top and the bottom is still huge and the women's pyramid that we speak about so often, it's important to raise the floor as much as we're raising the ceiling.

"We're taking that on and speaking on behalf of the ones coming through but also pushing the barriers and the boundaries of professional football as a whole.”

Sweden in focus

With this being Mead’s third major tournament with England, she has enough experience to know what lies in store when the Lionesses face Sweden in their first knockout game.

And she’s expecting a tough encounter when the teams meet at the Stadion Letzigrund in Zurich.

"We've played them a lot at tournaments and I think, not that people underestimate them, but they're always successful in tournaments and people sometimes write them off a bit too early,” she said.

"They're a team that just go about their business quietly and they looked pretty good against Germany the other night, so we know what we've got coming and it will be tough.”

The squad is clicking

For anyone fortunate enough to be at a game in Switzerland and in proximity to the England bench, you might have heard a rhythmical clicking noise emerging throughout the game.

And that's coming from the substitute players who have been doing the 'snaps' during matches to show support and positive energy for those on the pitch.

"It's our bench aura," said Mead. "It's just to give a bit of energy."