A home Treble winner, Euros success and England’s high scorer – Aggie Beever-Jones is aware of simply how particular 2025 has been.
“It was the best year of my life in terms of football and accolades, but I’ve learned so much about myself,” the Chelsea ahead tells us with a smile on her face.
“I’ve realized about profitable at Chelsea after which my first main match and coming away with the trophy. It nonetheless appears like a dream.
“If you put me here this time last year and said, ‘this is what you’ll achieve in 2025,’ I’d have said, ‘jog on’!”
Beever-Jones has been a rising menace within the Girls’s Tremendous League [WSL] for a while, however she introduced herself on the worldwide stage this yr.
It began by turning into simply the second Lioness to attain a hat-trick at Wembley when she performed towards Portugal in Might.
“It was crazy,” she remembers. “I bear in mind strolling out pondering, ‘do not do something reckless’.
“To come away with a hat-trick in 33 minutes, which is a number that means a lot to me as it’s my academy number at Chelsea, and for that to happen with all my family there is special.”
It solely obtained higher for Beever-Jones as she performed her half in England’s dramatic Euros win.
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Chelsea’s Aggie Beever-Jones & Niamh Charles tackle the Scramble within the Field problem that causes loads of laughs, chaos and pressure for the WSL stars.
“What an incredible summer,” she added. “What an incredible couple of games where I thought we were going home, then we pulled it out of the bag. Yeah, it was the best year of my life, for sure.”
England went into the match with star gamers getting back from damage and needed to have powerful talks internally after dropping their opening group sport.
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Highlights from the WSL conflict between Brighton and Chelsea.
However Beever-Jones is pleased with the bodily and psychological toughness proven by the squad, in addition to being in awe of her fellow tremendous sub.
“I’d be lying if I said there weren’t moments I thought ‘that’s it, we’re going out’. We had multiple people showing up, Michelle [Agyemang] being one of them, to be able to have the weight of the country on her back and score to keep us in.
“We needed to have powerful conversations about the way to enhance and that is what separated us from the remainder.
We needed to have powerful conversations about the way to enhance and that is what separated us from the remainder.
“Look at the first game losing to France and going on to win the tournament. It shows the belief and trust in the team.
“It was correct English soccer and we by no means gave up. I like that about us.
“Chloe [Kelly], LJ [Lauren James] playing on an injury, same with Bronzey [Lucy Bronze]. Leah [Williamson] said it… never write the English off.”
The early defeat, the shoot-outs, the doubts have been all value it when England hoisted the trophy aloft in Basel.
The way in which the crew gained the match made the celebrations even sweeter.
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1000’s line the streets of central London to rejoice the Lionesses’ homecoming after their Euro 2025 success.
“I remember when we landed we were on the coach to Downing Street. We came up on Sky Sports on a plane and I thought, ‘this is bonkers’.”
“When we were going down The Mall and seeing our families we thought, ‘we actually did it’. It sunk in a little more.
“It was insane. I bear in mind me and Niamh [Charles] dancing across the trophy after which pondering, ‘why have we executed that?'”.
Beever-Jones is still getting used to being one of the country’s most recognisable players. It’s something she’s enjoying, but it still feels surreal.
“Whenever you get recognised it is loopy to me. I simply play soccer, it is bonkers. It is actually candy once you see the younger ladies and the impact you are having on them.
“I fell in love with football by being a little girl kicking a ball in the garden. Sometimes you forget why you started. I just want to win, anyone that knows me knows how competitive I am.”
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Meet the following technology of Lionesses! Michelle Agyemang, Jess Park, Grace Clinton, Maya Le Tissier, Khiara Keating, and Aggie Beever-Jones characteristic in England’s Euros squad at their first main match.
Targets have been set for 2026. Chelsea have a troublesome process to retain the WSL after a dip in type, whereas they’re additionally determined to lastly win the Champions League.
As for England, a troublesome World Cup qualifying marketing campaign awaits after being drawn in the identical group as defending champions Spain.
Beever-Jones cannot wait.
“I play my best football when I’m relaxed, so I’ll keep playing with a smile on my face and hopefully I’ll be smiling this time next year and we can debrief on a successful year,” she stated.
“I also need to look back at this year and think, ‘what a year’, appreciate what we’ve achieved and bring on 2026.”
