The Lionesses begin their campaign to retain the Women’s European Championship with a difficult group-stage match against France on Saturday.

It represents a big moment for the 24-year-old stopper, who has been our number one for the past two seasons, and comes off the back of an impressive domestic Treble-winning campaign.

Yet Hampton is not fazed by the task in front of her.

‘To be honest, it doesn’t feel any different to any other tournament,’ she said to That Lionesses Podcast this week. ‘You train every single day, just like in other tournaments, you do all the team sessions and all the extra finishing [work] at the end.

‘There isn’t really a difference; it’s just come game day, instead of being on the sidelines cheering, you’re hopefully doing the best you can on the pitch if that’s what’s asked of me. You just get on with it. It’s your job.

‘There’s pre-training when you speak about what to expect (from opponents), and other nations do that with us too.

‘When it comes to being on the pitch, we tend to focus on ourselves and what we need to do to get results out of the games. You can’t focus too much on the other people because it takes a lot of your effort. Instead, we focus on us as a collective and what we can do best.’

Hampton played the full match against Jamaica in England’s final friendly before Euro 2025 last weekend and was keen to emphasise how much the team appreciated the support.

Major tournaments inevitably draw in new fans, and the goalkeeper delivered an inspirational message for anyone new to following the Lionesses.

‘You saw how loud they were in the game against Jamaica,' she continued. 'I was lucky enough not to have too much to do in the game, so I definitely heard the fans during the 90 minutes, and even before and after the game.

‘It’s important to have them support and be here with us. Even if they’re not here, it’s just knowing that they’re backing us 100 per cent. It encourages you and pushes you on.

‘We’re the ones who are obviously out on the pitch playing the 90 minutes, maybe 120, but the fans feel it and go through all the emotions at the same time.

'We want you to just stay with us, forget about the club rivalries between the fans and support the nation and support us as players out on the pitch. We’re fighting for the country to go and do well and get far in the tournament.

‘Whether it’s a little boy or girl who’s coming to their first game or it’s an elderly person who’s coming to a game along with their family, it’s not different at all. It’s the exact same, you’re here to just support the country you love, the game that you love, and we’ll hopefully go and do you proud.’