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Chelsea's Eni Aluko thrilled to see women's game bringing in new fans

Chelsea Ladies star Eni Aluko believes England's continual success since coming third in the World Cup in Canada last year has helped change the demographic of the sport.

The current Super League champions saw their gate numbers double after the World Cup and with England going top of their Euro 2017 qualifying group after a 5-0 win against Estonia, that progress is set to continue.

Aluko, left out of the squad against Estonia and for Tuesday's game with Belgium, said: 'Our attendance after the World Cup doubled, it had a huge impact.

Eni Aluko believes England's continual success has changed the demographic of the sport
Eni Aluko believes England's continual success has changed the demographic of the sport

'A lot of people realised that there is so much quality in women's football and it is so cheap for people to watch.