I can't walk down the street without seeing the England captain. It's wonderful to see.
The pace of change in women's football has been incredible over the past two years.
There has been a record viewing figure. A record number of people showed up. Television exposure is increasing and players are becoming household names. Our sport has exploded in popularity. I got into the game as a child.
I do not know where I would be without football. It gave me a lot. Football has been my favorite sport. I was fortunate.
When I was younger, I didn't know women's football existed. I used to play football with my brother near my house.
There was a five-a-side tournament in Tower Hamlets. Someone knew a person at the football stadium. They signed me after I was taken down for a trial. I had only been playing with my brother's friends up to that point.
I was working in the laundry room at the time. I used to wash the kit for the men's players after they had finished training, and then in the evening I would go to training.
I used hand-me-down boots. We were lucky to get £50 a week to cover travel expenses and later, when I got a job as a part-time teacher, I would be at the back of the coach after a game to plan the lesson for the next day.
It is completely different now.
Alex Scott: The Future of Women's Football was made while I was at Manchester City's academy and I got to see some of the teenage players. They train after school for three hours a night with tactical lessons and time on the pitch.
I went to watch a girls' football league on Saturday. There were games all over the place in a small suburb of Manchester. It was amazing to look at.
I wouldn't have been able to see a group of girls playing a game until I joined the youth team. Some people are playing in a match.
There are now over a million female players registered at age groups 15 and under. I can't help but get excited about just how many more opportunities they will have.
These are young girls who can look up to role models. Men like Wright and Henry were the only role models I had.
The only thing her dad wanted for her was for her to be able to make a living playing football.
I didn't have a path to become a football player. The person just knew someone at the club.
Young female players can see where it leads now that there is a clear path. They don't need to do anything else.
We went to the Nou Camp for the second leg of the Real Madrid and Barcelona match in the documentary.
It was amazing to see a record crowd at a women's game. I don't think I have ever heard a noise like that at a women's game.
Fans spelled out the words'more than empowerment' in the seats before the game started. To show every young girl that they can grow up and play on a pitch in front of a lot of people is something that was written.
I was asked if I wanted to play.
I didn't feel like I was jealous of what I saw. I was proud to be in the stadium to witness that historic event. They broke the attendance record a second time.
Seeing where women's football is right now makes me proud of the game and proud of my role in it.
I want to help elevate the game by speaking about it and being an ambassador for it. I feel like I'm helping in some way to carry on the progression.
When I chatted with the woman who has been at the forefront of broadcasting women's football for over a decade, she said that she was looking forward to being in the stadium for the sold-out opening match of the European Championships.
It's been a long journey to get to this point but this summer feels like it's going to be an exciting one.
It will get bigger and better.
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