Lucy Bronze: To be part of England’s 500th game is really special

SportFootballLucy Bronze: To be part of England’s 500th game is really specialThe Chelsea defender has made 146 of those appearances and is third on the Lionesses’ all-time caps list.Rachel Steinberg Friday 17 April 2026 13:35 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"52226436-43ba-426f-ae94-db1164e7ee48","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/lucy-bronze-england-sarina-wiegman-leah-williamson-lionesses-b2959818.html","title":"Lucy Bronze: To be part of England’s 500th game is really special"}}open image in gallery{"id":"trigger-autogallery-7755","index":0}Lucy Bronze is amazed England have reached 500 games (Mike Egerton/PA) (PA Wire)Inside Sport newsletter: Get an expert guide to the biggest moments shaping the world of sportGet our free Inside Sport newsletterGet our free Inside Sport newsletterEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Inside_Sport_CDP","regTitle":"Inside Sport","subscriptionGroup":"inside_sport","subscriptionGroupId":"9cec95c5-a973-40ac-9b05-03d636c07853","type":"sport","pathPrefix":["/sport","/f1"],"associatedAuthors":["Lawrence Ostlere","Kieran Jackson"],"title":"Inside Sport newsletter: Get an expert guide to the biggest moments shaping the world of sport","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Sport newsletter","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/InsideSport1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideSportNews","regSourceSection":"Football","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":false}Lucy Bronze was still trying to wrap her head around England’s latest milestone as the Lionesses prepared to mark their 500th match in Saturda...