Mary Earps expresses delight as her England goalkeeper shirts SELL OUT on first day of going on sale

Mary Earps' England goalkeeper shirt has sold out a matter of hours after Nike's belated decision to make it available for the public to buy.

The 30-year-old was the standout star at England's run to the Women's World Cup final in the summer, winning the Golden Glove award at the tournament.

However, kit manufacturer Nike decided against making a shirt available to buy for the second consecutive tournament having also not been on sale during England's victorious European Championship winning campaign in the summer of 2022.

Earps hit out at the'disappointing and very hurtful' decision by the American sportswear brand having learnt the issues had not been rectified in April as goalkeeper were excluded from promotional pictures for the launch of the Lionesses' World Cup kit. She even offered to pay for the costs of producing the shirts herself.

It's understood Nike didn't initially sell the shirts because female goalkeeper kits are not part of its commercial strategy.

But after more than 170,000 people signed a petition urging Nike to change its mind, the decision was reversed.

In August a spokesman for Nike said: “Nike has secured limited quantities of goalkeeper jerseys for England, US, France and the Netherlands to be sold through the federation websites over the coming days, and we are also in conversations with our other federation partners.

“We recognise that during the tournament we didn’t serve those fans who wished to show their passion and support to the squad’s goalkeepers. We are committed to retailing women’s goalkeeping jerseys for major tournaments in the future.”

The 'limited' supply was put on sale on Monday without an official announcement by Nike.

Several sizes had already sold out before fans received emails