Jill Scott, footballer

Desert Island Discs

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🗓️ 12 August 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Jill Scott is the second most capped England footballer ever, playing for her country 161 times. Before her retirement last year, she played in ten major international tournaments and was part of the England team who beat Germany to win the 2022 European Championships. Jill was born and brought up in Sunderland, and excelled in a range of sports from an early age. She won the London mini-marathon when she was 14 but her heart was in football. She played for a boys junior football team until she was asked to leave when she was nine years old. Fortunately her mother found a girls team for her. She began her senior career when she was a teenager, initially playing for Sunderland before moving on to Everton and then Manchester City, where she won all the domestic trophies. She was renowned as a highly competitive midfield player, who scored 27 goals for England. She lives in Manchester with her partner Shelly, where they co-own a coffee shop. . DISC ONE: (Something Inside) So Strong - Labi Siffre DISC TWO: So Good - Boyzone DISC THREE: Step by Step - Whitney Houston DISC FOUR: Sunday Morning - Maroon 5 DISC FIVE: The Climb - Miley Cyrus DISC SIX: My Love is Your Love - Whitney Houston DISC SEVEN: Mysterious Girl - Peter Andre DISC EIGHT: Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond BOOK CHOICE: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend LUXURY ITEM: A notebook and pens CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: The Climb - Miley Cyrus Presenter Lauren Laverne Producer Sarah Taylor

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts
0:04.9	Hello, I'm Lauren LeVern, and this is the Desert Island Disks podcast.
0:08.6	Every week I ask my guests to choose the eight tracks, book and luxury they'd want to take with them
0:13.9	if they were cast away to a desert island.
0:16.4	And for right reasons, the music is shorter than the original broadcast.
0:21.2	I hope you enjoy listening.
0:30.1	My cast away this week is the former England international footballer, Jill Scott.
0:49.2	She's known for her immense energy and drive on the pitch,
0:52.8	and her indefatigable team spirit off it.
0:55.6	In her 16 years as a lioness, she played in 10 major international tournaments,
1:00.4	earning 161 England caps, becoming the second most capped player in British history.
1:06.8	She discovered football early, playing non-stop in the back lanes of her home city of Sunderland,
1:12.2	where she was the only girl on her local boys' team.
1:15.2	By the time she was 18, she was playing for Everton, then Manchester City.
1:20.0	During her career, she's won every major domestic trophy,
1:23.5	but success came at a price, often literally.
1:26.5	She had to balance playing with paying the bills, working part-time jobs,
1:30.4	and spending hours driving herself to and from commitments.
1:34.2	Luckily, it all paid off.
1:36.3	Last year, as part of the England women's team, she brought football home with their historic euros win.
1:42.8	After the celebrations, she announced her retirement, and received a handwritten letter from
1:47.3	the Prince of Wales congratulating her on her extraordinary career.
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