The legendary Lioness is a contestant on this yr’s common ITV present, just some months after profitable the Euros at Wembley.
Yet one more footballer will probably be within the jungle this yr because the British actuality present I’m a Celeb: Get Me Out of Right here! returns, with England legend Jill Scott on the line-up for the programme’s twenty second sequence.
A quantity former footballers have appeared on the ITV present because it first aired in 2002, together with the likes of David Ginola and Ian Wright, however Scott would be the first ever feminine footballer to take action.
An extremely common member of the Lionesses’ facet earlier than her retirement this previous summer season – typically described because the joker of the workforce – right here, GOAL brings you every little thing it’s essential learn about Scott.
Who’s Jill Scott?
Jill Scott is a former footballer who performed as a midfielder. She was born in Sunderland on February 2, 1987.
She began her enjoying profession together with her hometown membership earlier than shifting to Everton in 2006, on the age of 19. Scott spent seven years with the Toffees, profitable the FA Girls’s Premier League Cup in 2008 and the Girls’s FA Cup in 2010.
It was with Manchester Metropolis, who she joined in 2013, that she actually racked up the honours, although. Scott gained each the FA Cup and the Continental Cup on three events with the membership, whereas additionally profitable the Girls’s Tremendous League in 2016.
What number of England caps did Jill Scott get?
Scott is maybe most well-known for her worldwide profession. The 35-year-old is one in every of solely two gamers, women and men, to win over 150 caps for England, amassing 161 appearances for the Lionesses earlier than retiring in August 2022.
That call adopted the unimaginable achievement of profitable the Euros only a month earlier – a house Euros no much less, with the trophy lifted in entrance of a sell-out Wembley crowd after a 2-1 victory over Germany in additional time.
Scott was additionally a runner-up on the Euros in 2009 in her profession, gained a Bronze medal on the 2015 Girls’s World Cup and represented Nice Britain at two Olympic Video games. Within the 2020 New 12 months Honours, she obtained an MBE for her companies to ladies’s soccer.
When did Jill Scott retire from soccer?
Scott introduced her retirement from soccer on August 23, 2022. The choice noticed her deliver the curtain down on a profession which spanned 17 years.
“At present, I could also be saying my goodbyes to soccer, however we’re going to make this a celebration,” Scott wrote of her resolution in The Gamers’ Tribune. “No unhappy faces!! We’ve had an excessive amount of enjoyable for any tears.”
What’s Jill Scott’s internet value?
Estimates put Scott’s internet value at round $5 million (£4.5m), thought it may be troublesome to establish an actual determine. Whereas the wages of male footballers are extensively circulated within the media, these within the ladies’s recreation are way more personal.
Who’s Jill Scott’s associate?
Scott introduced in March 2020 than she was engaged to her long-term associate, Shelly Unitt. The pair personal a espresso store in Manchester collectively, known as Boxx 2 Boxx.
Shelly’s sister, Rachel, was a team-mate of Scott’s throughout her time Everton and whereas enjoying for England, too.
Who’s in I’m a Celeb 2022?
Scott will probably be joined by 10 different contestants within the jungle for I am a Celeb. Amongst them are former England rugby star Mike Tindall, Karma Chameleon singer Boy George and former UK authorities minister Matt Hancock.
You possibly can see the checklist of celeb contributors above.
Which TV channel is I’m a Celeb 2022 on?
The brand new sequence of I am a Celeb: Get Me Out of Right here! begins at 9pm GMT on Sunday, November 6, 2022.
It will likely be proven on ITV and also will be accessible on ITV Hub, the channel’s streaming service. Episodes will air each evening at 9pm GMT.
The date of the ultimate episode is but to be confirmed, although the sequence is anticipated to complete earlier than the top of November.
Will Jill Scott win I am a Celeb 2022?
Scott is without doubt one of the bookies’ favourites to win I am A Celeb 2022 and was the early frontrunner earlier than being overtaken within the reckoning by former England rugby participant Mike Tindall. Nonetheless, she nonetheless has loads of supporters who imagine she will probably be topped ‘Queen of the Jungle’.
Aston Villa ladies’s workforce supervisor Carla Ward, who coached Scott in 2021-22, is satisfied. “I feel she’ll win it,” Ward instructed reporters. “Jill is an unbelievable character, she’s an unbelievable particular person.
“She’s so optimistic and so energetic. She’s obtained a bag stuffed with tales, so she’ll maintain the jungle entertained, for positive.”
Manchester Metropolis participant Lauren Hemp posted on Twitter that Scott was “our Queen already”, whereas the membership’s official Twitter account wished their ex-player effectively within the competitors.
When Scott introduced the information on social media, San Diego head coach Casey Stoney wrote: “Placing my cash on already! Good luck.” Bristol Metropolis coach Anita Asante replied: “Woohoo, cannot wait to observe ya woman”.
With such vocal backing, Scott will certainly be decided so as to add one other winner’s medal to her assortment after the Euros.