Jill Scott has revealed that she missed the first dance at her sister’s wedding to travel to an FA Cup semi-final match. The former Lioness said she feels guilty for the sacrifices her family made during her football career.
Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, host Lauren Laverne asked about the personal sacrifices that were made for her to play at the top level in women’s football.
The former England midfielder said sacrifices were really made by her family rather than herself "because I got to go and live my best life playing football". Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features “I have been absent from a lot of things," Jill, 36, explained. “My sister’s wedding, I remember going to the wedding and the first dance was about to happen.
I had to leave because I had an FA Cup semi-final the next day in London, I had drive from Sunderland to London, still had the hairpins in, I think I still had my bridesmaid dress on, so for me not to be there for her first dance and to just leave the wedding." She added: “They’ve always been so supportive and I still feel this massive, like, amount of guilt.