Alex Scott goes viral for powerful message to clubs after England’s Euro 2022 triumph

Following England’s Euro 2022 triumph, Alex Scott called out Premier League clubs who rejected the opportunity to host matches for the tournament back in 2018.

Scott, the Arsenal legend who represented England 140 times during her illustrious career, said she would no longer ‘beg’ potential sponsors to get involved in the women’s game after England won their first major women’s football trophy.

The Lionesses, cheered on by a record crowd of 87,192 people inside Wembley and the rest of the nation, defeated Germany after extra-time.

Ella Toone broke the deadlock in the 62nd minute before Lina Magull’s equaliser set up a nervy finale.

But substitute Chloe Kelly netted one of the biggest goals in English football history, 56 years after England’s men defeated West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final.

After the match, Scott – who has become one of the UK’s most popular pundits after hanging up her boots – sent a powerful message to those Premier League clubs and individuals responsible for rejecting the opportunity to host Euro 2022 matches in their stadiums.

Manchester United’s Old Trafford, Southampton’s St Mary’s Stadium, Brighton’s Falmer Stadium and Brentford’s Community Stadium were the only four Premier League grounds to host Euro 2022 games this summer.

A handful of matches were even played at Manchester City’s 7,000-capacity Academy Stadium – a situation described as “disrespectful” by Iceland international Sara Bjork Gunnarsdotti in April.

“I’m a little bit disappointed with some of the stadiums that we got. It’s shocking,” she told Their Pitch podcast, per The Guardian. “You’re playing in England, you have so many stadiums, and we have a training ground from City. It’s just embarrassing. Women’s football today,