'We’ve had too much fun for any tears' - Euro 2022 winner Jill Scott announces retirement from football

Jill Scott has announced her retirement from football, a month after winning Euro 2022 with England. Scott was part of the Lionesses squad that won England’s first major trophy since the men won the 1966 World Cup. Ad She is the second most experienced England player ever on 161 caps, behind Fara Williams who made 172 appearances.

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Her biggest honour though was winning Euro 2022 with England, where the 35-year-old realised her time in the game was up in the aftermath of the final. “It felt better than a dream,” said Scott. “But as I like to say: It’s not about the splash.

It’s about the dive. “You know the last thing I ever did on a football pitch? It was perfectly me. We had celebrated, the streamers were going off, and I was just sitting there with my medal on the grass for an hour and a half, taking it all in … and I knew, deep in my heart, that this was it.

“So many memories came back to me. I thought about Sunderland and all the sprints I had done from wall to wall, 10 metres at a time. I thought about showing up to my first England cap with moulds instead of studs! ‘Thank you football’ – Euro 202 winner White announces retirement One goal, nine seconds: Mbappe’s kick-off goal dissected Ten Hag declares Man Utd can