Jill Scott: MBE

Jill Scott (MBE) - it has a nice ring to it.

The England Women star was awarded an MBE yesterday in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. The title was given in recognition of her services to women’s football.

Not only has Scott helped her team make it to the semi-final of the 2019 Women’s World Cup, she has also been involved in 146 England games in her senior career.

England Women face Germany at Wembley

She has played in the 2012 Olympics, a European Championship and two World Cups in her 13 years in the England squad but her ‘services to women’s football’ do not end there.

Scott has started her own football school for young girls. The star’s JS8 schools are run all over the country and are for girls aged between six to 18. Her goal was to normalise girls playing football.

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More than half of this year’s award recipients were women. Alongside Scott, several other sportswomen were acknowledged.

Damehood:

• Baroness Sue Campbell - chairman of UK Sport from 2003 to 2013 and now director of women’s football at the FA.

OBEs:

• Catriona Matthew - golfer

• Jade Jones - taekwondo world champion

• Rosemary Mayglothling - former rower

MBEs:

• Serena Guthrie - England netball player

• Jo Harten - England netball player

• Gabby Logan - BBC Sport presenter

• Kelly Sotherton - former athlete

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Who is Jill Scott?

Scott started her senior career in 2004 with Sunderland, where she won the Women's Player of the Month award for September at the age of 18.

She joined Everton Ladies in 2006 and made 114 appearances for The Toffees. Scott moved to Manchester City in 2013, signing a two-year contract. She helped her team lift the Continental Cup Trophy in 2014.

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(Feature image: Manchester City)