Jill Scott joins Sky’s A League of Their Own
England player and I’m A Celebrity star Jill Scott joins Sky’s A League of Their Own to become team captain
England player and I’m A Celebrity star Jill Scott has been named as team captain on the Sky TV show A League Of Their Own.
The 36-year-old was announced as the new face of the show at a big reveal at the Angel Of The North in Tyne and Wear, when a statue in her honor was unveiled.
The reigning Queen Of The Jungle will perform for the Sky show alongside regulars Jamie Redknapp, Romesh Ranganathan and Micah Richards as she embarks on a television career.
Jill, from Sunderland, became a national hero last year by helping England to Euro 22 glory.
Her family attended the statue surprise along with the mayor of Gateshead and players from the Gateshead and Bolden Girls football clubs.
New role: Jill Scott has joined Sky’s A League of Their Own to become team captain – she was announced as the new face when a statue in her honor was unveiled on Monday
Superstar: The reigning Queen Of The Jungle will be lining up for the Sky show alongside regulars Jamie Redknapp, Romesh Ranganathan and Micah Richards as she embarks on a television career
Scott won 161 caps for England during her football career, representing Sunderland, Everton, Manchester City and Aston Villa.
She retired from football shortly after winning the European Championship, became a pundit and won the ITV show, I’m a Celebrity.
Jill became the first ever female player to captain England in Soccer Aid last month.
Following England’s Euro 2022 win and I’m A Celeb win, Jill says her ‘next plan is to get married’ and following the couple’s 2020 engagement it’s about time they ‘start planning a bit’ .
In her first interview since winning the jungle title, Jill said: “We got engaged two years ago and Covid has affected us so I think we need some planning. It’ll be nice.
“We need to sit down and just catch up on the past five weeks and what’s happened, but obviously we’re going to get engaged, the next plan is to get married.”
“I’ve always valued our relationship 100 percent — it’s so hard on the person you’re with and the sacrifices they have to make to go play football and be away for two weeks a month. Shelly’s support goes into this from day one, if I hadn’t I couldn’t have done it, so we’re a good team.
“I’m excited to see what happens in the future, but I don’t think there will be a wedding in the jungle!”
Just a moment: Jill, from Sunderland, became a national hero last year by helping England to Euro 22 glory. Her family attended the statue surprise next to the mayor of Gateshead