![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/im-a-celebs-jill-scott-prepared-for-rough-sleep-in-jungle-after-sofa-surfing/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1_Jill-Scott-says-she-feels-like-she-is-representing-the-womens-football-world-in-the-jungle-and-wa.jpg&description=Exclusive: I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! star Jill Scott has revealed that she will have no issue falling asleep in the campsite after years of sofa surfing at the beginning of her football careerI'm a Celeb: Jill Scott arrives in Australia for new seriesI'm A Celebrity star Jill Scott will have no problem getting some shut-eye in the jungle - after years of sofa surfing when she first made her way as a football star. The former England international, 35, had to regularly make the 170-mile journey from her native Sunderland to Everton after she signed for Everton Ladies in 2006, but at times she would try to stay on her team-mates' sofas to save money on petrol, before the days female footballers were paid to play the game. Jill now has the ability to "sleep anywhere" after years of bedding down on couches, which will stand her in good stead to sleep outside on a hammock after she was seen heading into the ITV show's Australian camp last night(SUN). Jill said: "When I first started there was a lot of travelling and we didn't get paid to play football, so a lot of the time you were covering your own expenses. I should've had shares in petrol back then. But back then you could put £5 petrol in and that would probably get you up the motorway. It wouldn't nowadays. "But I feel so fortunate that I've actually lived the journey of the game and made so many good friends. Because back then it was like, 'Can someone let us sleep on the sofa? I've got training tonight.' It was literally like that, but you made such good friendships through that. Jill will have no problem catching some shut eye in the jungle ( ITV) The retired Lioness star admitted she had a competitive side ( James Gourley/REX/Shutterstock) "The friends that I have now that I've made later on in the game. There's a massive opportunity there now that players can play full-time and have careers. I think that's a fantastic thing." Speaking about sofa surfing, she said: "I was poorly quite a lot of the ti){kind=link}
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! star Jill Scott has revealed that she will have no issue falling asleep in the campsite after years of sofa surfing at the beginning of her football career
I’m A Celebrity star Jill Scott will have no problem getting some shut-eye in the jungle – after years of sofa surfing when she first made her way as a football star.
The former England international, 35, had to regularly make the 170-mile journey from her native Sunderland to Everton after she signed for Everton Ladies in 2006, but at times she would try to stay on her team-mates’ sofas to save money on petrol, before the days female footballers were paid to play the game.
Jill now has the ability to “sleep anywhere” after years of bedding down on couches, which will stand her in good stead to sleep outside on a hammock after she was seen heading into the ITV show’s Australian camp last night(SUN).
Jill said: “When I first started there was a lot of travelling and we didn’t get paid to play football, so a lot of the time you were covering your own expenses. I should’ve had shares in petrol back then. But back then you could put £5 petrol in and that would probably get you up the motorway. It wouldn’t nowadays.