 that especially tickled her. 'And Tooney takes [her boot] off and gives it to her and you just see this little girl's face light up,' Scott tells the Mirror. 'I love it when I see that content online.' It is a mildly controversial statement, not that Scott has ever veered away from honest punditry since retiring from football last year. Besides, having opinions that waver on the scale of relative controversy is all part of the punditry game. That Scott believes Chelsea will claim the Women's Super League once again while Aston Villa will be the ones disrupting the top-four status quo qualify as mild takes. That Alessia Russo will be crowned the Golden Boot winner is slightly hotter. Considering a McDonalds strawberry milkshake and 40 chicken nugget meal deal as a totally fine – nay, encouraged – form of reward after winning a football match ( never after a loss) might rattle the stricter Tom Brady diet apostles (the Lionesses, Scott recalls fervently, relished Big Macs, fries and nuggets after their Euro 2022 triumph). But signs begging for players' various articles of clothing have congealed into their own ideological fault line in modern football. Ian Wright branded them 'cringe'. Clubs like Ajax and FC Copenhagen banned them entirely, citing the alleged fire hazard posed by their cardboard nature, along with the more personal hazard of players being accused of arrogance if they dare decide to keep hold of their shirt post match. In women's football, the signs are everywhere.){kind=link}
The Women’s Super League returns to action on Sunday and Mirror Football caught up with Jill Scott to chat about the upcoming season off the back of the most recent international break
Jill Scott isn’t fussed about signs asking for players’ shirts.
In fact, the former England striker rather enjoys those flimsy entreaties peppering football terraces around the globe. There was one at the Women’s World Cup begging Manchester United ‘s Ella Toone for one of her boots (two would have been greedy) that especially tickled her.
“And Tooney takes [her boot] off and gives it to her and you just see this little girl’s face light up,” Scott tells the Mirror. “I love it when I see that content online.”
It is a mildly controversial statement, not that Scott has ever veered away from honest punditry since retiring from football last year. Besides, having opinions that waver on the scale of relative controversy is all part of the punditry game.