Motivational speaker, Jill Scott, grew up in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear and although a keen long distance runner chose football and began her career with Sunderland Women.
Jill joined Everton Ladies in July 2006 and at the end of 2007/08 season she picked up the FA Players’ Player of the Year award. She made her debut for the England senior team against the Netherlands in August 2006 and then went on to make the squad for the 2007 World Cup – scoring her first international goal in the 6-1 win over Argentina.
Since then Jill has gone on to earn over 150 caps for her country – the 2nd highest capped lioness in history – and has been an ever present in the England set up for the last 15 years. She has competed in 3 European Championships and 4 World Cups – Including the 2019 tournament in France where she became England’s most capped footballer in World Cup Finals, overtaking Peter Shilton in the Quarter Final win against Cameroon – where she was voted player of the game by the BBC.
Jill has also appeared at 2 Olympic Games – London 2012 & Tokyo 2020.
In the winter of 2013 Jill joined Manchester City and during her time at the club, Jill has scored their first ever goal in the Champions League, won the ‘double’ – FA Women’s Super League & Continental Cup 2016/17 – and in 2019 added a further Continental Cup win to her honours list.
Jill has also enjoyed plenty of success at Wembley having scored in the 2017 FA Cup Final win and in 2019 played an important role in again winning the FA Cup in front of a crowd in excess of 43,000. In 2021 Jill rejoined Everton Ladies on loan and whilst captain earned her 150th full international cap for England Lionesses. Jill returned to Manchester City Women for the 2021/2022 season and in January 2022 joined Aston Villa Women on loan. On 31st July 2022 Jill was part of the winning England team making history and crowned Euro 2022 Champions.
Alongside her playing career, Jill also runs her thriving JS8 Soccer Schools and Academy, and has also opened the highly successful Boxx2Boxx Coffee shop in Manchester.
Creating Your Own Formula For Success. Based on her experiences from the world of Elite Performance, Jill has harnessed the lessons and techniques she has learnt throughout her highly successful career to provide an 8 point formula for the delivery of sustainable success which is totally transferable back into life and the workplace.
Key areas of Engagement are:
Jill’s Keynote can also be adapted towards Team Building & Team Development events. Backed up by Action Learning exercises and underpinned by Jill’s 8 point formula for the delivery of sustainable success, delegates will leave with a clear vision of how they can implement small changes to create massive gains, in both their personal and business lives.
156 caps 26 Goals and counting!
England’s Most Capped Player Ever at World Cups
FA Premier League Cup
FA Women’s Cup x4 • Continental Cup x3 Women’s Super League Title
Appearances – 163 – All time leader
Games Won – 97 (2nd)
Tackles Won – 407 (2nd)
Successful Passes – 5313 (5th)
Chances Created – 237 (5th)
Assists – 24 (13th)
Interceptions – 203 (18th)
Awarded MBE in 2020 New Year’s Honours List
Winner of FA Player’s Player of the Year & FA International Player of the Year
To date, Jill has appeared at x4 World Cups x4 European Championships & the London 2012 & Tokyo 2020 Olympics
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