Alex Scott’s chance park encounter made her see she was ‘making an impact’

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. No matter what keeps coming at me, I know I’m inspiring that young girl Alex Scott “That moment it hit me, and I was like, ‘right’, no matter what keeps coming at me, I know I’m inspiring that young girl to be like ‘there’s a place for me.’” Scott has been so familiar with fame in her post-footballing career – which also includes a turn on Strictly Come Dancing – that a ceremony on Monday night celebrating her induction into the Women’s Super League Hall of Fame felt refreshing. Scott, who the now 35-year-old Slegers remembers as a sports psychology teacher, said: “I’d always been around teams with that winning mentality. “It was always about, yes, our responsibility is about being the best as an individual, but actually my responsibility is to help you improve and bring out the best in you, putting a hug around players that come into the league.” In 2022, Scott’s documentary The Future of Women’s Football raised important questions about diversity in the women’s game. Asked if progress has been made since, she added: “Until you scream and shout about it, then it’s putting the responsibility on, ‘look, we need to do something.’” You have to make people responsible Alex Scott “Yes, I can continue to scream and shout about it, but actually you have to make people responsible.