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And at the end of every speech and team talk, she always closes with the words: ‘Go and enjoy yourself.
Especially when our ‘culture’ seems to enjoy nothing more than pulling people down when they’ve reached the top. Reading Beth’s experiences it can be easy to forget how young she is, and it can make you sigh with disappointment to think that it wasn’t the 70s when she was faced with sexism, segregation, and bigotry. I never really know how to rate autobiographies as they are someone’s real life, so this will remain unrated for now, but this was such a great read. I will admit I am not a football fan (male or female teams), but living and growing up in London, it is impossible to do or not take notice when England is playing.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. It was so fascinating to know the background to this great player, and really just made it even more impressive how far both she and women’s football has come. Anyone reading this review who isn’t from England might not realise how captivated we were as a country by the 2022 European Championships. The new found admiration and respect I have for not only Beth, but for every women’s football player, is unmatched. The journey to European Champion and Player of the Tournament wasn’t easy, success didn’t come without challenges and perseverance.
I remember being so sad for all the missed possibilities under the belief that we were about to be knocked out by Spain in the quarters, the adrenaline of the hope that we still had a chance, and the utter elation when we got through to the semis. This diary style retelling of the euros was perfect, translating the feeling of pressure Beth felt in training sessions, games and tournaments, from her experience with homesickness and shyness when she was younger to having to adapt to a post-European champion who can’t go to McDonald’s without getting recognised life. She was also named Player of the Tournament and has since won England Women's Player of the Year and been nominated for the 2022 Ballon d'Or Féminin and the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2022. She was also named Player of the Tournament and has since won England Women's Player of the Year, the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2022 and been named runner-up for the 2022 Ballon d'Or Feminin. It wasn’t until the Lionesses started winning in the Euros that I started watching their training and interviews on YouTube - something that I do regularly with the men even though they share the “England” channel.Her story, from growing up in a small village in North Yorkshire to becoming an international player is both inspiring and just very cool.
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