They've won the hearts of the nation with their spectacular performances on the pitch, but OK! explores the day-to-day jobs that our champion girls juggled before a football landed at their feet
You need need a burning motivation and steely determination as well as a true passion for the game.
The budding horse rider's family own a stable of horses in South Yorkshire so her days were spent helping tend to the animals with childhood plans to take her riding to a competitive level. Raising funds for a bus to the game, Lucy would pack bags in her local store and then work in Dominos as well as a bar while studying. The pizza branch in Headingly now affectionately calls the store 'Lucy's' in her honour after her Euros win last year.Lucy told OK! that women outside the England squad will likely still work other jobs to top up their earnings.
The low paid work accumulated enough to help pay for her boots and travelling costs, but the savvy sports star knows all too well that brains count for everything. The England striker juggled her football career with education and numerous jobs including work in her local chippy, doing exhausting weekend night shifts, hours in her nearby bakery, factory work, waitressing at an Indian restaurant and working at M&S.
She owns a coffee shop with her fiancee Shelly Unitt, in Manchester, and even after the Euros win last year was back behind the counter and sweeping floors within days of lifting the trophy. Choosing the ball over back flips, she is now already prepping for life after football, and is studying a part-time course in accountancy.
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