Alex Scott has confirmed she was in a relationship with former Arsenal teammate Kelly Smith, recalling falling ‘madly in love’ with her.
Alex scott : Kelly Smith | Affair | Net worth | Book
Scott signed on with Arsenal in 1992, at the age of eight. After breaking into the first team as a striker or right winger, she was later converted to full-back.
Scott remained with Arsenal until the 2004–05 season, after which she moved to Birmingham City.
With the addition of Scott, the club finished fourth in the FA Women’s Premier League National Division. However, due to Birmingham’s financial difficulties, she returned to Arsenal for the 2005–06 season.
Upon rejoining Arsenal, Scott helped the club to a domestic double of the FA Women’s Premier League and FA Women’s Cup.
Kelly Smith
Alex Scott has confirmed she was in a relationship with former Arsenal teammate Kelly Smith, recalling falling ‘madly in love’ with her.
The pundit and former Lionesses player will open up about the romance, and her heartache when they split, in her memoir How (Not) To Be Strong.
Alex said she nearly couldn’t bring herself to write the chapter, but added at her book launch in London that it would have felt like ‘cheating’ to leave it out.
I went back and forth on whether I’d actually be writing the chapter,’ she said.
‘But then it was one of those moments, I’m writing this book and I want to tell everything. I thought I’d be cheating you all if I didn’t put that in there. And for me, it’s like that first love story, I fell madly and deeply in love.
And yes, there’s that heartbreak and those things, but it’s a huge part of my life and I wouldn’t go back and change that,’ she added, according to The Mirror.
‘Because that feeling of love and that excitement and what it gives you, it needed to be in there.’
Alex scott Affair
Alex Scott has spoken for the first time about her secret long-term relationship with fellow Lioness Kelly Smith, saying she fell “madly and deeply in love” with the striker as a young player.
The BBC star, now 37, will speak candidly about their romance in her new memoir, How (Not) To Be Strong, and her subsequent heartache when they split – but says she wouldn’t change a thing.
At the time, both women had their demons. Kelly, who is six years older than Alex, was in the grip of alcoholism while Alex’s traumatic upbringing with her controlling father had left her vulnerable.
When it came to writing the chapter which revealed that football ace Kelly had been her first love, the deeply private Alex said she nearly couldn’t bring herself to do it.
But speaking at the book launch in London, she said it would have been “cheating” to leave it out.
Net worth
Estimates online regarding Scott’s net worth range from £100,000 ($127,000) to 2 million ($2.5m).
The amount Scott is paid by the BBC and Sky Sports is unknown. Alan Shearer earns between £410,000 ($522,000) and £420,000 ($535,000) for his role on Match of the Day.
Although the former England international started and ended her career at Arsenal, she had a two-year spell in the USA with Boston Breakers at a time when players were paid significantly more on the western side of the Atlantic.
But Scott insists she did not move for financial reasons, previously telling The Guardian: “People assume I went for the money but it wasn’t that, it was so I could improve in a way that wasn’t possible here. Now though you can develop your game by staying in England, you don’t have to go to America or Sweden any more.
Kelly Smith Book
‘A real story of growth’ HOLLY WILLOUGHBY
‘An amazing read. What a book’ ALEX JONES
An inspirational memoir of finding strength and resilience from the former Arsenal captain and England Lioness.
From the football cages of East London to broadcasting to millions, the engine powering Alex Scott’s remarkable journey has always been her resilience.
But thanks to a ‘push-through mentality’ the world has only ever seen the ‘strong’ side of Alex Scott. Now the former Lioness is ready to lower the shield.
In How (Not) to Be Strong, Alex shares the inspiring lessons that have shaped her, from finally confronting the legacy of a tumultuous childhood to the tarnished truth behind the gleaming football trophies.
With raw honesty, Alex shows how she’s tackled life’s challenges and that sometimes the strongest thing you can do is show your most vulnerable side to the world.
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