Alex Scott, UK
Football
Football fans are having a really hard time listening to some ex-pros-turned-pundits on their TV screens these days. Their analysis is often unsophisticated and dated as they lean on the deliberately outrageous in an attempt to remain relevant. Many have failed to evolve as the game and its supporters have developed. But Alex Scott is one voice cutting through the nonsense and delivering sharp observations. Elegant and articulate, Scott’s rapid wit and shrewd inspection has earned a reputation as one of the best analysts in the game. A regular on Britain’s immensely popular highlights show Match of the Day and on Sky Sports, Scott is helping to break boundaries to ensure that the female voice is normalised within football. Of course, we must not forget that as a raiding right-back with Arsenal and the national team she is one of English football’s most successful and skilled operators. But it is Scott’s vivacious personality rather than accomplished feet which seals her place on this list. She is a woman owning the man’s world and the 34-year-old is being recognised for astute understanding of the game.
– The 140-capped England star was one of the breakout stars from the 2018 World Cup after earning the right to become the first female pundit taken to the tournament by the BBC.
– Scott is similarly a trailblazer for Sky Sports after she became the first female pundit on their flagship Super Sunday programme.
– She received a prestigious MBE for her services to football in the 2017 New Year’s Honours list.
Did you know…
Scott was a key figure in Arsenal’s historic ‘Quadruple’ season in which they won three domestic titles and the 2006–07 UEFA Women’s Champions League (then called the UEFA Women’s Cup). She scored the winner in that European final as well.
“I’m not out here trying to be better than any Male/Female. There is room for us all to rise! I’m just trying to be the best ‘I’ can be in the role I am ‘employed’ to do. Have fun along the way, learn from people around me, grow/be better!” – Alex Scott
Twitter: @AlexScott
Instagram: alexscott2
