Farewell Jill Scott, England legend. And yes, it really did happen

Jill Scott: ‘I have a gold medal. I can’t stop looking at it, three weeks later. It’s so heavy. It’s so real.’ Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

GREAT SCOTT

An England international back in the days long before it became fashionable – and before it became fashionable for the mainstream media to ram her sport down the throats of male fans too stupid to realise they were under no obligation to watch it – Jill Scott has announced her retirement from the sport with the release of an emotive epistle that would bring floods of tears to a glass eye.