After being signed to Sunderland FC at just 16, winning the Women’s Super League Golden Boot at 20 (the youngest to date), and taking home the UEFA European Women’s Championship title with the Lionesses just six years later, Beth Mead is no stranger to success.
Yet while she dominated her field from such a young age, it hasn’t always been an easy ride. Growing up in Hinderwell, there was no girls’ football team at Mead’s Primary School – so she played with the boys and, rather inevitably, became captain. Later on, while playing at California Boys FC, players and parents would laugh as soon as she walked on the pitch. Mead didn’t mind because she knew she’d run circles around them once the whistle was blown. Indeed she has, and continues to, prove her unbeatable talent and dedication to the Beautiful Game.
