‘I was so, so scared. They put a plastic cage around my head before I went head first into the machine’ Aston Villa goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck opens up about tough times at Manchester City and having a stroke at 24

Ellie Roebuck of FC Barcelona poses for a portrait during the FC Barcelona Portraits Session nat Estadi Johan Cruyff on September 25, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.

When England won the Women’s European Championship for the second time, goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck was watching on from the outside again.

Roebuck was part of the Lionesses squad that became the European champions in 2022 but was kept out of the team by Mary Earps. Three years later, she was enlisted as a studio pundit, watching her friends and teammates retain the title in Switzerland.