Lioness - My Journey to Glory: Winner of the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year

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I will admit I am not a football fan (male or female teams), but living and growing up in London, it is impossible to do or not take notice when England is playing. So is being a non football fan in London is hard being a female footballer is a billion times more difficult, which is what makes Beth and the other Lioness' story even more incredible. A very inspiring story that journals Beth Mead's football career from the start all the way up until the infamous Euros win. The book starts with a dark time in Beth's life, then goes back to her childhood, her family, and of course, her start in football till the current day.

To tire her out before bedtime, starting when she was 2, her dad would pass a ball back and forth on the hallway landing. Since the publication of this book June Mead has sadly passed away ( “If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever.Well done Beth for telling your story and I was pleased to read, in the news recently,that the Lionesses were successful in getting the government to listen to them about PE in schools.

I remember being so sad for all the missed possibilities under the belief that we were about to be knocked out by Spain in the quarters, the adrenaline of the hope that we still had a chance, and the utter elation when we got through to the semis.I liked that she was completely honestly about her feelings at certain points in her career, she definitely wasn’t scared of sharing the lows as well as the highs. It sounds like such a minor thing, but we put so much pressure on ourselves as players that we often forget this.