A year later, she became a European champion with the Lionesses, playing an instrumental role in July as England won its first major football trophy since 1966. Her six goals earned her the Golden Boot at Euro 2022 and she was named player of the tournament in the process.
After a sensational 12 months in which she helped the Lionesses break new ground for women’s football in this country, and also enjoyed a superb club season with Arsenal, Mead was runner-up for the Ballon d’Or in October, beaten by Barcelona and Spain midfielder Alexia Putellas.
But bookmakers already have her as a shoo-in for her latest gong, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, in Salford tonight.
It has been a remarkable turnaround year from what Mead called the hatred of the Olympic omission, which she later said “lit a fire under me”.
She has channelled that disappointment, coupled with the anger of her mother’s cancer battle, to go from the fringes of the England team to become its beating heart.
The forward made the difference in a nervy opener at the Euros, scoring the only the goal as England made hard work of a 1-0 win over Austria. A hat-trick followed in a record-breaking 8-0 victory over Norway, before another goal in a 5-0 win over Northern Ireland. After a dramatic extra-time win against Spain, Mead scored a sublime goal to set England on their way to a 4-0 win over Sweden in the semi-finals, before the Lionesses made history against Germany in the final at Wembley.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 21, 2022 من Evening Standard.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك ? تسجيل الدخول
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 21, 2022 من Evening Standard.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
Only £65k a month to live like Boy George
The Karma Chameleon singer listed his house for £17m in 2022, turning down offers. Now, he's looking for a tenant
Welcome to London, unicorn capital of Europe
We're flying far ahead of anywhere outside US for tech investment
Arteta's Arsenal evolution The next phase
Malik Ouzia and Simon Collings assess how the Spaniard will try to bring down Man City after he signs up for another three years with the title in his sights
Title fight catches fire after Gunners embrace dark side
Arsenal-City clashes take on a welcome edge of animosity
Whack the hippy gong-boho's back
It happened in Paris one grey February day. Sienna Miller was in an oversized, black leather jacket, lace-trimmed silk slip and clumpy great wedges.
There's a Starlink waiting in the sky... 7,000 in fact.Can Elon Musk stop them crashing to Earth?
As he was preparing his fields for seeding this year, Barry Sawchuk came across a giant slab of space debris. It had come from a spacecraft belonging to Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX.
'Politicians are only into power-mongering, corruption and cronyism'
We speak to alt revolutionary DEEPAK CHOPRA about biomarkers, his digital twin and his work to save humanity from disease
I've been waiting for a production of Godotthis brilliant all my life
Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati bring a potent, tragicomic chemistry to James Macdonald’s rich revival of Samuel Beckett’s challenging play.
Trust me, the Ritz is London's bestrestaurant
To whom we turn in moments of gloom and glory can be instructive, a filter of our truest friends. I've fallen out with the Ritz a couple of times, including once after a visit to the bar which didn’t warrant a review (“But you said it was lovely!” they said.
'Healing is a dirty word'
After four traumatic years, FKA twigs is back with a new album -and a thrilling metamorphosis
