The former defender - who grew up on a council estate - enjoyed a successful career with Arsenal and England but fears she wouldn't be able to make it as a player now as academy locations make it harder for inner-city girls to get to training.

Scott told BBC Sport: "I was lucky. I came from a council estate where I had a youth worker who saw me and used to drive me to Arsenal. As we are trying to progress the game, we took it out of urban areas.

"In this period there is no way with my mum that I would be able to get the bus all the way to Hertfordshire and get to training. It's important the FA have recognised that we are trying to develop the women's game, but in that we are giving less opportunities to everybody.

"Football is for everyone. Everyone should have an equal opportunity and that is what it needs to be taken back to. My responsibility is to continue important things like that."

Scott has moved into broadcasting since retiring from football in 2018 and she is amazed to be recognised from "so many different platforms".

She said: "I am a different Alex Scott to so many people. To young kids I am either Alex Scott the footballer or Alex Scott on (video game) FIFA. That is a moment that I haven't managed to take in – that I am a voice on FIFA as the first female in that role.

"I am Alex Scott who they saw on 'Strictly' when I go in the supermarket and people say they were voting for me every week. Or I am Alex Scott from 'The One Show' or 'Football Focus'. That is the only time when I am like: 'Woah, they are watching me here and watching me there.'

"From me being on so many different platforms, I am proud that they then have an interest in women's football. It is bringing in an audience and tying it all together. That is what makes me proud."