MY LIFE IN CARS
BETH MEAD
The Euro 2022 winner, top goal scorer and player of the tournament
My first car was a Seat Ibiza which I ended up writing off trying to avoid a deer. That wasn’t ideal. I worked a job waitressing and pot washing to save up and buy it myself. I was proud of the accomplishment at a young age and I used to drive it into sixth form and think I was the coolest thing ever. Clearly not, but we can always dream. Anyway, I travelled quite far for training as I was playing for Sunderland at the time, so it was late when I was on the way home and the deer just jumped out in front of me. I swerved and managed to miss it, but I hit the grass and it made the Ibiza spin and then roll three times. The worst bit though was that while I was spinning I took out the sign that warned you to watch out for deer.