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Although women’s football has come on leaps and bounds over the last few years, it remains a world apart from the men’s game in terms of the money on offer. Players in the Women’s Super League typically earn between \u00a330,000 and \u00a3400,000 per year, with some on the lower end of the scale being forced to work second jobs in order to make ends meet.<\/p>\n

Express Sport<\/em> takes a look at some of\u00a0England’s big-name players and their jobs outside of football ahead of the Lionesses’ crunch clash against Scotland – which will determine whether or not Team GB make it to the Olympics.<\/p>\n

Lucy Bronze<\/h3>\n

Lucy Bronze has been in the England setup from the age of 16 but needed another job to support herself in the early stages of her career. The 31-year-old balanced football with her studies at Leeds Beckett University and worked at a Headingley branch of pizza chain Domino’s at the same time.<\/p>\n

She told The Telegraph in 2017 that she thought about quitting football due to injuries and financial problems, saying: “I thought: ‘OK, I might have to stop and think about getting a proper job’. I had huge debt and repeated knee injuries and was hobbling around on crutches for a year. I missed almost two-and-a-half years of games.<\/p>\n

“All my friends were overtaking me, and I was working in a bar at a five-a-side centre in Leeds and then in a Domino\u2019s Pizza. I mastered all the skills of the pizza business.”<\/p>\n

Football eventually worked out well for Bronze and her former Domino’s branch was renamed Lucy’s in her honour following England’s historic Euros triumph last year.<\/p>\n

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Bethany England<\/h3>\n

Bethany England was spinning three plates during her first year in the WSL, working in a Barnsley fish and chip shop while studying at college and playing for the Doncaster Belles. She initially earned just \u00a3150 per month from football, leading her to take several other jobs such as working in a bakery, a factory, an Indian restaurant and an M&S.<\/p>\n

“I ended up working for three-and-a-half years in a chippy, doing night shifts on a Friday and Saturday,” she revealed earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The Lionesses forward also explained\u00a0that she now studies law in preparation for life after football, saying: “I’ve always been interested in law. I used to watch CSI, Criminal Minds and Law & Order with my mum, but I’m really interested in the family side of things and I would eventually like to work in family law.<\/p>\n

“I never thought football would be a full-time job, so I always knew education would have to come into it. After football you need to make sure you have something set up, ready for that transition.”<\/p>\n

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