Meet England's most-capped footballer of all time

Peter Shilton is England's most-capped footballer, isn't he?

Well wrong actually. Fara Williams, from Battersea, has 130 caps, five more than the former England goalkeeper achieved.

At 30, she is England's most-capped footballer and on Sunday, she'll play her 136th international against Germany at Wembley. Five of these have been for the Great Britain team.

Rising to the top is never easy.

It certainly wasn't for Williams who had to overcome homelessness. At the age of 17, after clashing with her aunt who had moved into Williams' home, she found herself moving from hostel to hostel and estranged from her mother.

That must have been tough.

Williams recalls being scared when she first saw some of the other people on the street but said that she found being judged most difficult: "The most annoying thing about being homeless is you get judged without people knowing your story. That was the hardest thing for me. Sometimes it just happens," she told The Guardian.

But she managed to keepy-uppy the football?

She certainly did. Williams said that football kept her from losing hope. "I had that focus and belief I was good at something. That's an incredible thing when it feels like you've got nothing else." Although she initially hid her homelessness from her friends, she eventually confided in one who drove her to a hostel. Williams made her full debut for England in 2001.

So what about now?

The midfielder currently lives in Liverpool and plays for Liverpool Ladies. But it was her Everton coach who helped Williams overcome homelessness by helping her get a job and eventually live there. Williams also coaches homeless girls and women with the Homeless FA.

And her mum?

They patched it up. Although her mother first got in contact in 2009, it wasn't until 2011 that the pair reconciled: Williams scored a goal in the World Cup qualifier against Switzerland and received a text from her mum.

Upon meeting, Williams said that it felt like they'd never been apart. She explained: "It's been lovely. You know, over time, you realise that life is short. You don't have a long time here. So I wanted to be with her again. We've never spoken about what happened but the important thing is that, to me, my mum's a hero in my upbringing."

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