Alicia Scholes

Alicia Scholes is an English international netball player. She plays for London Pulse in the Netball Super League and is part of the English national team.

Early life and education

Scholes is the daughter of Manchester United player Paul Scholes and his wife Claire Froggatt. She has an younger brother Aiden and older brother Aaron. Growing up in Oldham, Scholes started playing netball at Hulme Grammar School and later joined where she rose through the age groups before then moving on to YWCA Bury at the age of 15 and playing in their Premier League squad.

Scholes was a member of the Manchester Thunder pathway. She was named in the senior squad for the 2020 Super League season. Her debut came in March 2021 against Severn Stars.

Scholes joined London Pulse in 2022. She helped Pulse reach the Netball Super League Grand Final in 2023, and was part of the [2024 Netball Superleague|Netball Super League season|2024] squad that finished third after defeat in the play-off semi finals. Scholes won her first Super League Grand final in 2025, defeating Loughborough Lightning 53-45.

Scholes was a member of England U17, U19 and U21 squads. She competed in the U17 tour of Australia in 2019 and U21 Netball Europe in 2019.
Scholes was selected for the Future Roses programme in 2022, debuting in the Fast5 Netball World Series in New Zealand. She later became a England Rose and made her senior debut against the New Zealand Silver Ferns in the 2023 Taini Jamison Trophy Series. She was part of the team that earned a historic win in the 2025 Netball Nations Cup.

Scholes runs Scholes Gym with her father and brother, a 10,000-square-foot facility in Oldham which opened in 2022.