“I hate football,” admits Ann, wife of striker Jason Lee. As for the men who play it, “They’ll shag anything,” she says. Cutting Edge scores again with this insight into the lives of three women married to professional footballers. The financial rewards of today’s top sportsmen are astronomical, as we can see from Ian and Suzi Walker’s palatial home. But pressure inflates with the pay cheques, and not just on the pitch. Fame and fortune attract adoring female fans and relationships are put under enormous strain. Sam Holdsworth twice learned about her husband Dean’s infidelities from Sunday tabloids. If you can learn to ignore the groupies, as Suzi has, then life as the wife of a footballer can be fantastic. But not everyone can. As Ann Lee says, “I wouldn’t wish it on anybody.”
“I hate football,” admits Ann, wife of striker Jason Lee. As for the men who play it, “They’ll shag anything,” she says. Cutting Edge scores again with this insight into the lives of three women married to professional footballers. The financial rewards of today’s top sportsmen are astronomical, as we can see from Ian and Suzi Walker’s palatial home. But pressure inflates with the pay cheques, and not just on the pitch. Fame and fortune attract adoring female fans and relationships are put under enormous strain. Sam Holdsworth twice learned about her husband Dean’s infidelities from Sunday tabloids. If you can learn to ignore the groupies, as Suzi has, then life as the wife of a footballer can be fantastic. But not everyone can. As Ann Lee says, “I wouldn’t wish it on anybody.”
