I was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives of football players.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Wives are around a lot longer than your sporting years.
Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football.
It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
I've been accused of being a bit too keen on my football, not least by my three ex-wives.
I'm married to football, baseball is my girlfriend.
Women will not talk about football unless one of them is in love with a football player, and then suddenly you discover that they know everything that is to be known about it.
When it comes to women, there has been a tendency to define women in sports in the context of their relationships - they watch games because their husbands watch. They're interested because their kids play a sport. They buy tickets to a sporting event because it's a way to spend time with family.
I never wanted to be a trophy wife. I wanted to make it on my own. I didn't want to depend on a man.
I always have a football handy at home, and I'll play with it. Sometimes it'll get on my wife's nerves. But the moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.
There are hundreds and hundreds of women who are married to footballers, and we get to see a very small handful of them. They are all different individuals, and they choose the way they want to live their life or look, and I don't think it is really fair on anyone else to judge.