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Sep 24, 2026
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Jul 28, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Simon Casson

    Debbie Beard and Amanda Thorpe lost their husbands - this is their story (opens the original)

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    Warning: This story contains discussion of suicide and information some readers may find distressing Two women, united in grief, are meeting for the first time. Debbie Beard lost her husband just over a year ago. Matt Beard, the former Liverpool Women manager, died in hospital on 20 September 2025. He is believed to have taken his own life, though an inquest is yet to conclude. Amanda Thorpe's husband Graham, the former England and Surrey cricketer, took his own life in 2024. He had "spiralled i

  2. Article · Aug 8, 2026 · Simon Casson

    Transfer window: What's it like being a partner of a footballer on deadline day? (opens the original)

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    "Owen was on the phone to the manager and his agent while I was in labour. They waited for me to give birth and then he went out on loan pretty much as soon as I was out of hospital." Owen Dale's loan deal wasn't to a local club, but to Portsmouth - a city more than 200 miles away. His partner, Jessica Beaumont, had never even been there. And the pair had only just got the keys to a house they had bought. They would end up staying in it for just one night. "Since living together, we've moved fiv

  3. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Simon Casson

    Chelsea transfer news: Henderson, Welbeck, Lacroix - why do Blues want older players now? (opens the original)

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    Chelsea are targeting deals for Maxence Lacroix, Danny Welbeck and Jordan Henderson - and the ages of the experienced trio seem to signal a major change in transfer tactics from the Blues. At 26, it could be said that Crystal Palace and France defender Lacroix is in his prime, but the £52m target is still notably older than other recent Blues signings. It has been two years since Chelsea signed a player older than Lacroix, and Tosin Adarabioyo was only marginally older when he arrived three mont

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