Footballers’ Wives might be making a comeback 🙌

Gary Lucy confirms revival talks

Footballers' Wives

by Ruby Norris |
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Oh, the early Noughties. A bygone era when eyebrows were scarily thin, jeans dangerously low-rise and a time before social media had turned us all into news feed scrolling, selfie-obsessed zombies. Simpler times.

And the telly was pretty good, too. One of our personal faves was the sassy AF and, at times, downright ludicrous Footballers' Wives, which followed the debaucherous lives of a fictional Premier League football club Earls Park F.C and their glamorous WAGs.

Footballers' Wives aired from January 2002 to April 2006, when it was cancelled after suffering a fall in ratings. However, former cast member Gary Lucy has now confirmed there have been talks about bringing the epic series back for a revival.

Gary, who played football pro Kyle Pascoe, revealed a comeback could be on the cards in the future, telling The Sun, "It was a fantastic time in my life."

Gary Lucy
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He added: "I was 21-years-old, I was living the dream at the time and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

"There has been loads of talk about it but would I go back? I'd absolutely love to revisit that at some point but who knows what the future brings."

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Footballers' wives then and now (slider)

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Zoe Lucker (Tanya Turner) then

Oh, how we longed to be as sassy and self-aware as Tanya Turner back in the day. She was just QUEEN of the WAGs, wasn't she?

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Zoe Lucker (Tanya Turner) now

Since the show's cancellation in 2006, Zoe's done pretty bloomin' well for herself in the world of TV. She's gone on to secure leading roles; including playing Vanessa Gold in EastEnders (2010-2011) and Reenie McQueen in Hollyoaks (2015). Zoe also finished tenth in the 2009 series of Strictly Come Dancing.

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Cristian Solimeno (Jason Turner) then

We had literally the biggest crush on bad boy Jason Turner in the early '00s. We're putting it down to the perfectly-preened facial hair and gruff voice, tbh.

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Cristian Solimeno (Jason Turner) now

Cristian's Hollyoaks character Ray McCormick was killed off the show in 2013, but he's more recently directed a number of projects including 2011's The Glass Man.

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Gary Lucy (Kyle Pascoe) then

Chardonnay's other half Kyle was an absolute heartthrob, but where on Earth is he now?

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Gary Lucy (Kyle Pascoe) now

Arguably one of the show's most successful stars, Gary Lucy's currently getting his kit off on tour with The Full Monty. He also played Will Fletcher in The Bill and took part in Dancing on Ice twice.

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Susie Amy (Chardonnay Lane-Pascoe) then

We're not gonna lie, we very nearly changed our name to Chardonnay by deed poll thanks to Susie's Footballers' Wives character. CLASSY.

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Susie Amy (Chardonnay Lane-Pascoe) now

Since leaving the show, Susie's appeared in Hotel Babylon and Coronation Street. Oh, and who can forget axed 2008 drama Echo Beach? A classic gone too soon.

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Ben Price (Conrad Gates) then

No prizes for guessing which famous footballer Ben's character Conrad Gates was styled on.

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Ben Price (Conrad Gates) now

Ben's played Nick Tilsley in Coronation Street since 2009, which isn't bad going.

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Gillian Taylforth (Jackie Pascoe-Webb) then

We're not sure we'll ever forget Jackie's shagging-Jason-on-a-snooker table scene. What a moment.

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Gillian Taylforth (Jackie Pascoe-Webb) now

Let's not forget Gillian first shot to fame as Kathy Beale in EastEnders; with her returning to Albert Square in 2015.

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Jamie Davis (Harley Lawson) then

Not only did Jamie appear in Footballers' Wives as Harley; he was also in the show's ITV2 spin-off, too.

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Jamie Davis (Harley Lawson) now

Jamie's still a regular on the tellybox, and joined Casualty in 2013 as Max Walker.

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Nathan Constance (Ian Walmsley) then

We, again, fancied Ian a lot. No surprises there.

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Nathan Constance (Ian Walmsley) now

Nathan now lends his voice to video games, having worked on Titanfall and Battlefield 1.

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Daniel Schutzmann (Salvatore Biagi) then

Salvatore was just SO BLOODY SUAVE. Obsessed to this day.

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Daniel Schutzmann (Salvatore Biagi) now

Daniel's since popped up in a few episodes of Coronation Street and appeared in almost 50 episodes of BBC drama Doctors as Franc Christophe. Oh, and he was in Neighbours.

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Katherine Monaghan (Donna Walmsley) then

Katherine's first major role was in Footballers' Wives, in which she played Ian's wife Donna.

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Katherine Monaghan (Donna Walmsley) now

Much like Nathan, Katherine also works as a voiceover artist these days.

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Alison Newman (Hazel Bailey) then

Remember Earls Park F.C's club chairman Hazel? Scary af, she was.

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Alison Newman (Hazel Bailey) now

In quite possibly the strangest Twitter feud of all time, Alison found herself getting into a disagreement with outspoken US rapper Azealia Banks back in 2015 over the treatment of women and the gay community. Still wouldn't mess with her.

This comes as two of Gary's cast mates, Zoe Lucker who played the epic Tanya Turner and Laila Rouass who's character Amber Gates was Tanya's rival, hinted at a revival when they appeared on Loose Women together.

Discussing some of the show's more, erm, out there storylines, Zoe revealed her favourite was one which involved Tanya switching her baby for Amber's when both characters gave birth to boys at the same time.

"I always loved the baby swap it was so inappropriate," she explained.

"I said I wanted your baby, and then I put fake tan on her baby after stealing it and swapping it, and then unfortunately, my real baby got squished by my pug."

A classic, tbh.

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