‘Back then, the media needed to be fed with pictures of the girls going for a run or something like that, and it was going on the front page’ Joe Cole looks back on how the press created the 2006 WAG culture
Jul 05, 2026 · By Everlastwin Admin
England’s wives and girlfriends were front-page news during the 2006 World Cup in Germany
Source: FourFourTwo
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