The 2026 Soccer Aid match brought with its players their own breed of WAGs, as some of the players' partners cheered them on at the London Stadium on Sunday. Leading the pack was Coleen Rooney, who was proudly watching her husband Wayne as he returned to the pitch with the England team.
Enjoying the outing with their son Kit, 10, Coleen opted for a stylish embroidered striped cardigan as she cheered on her spouse from the stands. The mother-of-four teamed her look with jeans and a pink Chanel handbag, as she and Kit watched Wayne in action on the final day of the half-term break.
Sam Thompson's girlfriend Talitha Balinska also made an early return from Miami Swim Week to support the podcast presenter. The Staying Relevant star was unable to play in last year's match after sustaining a calf injury during his UNICEF challenge, but this year he was part of the starting lineup, before being subbed off for Tom Hiddleston during the first half.
Showing her support for Sam, Talitha sported a Soccer Aid England shirt while watching from the stands with Pippa Morgan, who is a producer on Staying Relevant, which Sam co-hosts with Pete Wicks. Pippa shared a snap of Talitha on Instagram, along with the caption: 'She's a WAG.'
GK Barry's girlfriend Ella Rutherford was also in attendance to support the presenter, sharing a video of her partner while watching from the stadium stands. This is the twentieth anniversary of Soccer Aid, which has raised more than £121 million for UNICEF since the first match in 2006.
Danny Dyer, Sam Thompson, Tom Hiddleston, Damson Idris, Usain Bolt, Jordan North, Joe Marler, Olly Murs, Big Zuu, Richard Gadd, Maisie Adam and Gladiator's Nitro all showed off their skills on the pitch.
Coleen's outing comes after the release of Untold: Jamie Vardy, which features her arch nemesis Rebekah. The documentary tells the story of how the footballer, 39, defied the odds by climbing eight tiers of English football in just six years. It also gives a glimpse into his relationship with Rebekah, 44, who he credits for saving his football career by forcing him to stop heavy drinking.
Rebekah has also landed her own reality series. The Vardys is set to offer an insight into the family's life as they start a new life abroad after Jamie spent 13 years playing for Leicester City. The show will document the couple's move to Cremonese in Italy with their four children, following the drama and chaos of house-hunting and school searching.
After a difficult and dramatic five years in the UK, Rebekah is 'ready for the next chapter' after her recent challenges in the UK and is determined to put her 'Wagatha' drama with Coleen behind her. While Jamie battles to prove his doubters wrong on the pitch, with Italian Serie A underdogs US Cremonese.
ITV have promised the series will give fans 'no-holds-barred, intimate access to the Vardys' and that it will be 'a rollercoaster journey of resilience, fierce family bonds, and the promise of a new life'. It comes three years after Coleen starred in her own docuseries for Disney+, where she was paid 'millions' to tell the story of her legal battle with Rebekah.
Back in 2019, she sent shockwaves with her now-iconic post on both her X and Instagram accounts accusing her fellow WAG's Instagram account of leaking stories about her to The Sun newspaper. Coleen hatched a plot to find out who was behind the leaks by posting fake stories on her private Instagram and blocking her followers one by one, until only Rebekah's account was left.
The story had the nation obsessed as Rebekah went on to sue Coleen for libel, leading to the highly-covered 2022 trial. However, the judge ruled in favour of Coleen, leaving Rebekah with an enormous legal bill, estimated to total £3 million. Two years later and Coleen landed her four-part series, Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story, with sources close to her saying she paid in excess of £1 million following a bidding war. Originally the documentary was heading in the direction of Disney's arch rival Netflix but bosses were so keen to get it that they offered the astonishing fee for it.
