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The rise and fall of the WAG

17 May 2022

4:15 PM

17 May 2022

4:15 PM

The Wagatha Christie case is a brief, exhilarating reminder of a bygone culture. But it’s worth casting our minds back to the height of WAGdom. At the 2006 Germany World Cup, the assorted wives and girlfriends of Britain’s top footballers spent much of the tournament lounging by a hotel pool in Baden-Baden, south west Germany.

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