Helen Flanagan, the Coronation Street actress, is the girlfriend of footballer Scott Sinclair who plays for Swansea. She was turned away by security from a game last season as security did not recognize her. This season however she was a VIP at the City of Manchester stadium something that, judging from press photographs of the day, seemed to delight her.
The Swansea striker met Flanagan when he was on loan to Chelsea and was living in Manchester. The girlfriends of footballers, WAG’s, are expected to know something about the sport and from the comments of Ms Flanagan it seems she will need to learn a little more about the sport.
The team were brutally beaten by Man City, 4-0, in the match but she commented that, “Swansea played totally amazing today. It seems like they are going to be staying in the Premier League.” This comment caused some people to comment on her Twitter page saying things such as, “Were you actually watching the game? The team were thrashed.”
Even though her opinions on the match were somewhat off, she was at least able to watch it without any trouble. Last season she had come to watch a play-off match between Reading and Swansea and she left the stadium at half time.
When she returned, security did not recognise her and she was turned away. Fortunately for her, while security were not fans of Coronation Street several people watching the match vouched for her identity and she was eventually let back in. This was just in time for her to see her boyfriend score a spectacular hat-trick which catapulted Swansea into the Premier League.