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Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Helen Flanagan's rocky romances from 'man ban' to tough decision over 'split'
Helen Flanagan is believed to have broken things off with boyfriend Robbie Talbot as she continues to put her children first. Here, the Mirror takes a look at the actress' former relationships and 'man ban' her pals ordered Helen Flanagan has reportedly split from boyfriend Robbie Talbot a year after the pair went public with their romance. The mum-of-three had hinted at wanting a child with the former footballer, but has since had a "change of heart," according to friends. Helen, 34, was living with Robbie, 45, in her stunning Bolton mansion, but just last month, the former Coronation Street actress revealed he had moved out because it was not helpful to her children, who 'missed' their dad, Helen's ex-fiance, Scott Sinclair. Her relationship with Robbie came after her friends had attempted to put her on a 'man ban' after her difficult split from Scott. Here we take a look at the actress's past love life... READ MORE: Helen Flanagan 'splits from her boyfriend' Robbie Talbot for heartbreaking reason The I'm A Celebrity star separated from Bristol Rovers footballer Scott Sinclair in 2022 after 13 years together. The pair share three children: Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and son Charlie, four. Last year, Helen spoke out about her split with Scott and revealed, " We don't like each other." Opening up on Charlotte Dawson's Naughty Corner podcast, she said, "I still love him very much, I care about him deeply, but we don't like each other. We don't like each other at all, we don't get on. I do know that Scott—he'd never admit it—cares about me too, and he does love me." She continued: "The last time I saw him, I thought it was quite funny, I was taking the p*** out of him because he had a bucket hat on. I think he was trying not to laugh." After their split, Helen confessed how her friends tried to put her on a 'man ban' after she split from Scott. She told The Sun's Fabulous Magazine:"A lot of my friends were trying to put me on a man ban, which obviously didn't work! I was hurting from the break up and I've always just wanted to be loved so I started dating." Helen met Robbie not long after her 'ban' and Robbie had been living in the former Coronation Street star's home since last month, eight months since the pair began dating. She told Daily Mail's podcast in March that "everyone loves him" and called him the "funniest guy I've ever met." She continued: "He's got two kids and he's really beautiful with my children. I think that's what made me fall more in love with him because he's so good with my mental health and that's the main thing for me that I need. I need someone that's good for me mentally and emotionally, that's my top thing and that's what I've realised. "No disrespect to the father of my children, I'll always have that love for him, but he didn't know how to cope with me or didn't know how to do that, and not everybody does, but because the man that I'm with now really knows how to do that, it makes me happy." However, friends now claim the mum-of-three had a change of heart and told Robbie their relationship 'wasn't working.' According to The Sun, a source said: "They want different things in life. She has just landed a new acting job and is trying to juggle work projects with the kids. She sat him down two weeks ago and said, 'This isn't working'... She just wants to be on her own for a while although she still has feelings for him." Robbie had moved into her pad after she said she felt "safer" with a man in her house and often gets scared on her own - but realised it was having a bad effect on her children. Always wanting to put her children first, she called her daughter Matilda a "daddy's girl" and "sensitive" who struggled with not seeing Scott as much as she'd like. Helen realised that having a boyfriend in the house didn't help the situation.
BBC News
20-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Sweeney leaves Burton for Mansfield return
Mansfield Town have re-signed Ryan Sweeney on a two-year deal after the defender turned down the offer of a new contract at Burton 28-year-old captained the Brewers in their latest League One relegation escape act, and was described by Burton boss Gary Bowyer as "a warrior with a capital W" for a goal-saving effort that saw him taken to hospital after a decisive victory against Leyton Orient in early was among a number of players who were negotiating new deals to remain at the Pirelli Stadium beyond the has, however, opted to leave the east Staffordshire side, after two seasons in which they battled to avoid the drop, and re-join Mansfield for a third first moved to the One Call Stadium on loan from Bristol Rovers in the summer of 2018 before making his move permanent in January 2019. He made more than 120 appearances for Mansfield before joining Dundee, a side he helped to promotion to the Scottish Premiership before returning to English football with Burton in 2023."I think I'm coming back a more well-rounded player," Sweeney told Mansfield's website., external"I joined here [originally] in my early 20s and you're still trying to find your feet in the game. I've gone away and experienced some incredible things."
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Club captain Hutchinson to leave Millwall
Millwall club captain Shaun Hutchinson will leave the club this summer when his contract expires. The 34-year-old defender departs having made 268 appearances during his time at the Den, scoring 14 times. One of those goals was a memorable one at Bristol Rovers on the final day of the 2016-17 season that saw them qualify for the League One play-offs and eventually return to the Championship. Hutchinson, who joined from Fulham in 2016, played just 11 times this season in all competitions, with nine of those games coming in the league. "On and off the pitch, Shaun has been a fantastic leader for many years and a great servant to Millwall," director of football Steve Gallen said. "As we enter into our ninth consecutive Championship season, his goal against Bristol Rovers to secure the play-offs must always be remembered as one of the biggest in our history. "We would all like to thank him for his outstanding contribution over the past nine years. Shaun will always be welcome at our football club." Murray Wallace, Duncan Watmore and Aaron Connolly will also leave when their deals expire next month. Left-back Wallace joined the club from Scunthorpe United in 2018 and made 226 appearances, scoring 13 goals. Watmore arrived from Middlesbrough in 2023 and scored 13 times in 80 appearances. Connolly signed in the most recent January window and played 14 games for Alex Neil's side. Millwall say that talks over new deals continue with George Saville, George Honeyman, Danny McNamara, Liam Roberts and George Evans. The Lions have exercised options to extend the deals of midfielder Billy Mitchell, as well as defenders Joe Bryan and Wes Harding. Josh Coburn, Zak Sturge, Ryan Wintle and Calum Scanlon will all return to their parent clubs following the conclusion of their loans.
The Sun
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Play-off final goalkeeper is TikTok sensation who won reality TV series and has Miss Universe star girlfriend
ALEXIS ANDRE Jr is not your typical footballer. For the Maidstone United goalkeeper is also a social media influencer who won a hit reality television series and whose girlfriend competed in Miss Universe. 5 5 5 The France-born stopper has around five million followers on TikTok and Instagram, something he started at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic when he was at Bristol Rovers. Andre, whose Maidstone side face Boreham Wood in the National League South play-off final on Sunday, said: 'I had nothing to do during the first lockdown. 'I make content about anything, about my life and career and everything. 'After the first lockdown, I came back to Bristol Rovers and I was bigger than the club because I had so many followers! 'Now they have their own TikTok account. 'But I don't want people to think I am just a social media content creator and not a footballer. 'It has never been an issue wherever I have played because I am a professional and respectful, too.' His most recent TikTok videos include dancing with his girlfriend to the latest dance craze, a behind-the-scenes look at Maidstone's play-off semi-final win against Eastbourne, modelling for a number of fashion houses and quizzing his team-mates on their football knowledge. The son of a man from Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean, he was abandoned aged four by his Moroccan mother at a railway station in his native Mulhouse. And it formed his 'secret' on TV show Secret Story, where contestants all have a secret they are trying to hide. 5 Andre, who bagged £105,000 after winning it last year, said: 'My dad raised me and I have no contact with my mother. 'I didn't miss the love of a mother because my dad, Alex, has given me everything.' He also met his girlfriend, Belgian TV presenter Zoe Brunet – who finished in the top 20 in the 2018 Miss Universe – during filming. Now he is hoping for another win, this time with Maidstone as they look to return to the National League after a two-season absence. The game will take place at the Wood's Meadow Park ground as they finished higher in the league than the Stones. Andre, who has recorded a divisional best of 23 clean sheets, said: 'We have no problem playing there because we are more confident being the away side and we have been all season. 'But we know this is a one-off game and we know we have to perform.' Andre spent seven years in the Strasbourg youth set-up and played lower-league football in France and Germany before he joined the Nike Academy, at St George's Park National Football Centre. From there, he went on trial at Bristol Rovers and signed for the Gas, but only made one senior appearance. Andre, who is also signed to leading model agency SELECT, was signed by Maidstone manager George Elokobi last summer and rates the ex- Wolves defender as the best coach he has worked with.
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Clarke has 'unfinished business' at Rovers
New Bristol Rovers head coach Darrell Clarke says he has "unfinished business" with the club after being reappointed seven years after he left the was announced as the successor to Inigo Calderon, who was sacked following Rovers' final game of the season and their relegation to League previously spent four years at the club, between 2014 and 2018, during which time he guided them to promotion from the National League up to League One."I know there'll be some people out there thinking you should never go back, but I look at this as unfinished business," Clarke told BBC Radio Bristol's Having a Gas show."I was fortunate to be here for four-and half years. The last year didn't work out as well as I'd have liked it to."It's also appreciating this football club now has put a lot more investment into the playing budget, the facilities."I never got that when we finished 10th and 13th in League One with probably half of what the playing budget is now."To be able to go to a place where I'm going to be backed, and with the potential this massive football club's got, was a massive influence for me." Clarke said he was returning to the Memorial Stadium not for "sentimental" reason but to win."I like to think they know now my heart's in the right place and I will be doing my upmost to make sure we bring success to the football club first and foremost," he he comes into a club that have endured a torrid season, dropping back to the fourth tier having lost 27 of their 46 matches, including winning just three times away from admitted a "hell of a lot of work" was needed this summer with the players still under contract and that he had brought the start of pre-season training forward."We're making sure the players that are still going to be with me when pre-season starts, they understand exactly what is going to be expected of them," he explained."I'd give everybody a chance but they have to be on board otherwise they'll fall by the wayside."There has also been suggestions of disruption behind the scenes from previous managers, with Lee Cattermole being appointed briefly to the coaching staff behind former manager Matt Taylor's back, while Calderon said when he arrived in December there "were a lot of bad things that weren't because of the previous manager".Clarke said: "There has been a lot of noise and you hear the rumours, but from me coming back here the non-negotiable was that we look after the football side of things." Clarke has managed Walsall, Port Vale, Cheltenham and most recently Barnsley, who he left in March, since he left 47-year-old said he has not changed during that time but has "got better"."Attention to detail even more so, you learn, I'm still doing a leadership course with LMA (League Manager's Association) that's funded by the Premier League - I want to still learn and keep getting better, and better and better," he said. "There's more pressure on me now - I put the most pressure on myself, I was the same first time around as I am now - and that pressure's going to be to perform and give the club and the fans a team they can be proud of."
