It's that time again... the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year awards are upon us, and along with the likes of rugby player Ellie Kildunne, racing driver Lando Norris, and darts champ Luke Littler, Lioness Chloe Kelly is in the running. It's no wonder, then, that so many of us are curious to know more about her...
Alongside her impressive footballing career and 'day job' at Arsenal Women's Football Club, Kelly has also had an exciting personal life recently as she married her partner, Scott Moore, after five years of dating. But who is Scott Moore, how did he and Chloe Kelly meet, and what else do we know about him?
Who is Chloe Kelly's husband, Scott Moore?
According to a wedding-related interview that Kelly did with Vogue, Moore has some footballing connections of his own and they met while she was playing for Everton - where he was a groundsman. It's believed that he also maintains golf courses (a role known as a 'greenkeeper', FYI).
"One day I held the door for him, and ever since that day he kept saying he was going to message me," she recalled. "When he did slide into my DMs, I didnβt see it for ages, because it was in my requests folder, and then when I did see it I was like, 'Who is this?' But when I saw a few people that I knew had followed him, I realised, I must know him!"
Their first date? A trip to IKEA, obviously. As the footballer said she was in need of storage space for her ever-growing wardrobe. Fast forward five years and Moore proposed to Kelly while on a trip to Finland, surrounded by a pack of huskies (naturally).
Despite being utterly delighted at the thought of getting married, the athlete confessed that she had some pre-wedding jitters, which spooked her more than some of her most daunting career moments (AKA scoring that winning goal in the 2022 Euros).
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"I don't really get nervous for games, we train to prepare for those moments, it's just natural, whereas the wedding day is just something I haven't done before," she shared. "I actually felt sick."
Luckily, the day sounded as though it went without a hitch. N'aww!
As well as sharing her wedding snaps with Vogue, Kelly also posted some on her Instagram account with the sweet caption: "π»π πππππππ ππππ πππ π€"
The couple do not have any children and are kept busy with their three dogs Otis, Rolo and Brody.
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