I'm no trophy wife - Joanna

The intelligent footballer's wife, Joanna Taylor, tackles a number of topics in her latest regular column in The Times. Discussing husband Danny Murphy's trophy room, she says, 'I could never be called a trophy wife. Danny has two cabinets to display all sorts of different trophies, but I am sadly lacking in that department.' (But possibly not in others?)

There seem to be fairly traditional gender roles in the Murphy/Taylor household. An earlier column found Joanna shopping in Waitrose and she reveals that the only time she goes into Danny's trophy room is to clean it.

Joanna tackles the issue of rape allegations against footballers. 'Let's be honest, there are men all over the country having one-night stands. Most do not end up with rape claims because they are not footballers and there is no possibility of an out-of-court settlement.'

'The fact is that most footballers I have met are normal, decent people who just happen to earn more money than the normal person and have more cars than is strictly necessary.

Joanna's next comment is one that many fans could bear in mind: 'Football is just a job and it has its bad points like any other.' She concludes, 'The game may have taken another knock this week, but Danny's reputation is on a high.'

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