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Three England footballers are to marry their girlfriends later, with many of the game's top players expected to be among the guests. | |
Manchester United's Gary Neville and Michael Carrick as well as Liverpool's Steven Gerrard are all getting married. | |
On Friday, England captain John Terry married Toni Poole at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, in an event believed to have cost almost £1m. | |
Guests pictured at the event included Chelsea team-mates Ashley and Joe Cole. | |
Beckham absence | |
Neville, 32, who has played for England 81 times, is due to tie the knot with Emma Hadfield in Manchester Cathedral. | |
The Man Utd captain's best friend, David Beckham, will not be at the wedding because he is on duty with Real Madrid. | |
Footballers' weddings can be glamorous affairs | |
Neville's team-mate Carrick, 25, is to marry Lisa Roughead at a church near Melton Mowbray. | |
Carrick, who cost Man Utd more than £18m from Tottenham last year and has played for England 13 times, is expected to hold a reception at Stapleford Hall. | |
Liverpool's Gerrard, 27, who has 57 England caps to his name, will marry Alex Curran at Cliveden House Hotel in Buckinghamshire. | |
Curran, 24, a style columnist for the Daily Mirror newspaper, and Gerrard have two daughters from their five-year relationship. | |
Wag phenomenon | |
All three players, along with Terry, featured in England's 2006 World Cup campaign in Germany. | |
During the competition, the wives and girlfriends of the players - who became known by the acronym Wags - shot to prominence. | |
Their outfits and nights out were mainstays of the tabloid newspapers, attracting almost as many column inches as their sporting other halves. | |
Also due to get married on Saturday are rock star Rod Stewart and partner Penny Lancaster, who are widely believed to be holding the ceremony in Italy. |