Christine Lampard has revealed the reason her husband Frank often used to cancel their dates at the start of their romance.

The former footballer and TV presenter, both 46, have been together since October 2009 and got married in 2015.

They are approaching their 10th wedding anniversary this year and Christine has now opened up about their early dating days where things weren’t all plain sailing.

When they met he was busy playing for Chelsea but used to cancel dates with her when the team didn’t win. 

She told The Sun: ‘When he was playing, he used to cancel nights out when Chelsea didn’t win. Thankfully, it didn’t happen that often, as luckily, Chelsea won a lot!’

‘It was actually alright. He would be annoyed just because he takes it all so seriously!’

Christine Lampard has revealed the reason her husband Frank often used to cancel their dates at the start of their romance

They are approaching their 10th wedding anniversary this year and Christine has now opened up about their early dating days where things weren’t all plain sailing

She added that football was a whole new world for her and didn’t understand why it was such a big deal. 

Christine explained: ‘I went to an all-girls’ school, I didn’t have brothers. Football just wasn’t a thing. I couldn’t have cared less. And then, suddenly, I started to care.

‘The more I went to the games, the more I got it. I thought, ‘Oh my god, I see why people are into this. There is something magical about it’.’

It comes after Frank revealed the secret to his happy marriage with his beloved wife Christine.

He told the Mirror: ‘What keeps me and Christine going is we’re there to support each other and we make each other laugh. We have a similar sense of humour. 

‘Christine’s quite sharp and we’re normally thinking the same thing, so the same situations make us laugh – I think laughing together is important for a happy marriage.’ 

Frank was introduced to his wife at The Pride Of Britain Awards by fellow TV presenter Piers Morgan in 2009.

Christine previously admitted she and the footballer were not even meant to be at the awards ceremony the night they met.

When they met he was busy playing for Chelsea but used to cancel dates with her when the team didn’t win (Frank seen playing for Chelsea in 2012)

She told The Sun: ‘When he was playing, he used to cancel nights out when Chelsea didn’t win. Thankfully, it didn’t happen that often, as luckily, Chelsea won a lot!’

The couple are parents to two young children, Patricia, aged six, and Freddie, aged three

Speaking on Lorraine, she said: ‘It’s a strange one it is because 10 years ago that we met at them, it was one of those nights that neither of us were meant to go to.

‘It was a last minute thing for him and I arrived at the awards late because of work. We were sat on tables next to each other.’

The couple welcomed their first child together, a daughter called Patricia  – named after his late mother who tragically pᴀssed away in 2008 – in September 2018.

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Frank also has daughters Luna, 19, and Isla, 17, with his former partner Elen Rivas, but they went their separate ways in 2008.

Christine previously told how she thinks the secret to her marriage with Frank is that they are still each other’s best friend.

She said: ‘We’re still absolute best mates. He’ll be the first person I’ll pick the phone up to sort anything out with. And the biggest thing for me going back to my love of comedy, is he makes me laugh.

‘And that is such a powerful thing to me – I have to be able to have a giggle… We just have proper laughs. We have the same points of view on things.

‘We don’t argue over parenting or how things run in the house. We sort of sing off the same page and that sort of makes everything flow…

‘The basis is, there’s love, we’ve got each other’s backs and we’re supportive. And if he suggests that some job is happening and he wants to do it, we’ll make it work.’ 

The former footballer and TV presenter, both 46, have been together since October 2009 and got married in 2015