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On his podcast, Crouch admitted that he struggled in a “male-dominated” space where “any weakness shown is an excuse not to make it” and added: “When I started talking about it and opened up, I did feel much better.” He also revealed his insecurity about being tall and standing out in the crowd: “I had these hand-ups and I always used to cry.

Peter Crouch launched his podcast in early 2022.

She was just beautiful and funny.”

Interestingly, Crouch revealed that it was earlier on the same day that he had scored his first goal for the Merseyside club.

Abby recalled congratulating him, saying: “I remember he scored that day and I just said ‘well done for scoring’ or something ridiculous and then we just got chatting.”

The ex-footballer jokingly insisted to Abby that “you were all over me” that night - to which he dismissively said: “I was just saying a flipping comment.

I didn’t stop for a chat.” Later in the bar, after she had given his number to him, Abby caught Crouch talking to another girl and became furious.

Crouch’s now-wife recounted: “I was like ‘You just asked me for my number?’’ and reacting to the past event, the player said: “What are you talking about.

We had just met - I should’ve known she was a lunatic!”

Crouch has previously revealed that his wife was not a big football fan, saying: “My wife doesn’t like football.