Ashleigh Behan has revealed her reaction after hearing her boyfriend had made the England squad.
Kalvin Phillips met his sweetheart at school and Facetimed Ashleigh to tell her the news as soon as he heard.
The pair were just 11 when they first met with Kalvin previously talking about his childhood.
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He said: "We used to live in a three-bed house. Me and my brother upstairs in bunk beds, my little sister and older sister in the other bedrooms and my mum used to sleep on the sofa downstairs.
“I used to get free school meals. There have been times where my mum didn’t eat at night because she had to feed us.
“My mum worked two jobs to make enough money. Grandma would chip in for food.”
Ashleigh, who was previously working two jobs, one as a receptionist, had been shopping in the supermarket when Kalvin made the team and the facetime call.
Speaking to the Mirror, she said: "“I just screamed and cried instantly.
“I think the checkout guy thought I was mental."
Ashleigh also told of her dislike of the word WAG - the phrase commonly used to describe the partners of footballers - telling how she cringes when she hears it.
She continued: "I hate it, if someone says it to my face, I could cringe to death.
"I think it's so outdated and mainly used as a derogatory term due to the stereotype which really isn’t the case anymore for most wives and girlfriends anyway.
"“Aside from football, I literally live the most normal life and have a normal job, and normal friends and family.
“Regardless if the girls work or not, whether they’re raising families or just living their best life, because they can, it’s no-one else’s business anyway.”
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