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How did footballers become rock stars and royalty rolled into one for a whole generation of girls? Ian McGarry has a special report on their celebrity lifestyles.

How did footballers become rock stars and royalty rolled into one for a whole generation of girls? And just what are the lengths those girls will go to to bag a player?

We go from Alex McLeish to Germaine Greer to explore the wider cultural impact of 21st century groupies - the dedicated female followers of footballers, with the help of Sali Hughes, a leading women's lifestyle columnist, and football journalist Ian McGarry.

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Wed 6 Oct 2010 21:30

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  • Wed 6 Oct 2010 21:30