I’VE BEEN A FOOL, I WON’T BE FOOLED AGAIN’

a big white wedding in November 2013, two years after they met at a motorbike rally. She worked as a stripper at Pussy Galores in Newcastle before she moved on to another club, Blue Velvet.

Tony said: “When we got back together she told me she first met him on a night out in Newcastle.

“A couple of nights later he went to the strip club in trackies and hoodie. They let him in and he asked for her.

“He pursued her even though he knew she was married.” Notorious ladies’ man Defoe has been linked to a string of beauties over the years, including models Imogen Thomas and Chantelle Houghton, both 33. He also dated former Miss Great Britain Danielle Lloyd, 32, who accused him of three-timing her. His relationship with 2008 X Factor winner Alexandra Burke, 28, ended badly in 2012 after he was caught cheating. She is even said to have written the track Day Dreams about her relationship with him. Defoe’s other exes include David Beckham’s sister Joanne, 34, and single mum Stephanie Moule, who claimed she was his mistress for seven years.

While on a break from Rachel in March, Defoe was pictured in the Sunday People leaving a hotel in Newcastle with brunette Hayley Wilson, 28, saying he had met her there for a coffee.

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Speaking about his faith on his website Defoe says that he was “raised with Christian values”.

He adds: “My relationship with God has been there from an early age as I attended church every Sunday without fail. I truly believe that my football skills are a gift from God.” In 2012, speaking about family, Defoe said: “When you are young nothing is more important than football but as you get older, you get married, have kids and lose people. Then you realise your family is more important. This comes with age.

“Family is important, especially when you have lost your dad and your cousin. It’s normal to think like that.”

Defoe, who has played for numerous clubs including West Ham, Portsmouth and Tottenham, scored 19 times in his 55 England appearances.

But he was left out of new England boss Sam Allardyce’s squad for today’s World Cup qualifier in Slovakia.