The Observer, 8 May 2005

Every footballer’s wife’s nightmare, teenage glamour model Linsey Dawn McKenzie used her 36GG charms to beguile Dean Holdsworth in 1996. One al fresco liaison took place on the bonnet of the then Wimbledon striker’s £83,000 BMW. The romance ended swiftly when the young “stunna” discovered that Holdsworth was married. “I was gutted,” Linsey told the People newspaper. “He was fit, good-looking and wore stylish designer clothes.” Holdsworth’s wife, Samantha, was in forgiving mood and took the striker back (“for the sake of the kids”). She would later try to reinvent herself as a pop singer. As for Linsey Dawn, she is now plying her trade on the hard-core porn circuit in America. And Holdsworth, who missed out on the chance to make headlines for the right reasons when he blazed a shot over the Wembley bar that would have taken Bolton to the 2000 FA Cup final, was last seen turning out for MK Dons.