Owen Dale

'We'd only unpacked one night': WAG life in League One means five house moves in five years

Jessica Beaumont, partner of footballer Owen Dale, reveals the reality of supporting a lower-league player through transfer windows: five house moves in five years, a move to Portsmouth days after giving birth, quitting her law career, and the constant uncertainty of deadline-day loans.

Five moves in five years: Inside the frantic reality of football transfer deadline days

Owen Dale and partner Jessica Beaumont lift the lid on the frantic reality of EFL transfer deadline days, revealing the personal sacrifices, constant relocations, and financial realities of life outside the Premier League.

Footballer's partner lifts lid on deadline-day chaos: 'Owen was on the phone to his agent while I was in labour'

Jessica Beaumont, partner of League One forward Owen Dale, has spoken about the upheaval of football's transfer window from a partner's perspective — including Owen being on the phone to his manager and agent while she gave birth, and a move to Portsmouth 200 miles away just days later. The couple have moved five times in five years, with Jessica forced to quit her law career and put her own ambitions on hold to support his.

Partner of League One winger Owen Dale reveals the chaos of deadline-day moves

Jessica Beaumont, partner of free agent Owen Dale, describes how transfer windows have repeatedly uprooted their family life — from giving birth while Dale was on the phone to agents, to buying a house they lived in for one night before a 200-mile loan to Portsmouth.

'We spent one night in our new home': The deadline-day chaos of a footballer's partner

Jessica Beaumont reveals the relentless upheaval of life as partner to lower-league footballer Owen Dale, from a Portsmouth loan agreed while she was in labour to five house moves in five years and a career put on hold.