Playing Away from Home

Professional footballers in both Scotland and England hit the headlines for all sorts of reasons; sometimes good, sometimes bad. Marital indiscretions are a regular feature of some of the more lurid stories about professional footballers. In many cases the long suffering wife will give her husband a second chance, but on other occasions they head for the divorce court. How do the wives of English footballers fare in the divorce courts compared to the wives of Scottish footballers?

Take the example of Jack Towry, a player for a large English Premiership club. He's coming to the end of his career, he's been the subject of a recent scandal, and has decided to move with his wife to Scotland to start afresh with their marriage. Jack signed for a top Scottish club, where he's been for the last year. Unfortunately for him he's become the subject of another scandal and Mrs Towry has raised divorce in Scotland.