Since retiring from a career in football in 2006, the Newcastle native has made a career for himself in sports punditry alongside the likes of fellow former England star Gary Lineker at the BBC.
During that time he had a brief hiatus from TV when he returned to Newcastle United as a manager but oversaw their relegation in 2009.
Alan and Lainya met when he was playing for Southampton and got married in 1991.
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