Southampton boss Russell Martin gets fans talking as he finds love with former glamour model Lucy Pinder as the couple seemingly go public.
Fans just can’t stop talking about the 38 year old Premier League boss, who grew close to her in recent months, and this week were spotted together when he was given an honorary degree by Brighton University.
They were also reportedly seen at a Sky Sports social function, with friends saying they are “smitten” with each other.
A source said: “They’re a match made in heaven — or at least in Southampton. They’re mad for each other.”

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Martin split with his former wife Jasmine, a fitness model, and mother to his three children – in 2023, and with Russell proudly calling her a “supermum” throughout his career.
In 2018, he said of her: “To achieve what she has with three little ones is amazing.”
A source said: “There was no crossover. Russ’s marriage ended and he was glum. It was all about looking after the kids and making sure they were OK.
“But amid the grief, as he threw himself into work, Russ grew intimate with Lucy.
“She is a regular face at Southampton functions and is always around the club as a die-hard fan.
“Over the weeks and months their friendship grew into something more.”
Lucy has been a television personality, who rose to face as a glamour model in the early 2000s when she was discovered by a photographer on Bournemouth beach and then appeared in now-defunct men’s magazines such as Nuts, FHM, and Loaded.
She also went into acting, made her debut in the film Strippers vs Werewolves in 2012, while other TV appearances include Dream Team, I’m Famous and Frightened!, Soccer AM, Bo! in the USA, Book at Bedtime with Lucy Pinder, The Weakest Link, Hotel Babylon, Celebrity Big Brother, Hell’s Kitchen, The Real Hustle, Nicole and The Royals.
Russell Martin this week spoke to Sky Sports on that honorary degree from Uni: “I’m getting an honorary degree degree today from the University of Brighton for services to young people through sport. So, yeah, I’m incredibly honoured and proud to be awarded that.”
Interviewer: “And its going to continue, isn’t it? You’ve already helped improve the lives of young people. It’s something, as we know, you’re very passionate about. Why is that?”
Martin: “I just think the opportunities I would have loved when I was a child and I just couldn’t access due to mainly financial limitations of my family and the situation we were in, and the fact that two of my four brothers really struggled with mainstream education and would have really benefited from something like this.
“So we set this up six years ago. The foundation, done incredible work. The people there, It’s nothing to do with me, I Just help facilitate the creation. But the people who work every day have been amazing, impacting young children to get back into mainstream education, to actually enjoy themselves, find themselves and create opportunities.
“And a lot of them now work with us part time and full time volunteers and, yeah, something I’m really proud of.”
“The people that work everyday have been amazing” 👏
Russell Martin will be receiving an honorary degree from the University of Brighton for his services to young people through sport 🎓⚽ pic.twitter.com/axH4WZZglH
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) July 31, 2024
This is how fans reacted as the Southampton boss Russell Martin finds love with former glamour model Lucy Pinder…
@SaintRob__: Gaffer.
@sfcwxl: Rizzle Martin
@bensfc4: Rizz from Martin he is a fine man ngl
@jhsambrook: Working magic on and off the pitch, thats my manager
@ryanrd1905: Wins on and off the pitch 🤝🏼
@SimmsLCFC89: Haha no wayyyyyy! 🤣👏 @BSLBPodcast
@liamliosmyth: Smooth out the game 👌🏼
@lilmanmutchy: Martins Magic 🪄
@StuTheSkyBlue: Early 2000s major crush that was. What a guy.
@DelboyDanger: What a throwback. Fair play to him.
@StuHack73: Blimey
@davidzasausa: Imagine being comforted by Lucy Pinder. Died and gone to heaven
@ObscureThing77: isnt she a saints fan?
@ElliotsTweets: There’s a name I haven’t heard in years
@TheStatsSaint: The true “Queen of Southampton” #SaintsFC
@SFCAlfie1885: Is she good with her feet at the back?
@caelangeary: My manager
@BRFC_1875: I saw them both at a restaurant on a date the other night. They were passing the bill back and forth for over half an hour
@SFCJoeyy_: What can I say. His talent ID is amazing
@DTAY581: My man Russ
@GeorgeClarke07: My fucking gaffer
@AndrewLennonmi3: Go on the boy
@DeanAlbuer29344: Old dog 🐕 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ar1345777533: Lucky fucker
@AdamClarke19: Lucky bugger.
@stewmc20: He’s one of us ❤️
@Saints_Mike7167: She may be a bit of a keeper but she can play in goal? If not, I wanna know if we’re gonna get another goalie, not who our manager is running the rule over is his personal time. #SaintsFC
@Matt_f2: Go on the boy
@tcsaintsfc: My fucking Gaffer!!!! If he doesn’t turn up to training with a smile on his face…. Then nothing will please this man…..
@isseyprada: Will Lucy Pinder have an influence of the Starting XI at #SaintsFC ? Look what happened to Becks once he got involved with Posh
@liamtribb: Can she passs ot out the back? #SaintsFC
@TheLeedsRaccoon: Russel ya dirty dogg
@ReeceDSport: For sentence I didn’t expect to read this Friday morning, this is right up there
@Jaaamesmiith: Is there anything this man can’t do, what a man 🤣#saintsfc
— MikeKavs (@SFCMikeKavs) August 1, 2024

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