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Premier League cult hero once tried to bed Playboy icon before realising he was on camera

Former Liverpool and Tottenham star Neil 'Razor' Ruddock was renowned for getting up to no good during his career, and one incident almost saw him romp in front of an audience

[Neil Ruddock with wife Leah Newman in 2015]

Former Playboy model Leah Newman married Neil 'Razor' Ruddock despite a slippery start to their relationship(Image: GC Images)

Neil 'Razor' Ruddock, a Playboy model and Saddam Hussein's old bedroom sounds like the start of a joke.

However, that's the exact situation Razor, who celebrated his 57th birthday on Friday (May 9), found himself in when he was invited on a trip to Iraq to entertain the British troops at the height of the war.

The former Premier League star had found himself with a party with one-time Playboy model Leah Newman at one of Hussein's old palaces, which is where Razor grasped his opportunity to do a No. 2 in the former dictator's 18-carat gold loo.

Writing in his autobiography, The World According to Razor, the ex-Liverpool and Tottenham defender revealed his attempts to then seduce Leah in the adjoining bedroom.

Although his attempts at a 'quick wrestle' were spurned, Ruddock's efforts hadn't gone unnoticed with the other attendees.

[Neil 'Razor' Ruddock and wife Leah]

Razor Ruddock and wife Leah Newman are still married today(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX)

"When me and Leah stepped out of the lift into reception there were about a hundred squaddies and as soon as they saw us they all started cheering and gave us a massive round of applause," wrote Ruddock.

"It turned out there were CCTV cameras everywhere apart from the bog, thank God, and my failed wrestling match had been broadcast for all to see. Thank God she said 'no', that's all I can say! Imagine having your own sex tape before you've even had a date."

There was another Page 3 model, Jo Guest, who accompanied the pair on the trip as another form of entertainment for the troops. However, Ruddock only had eyes for Newman and said he was 'smitten' by the time they'd got to Baghdad.

[Leah Newman and Holly McGuire during Zoo Magazine Party in 2005]

Leah Newman once modelled for Playboy(Image: Rowen Lawrence/WireImage)

"Just as I suspected, Leah did eventually succumb to my charms (no woman could resist them for long), and when we arrived back in England we started seeing each other," the story continued.

"I always describe her as being my best mate and that's no exaggeration. She makes me laugh like nobody else I know."

The pair eventually married in September 2013 and are still going strong today. And it all began with a truly unique (almost) roll in the hay, with a group of spectators on hand to witness the moment their love started to flourish.

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Ruddock was previously married to his first wife, Sarah, for seven years prior to their divorce in 2005. He and Leah share two children, Pebbles and Kizzy, the former of whom was already six by the time they were wed.

Ten years deep and still going strong, Ruddock and Newman's union is proof that romance can come in many shapes and forms.

And for the happy couple, it turns out broadcasting that love for all to see was the ticket to a sturdy relationship.

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