Melanie Slade will appear in the next* Harry Potter flick

Melanie Slade burst on to the WAG scene in 2006, when she and the rest of the country’s finest supporting ladies did their best to distract England from winning anything. Since she started romancing weak-shouldered Arsenal favourite Theo Walcott, Miss Slade has been passing the hours with a physiotherapy degree, but according to The Mirror, the Southampton-based beauty has also found herself some gainful employment:

WAG Mel Slade - the girlfriend of England and Arsenal star Theo Walcott - has landed a role in the next Harry Potter film. Mel, 20, appears with Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One.

In the movie, set for release in November 2010, Mel plays a pal of Hermione (Watson) as they watch a game of Quidditch - and she even gets to say some lines.

Mel may thank her fine acting talents for landing this role, but a healthy dollop of nepotism also had its part to play. The film’s director David Yates just happens to be the partner of Theo’s aunt Yvonne.

Spoiler bonus: More of Mel here

*The next HP film is out in July, Melanie will be in the one after that.

Wayne Rooney is a closet fan of children’s literature

Wayne Rooney may give the impression that his reading experience does not extend beyond the microwave instructions of Rustler burgers, but he has actually read entire novels. No foolin’, real novels.

As the Manchester United Foundation tours schools and libraries in order to encourage thousands of “fans” (read: “children”) to pick up a book, the striker named Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone (the shortest one in the series) as his favourite tome:

“The Harry Potter books are favourites with a lot of children, and the same goes for a lot of adults.”

“I’d encourage any child to read them, because they really get your imagination going.”

Rooney also revealed that he loves Jamie Carragher’s autobiography, because he finds it interesting to see “how other footballers got where they are today”.

Oddly, there’s no room for Coleen’s Real Style by Coleen Rooney or Welcome to My World by Coleen Rooney on his reading list.

See also: The Spoiler’s top five football books