{"id":20458,"date":"2026-09-09T09:30:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topupsport.co.uk\/?p=20458"},"modified":"2026-09-09T09:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:30:48","slug":"happiest-confession-wrexham-afc-captain-dominic-hyam-when-i-first-met-maria-glinellis-ill-admit-she-wasnt-what-i-expected-my-mind-was-fully-on-footy-and-i-wasnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topupsport.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/happiest-confession-wrexham-afc-captain-dominic-hyam-when-i-first-met-maria-glinellis-ill-admit-she-wasnt-what-i-expected-my-mind-was-fully-on-footy-and-i-wasnt\/","title":{"rendered":"HAPPIEST CONFESSION: Wrexham Afc Captain Dominic Hyam \u201cWhen I first met Maria Glinellis, I\u2019ll admit she wasn\u2019t what I expected. My mind was fully on footy and I wasn\u2019t looking for anything else. But partner Maria Glinellis, she was different. She had this spark about her. 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At the time, I wasn\u2019t sure how things would go, but the more I got to know her, the more I realized how special she is, but now she\u2026.see more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a053919098f6cd216e6b44e16ee806cb\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<div  id='HB_Footer_Close_hbagency_space_107379'>\r\n <div id='HB_CLOSE_hbagency_space_107379'><\/div>\r\n <div id='HB_OUTER_hbagency_space_107379'>\r\n<div id='hbagency_space_107379'><\/div>\r\n <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20457\" src=\"https:\/\/topupsport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/file_00000000d68081f5908c5bab31f0f460-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topupsport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/file_00000000d68081f5908c5bab31f0f460-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/topupsport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/file_00000000d68081f5908c5bab31f0f460-818x1024.png 818w, https:\/\/topupsport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/file_00000000d68081f5908c5bab31f0f460-768x961.png 768w, https:\/\/topupsport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/file_00000000d68081f5908c5bab31f0f460-1024x1282.png 1024w, https:\/\/topupsport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/file_00000000d68081f5908c5bab31f0f460.png 1121w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>WREXHAM AFC CAPTAIN DOMINIC HYAM is at the centre of a heartwarming\u00a0 story after supposedly opening up about the first time he met Maria Glinellis.<\/p>\n<p>In the imagined confession, Hyam recalls that football was the only thing occupying his mind when their paths first crossed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I first met Maria Glinellis, I\u2019ll admit she wasn\u2019t what I expected. 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