Wedding is icing on the cake for Premier League player Stephen Ireland

Premiership footballer Stephen Ireland has told how he refused to let a broken leg stop him walking down the aisle.

The former Irish international shattered his left tibula and fibula during training two weeks before he was due to marry his love of nine years, Jessica Lawlor.

But Ireland, a midfielder for Stoke City, told Hello! magazine he was determined his injury wouldn’t force the couple to delay their nuptials.