Peter Crouch recalls horror honeymoon with Abbey Clancy as he 'hung on for life'

Ex-Liverpool, Tottenham and England striker Peter Crouch had his honeymoon in Ibiza with wife Abbey Clancy in 2011 and it all went wrong on a boat journey to Majorca

Posted Sunday, May 10, 2020 by Dailystar.co.uk

Peter Crouch and wife Abbey Clancy endured the honeymoon from hell when they rushed through a quick break in Ibiza during the summer of 2011.

The pair got married in June of that year while Crouch was still a Tottenham player before he later joined Stoke at the end of August for a then-club record £12m.

While in Ibiza, though, Crouch and Clancy had a nightmare time in what should have been their dream holiday.

The trip peaked in terms of its worst moment during a boat journey to Majorca one day while away.

Choppy waters meant the couple ended up horribly sick with Crouch’s model Mrs even turning green aboard the rocky boat.

Clancy, 34, has had there children with Crouch since, but she will have rarely felt as uncomfortable than that day travelling from Ibiza to Majorca.

Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancy have enjoyed nicer holidays than their honeymoon since!

Discussing his best and worst holiday experiences, Crouch wrote in his Daily Mail column: “The best has to be Hawaii. Such a wonderful, peaceful place.

“The best holidays don't necessarily have the best stories, though. So we must head to Ibiza for the most memorable for all the wrong reasons. This wasn't just any ordinary holiday, either. It was our honeymoon.

“We got married in June 2011 and as it was so late in the summer for me, we decided to just go on a short hop to Europe before I returned to pre-season training.

“We stayed in the north of Ibiza at a resort but on our first morning, we got down to the pool and there was not one free sun lounger.

“With nowhere to sit, I decided it would be good to get a boat over to Majorca for a little day trip. We set off but that's where the 'fun' started.

“The sea was that bad for the crossing, Abbey turned green, the stewardess was hanging over the side being sick, and I was hanging on for dear life.

“There were dolphins chasing the boat at one point and when we docked in Majorca, it's fair to say the captain's haunted face was an indicator that not everything had gone to plan.”

While Crouch hated that day on his honeymoon, he also revealed how much one of his former team-mates hated football.

Ex-Tottenham colleague Benoit Assou-Ekotto despised the game, as Crouch said: “He could name four or five players who were household names from the Premier League, but other than that he didn't have a clue who was who.

“Benoit did things differently from the rest of us. For instance, he would turn up for pre-match meals with a hot chocolate and a croissant while we had to load up on pasta and eggs.

“If you asked him who we were playing, he wouldn't know. He didn't watch any games, he would just get on with things, do his job and off he went.

“He was a quiet lad and liked being on his own. He didn't socialise with us but he certainly had talent. He could have gone a lot further, that's for sure.”