7.1/1025 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 2/23/2006
The team's new chairman, former rock star Garry Ryan, opens the Conrad Gates Memorial Stand, while Amber employs alternative means to discover the truth about her husband's death. Bruno and Lucy renew their wedding vows in a lavish ceremony, and Shannon struggles without Harley.
Director: Richard Signy
Writer: Helen Childs
- 6.6/1019 votes
#2 - Episode 2
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 3/2/2006
Shannon shrugs off the attentions of an obsessive fan, but is shocked to discover he is the team's latest signing. Bruno suffers psychological torture at the hands of Amber, and Darius tries to remain optimistic about his future in football. Liberty and Urszula have a romantic weekend away in Paris, but the mood is ruined when Tremaine unexpectedly turns up at their hotel.
Director: Richard Signy
Writer: Johanne McAndrew
- 6.9/1019 votes
#3 - Episode 3
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 3/9/2006
Amber continues her campaign of psychological torture against an increasingly erratic Bruno, who is devastated to receive news from the club about his captaincy. Callum's controlling mother sets out to make Shannon's life a misery, and Tre is confused when Liberty rejects his proposal of marriage - not knowing she has her eye on somebody entirely different.
Director: Jim Loach
Writer: Liz Lake
- 6.9/1017 votes
#4 - Episode 4
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 3/16/2006
Liberty takes drastic action to save her relationship after the shock of finding herself on the tabloids' front pages. Callum's overjoyed when Shannon suggests he move in, and the pair throw a lavish housewarming. Amber decides the party is the perfect time to exact her final revenge on Bruno - but it seems he could be wise to her manipulations.
Director: Jim Loach
Writer: Liz Lake, Susan Wilkins
- 7.6/1023 votes
#5 - Episode 5
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/2006
Sparks fly when Tanya meets the footballer on her way back to the UK - and after learning Eva is organising Liberty and Tre's wedding, she wangles herself an invitation, hoping to make her move. Meanwhile, Shannon tells Callum about Trisha's cancer.
Director: David Kerr
Writer: Helen Childs
- 7.6/1024 votes
#6 - Episode 6
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/2006
Shannon and Callum hold an auction to raise money for Trisha's cancer charity. Eva de Wolffe agrees to host the event at her mansion, but is furious to spot Tanya stepping up her flirtation with Paulo - unaware the bitchy blonde has uncovered a dark secret about her past. Bruno makes a bid to win Lucy back, while Liberty can't understand why new husband Tre's so distant.
Director: David Kerr
Writer: Liz Lake
- 7.3/1018 votes
#7 - Episode 7
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 4/6/2006
When Bruno is made club manager, a furious Jackie confronts Garry about his treatment of Roger - only to make an idiot of herself after the boss spikes her drink. Trisha resorts to desperate measures to allay Shannon's suspicions about her cancer. Tanya celebrates winning Paulo by holding a Brazilian fiesta at her home - where the jealous footballer spots his new love flirting with Callum.
Director: Martin Hutchings
Writer: Roxanne Harvey
- 6.4/1020 votes
#8 - Episode 8
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 4/13/2006
Garry meddles in Tanya's financial situation and refuses to tell Jackie how Roger died - leading the pair to decide the club boss needs to answer for his actions. Liberty's latest job gets her into a tricky situation, while pregnant Lucy wonders whether to take Bruno back and Callum's behaviour at his birthday party leads a drug-fuelled Shannon to flirt with guest star Calum Best.
Director: Martin Hutchings
Writer: Liz Lake
The Best Episodes of Footballers' Wives Season 5
Every episode of Footballers' Wives Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Footballers' Wives Season 5!
Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League Association football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was...
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Footballers' Wives" season 5. It scored 7.1/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by Richard Signy and written by Helen Childs, it aired on 2/23/2006. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".