Source: Daily_Mail
Revealed: The Liverpool club secretary at the heart of Chelsea star Ashley Cole's sex scandal
The blonde secretary alleged to have slept with Ashley Cole has been named.
Vicki Gough, 30, is pictured below arriving to work at Liverpool yesterday - arch rivals of Cole's club Chelsea.
Football fans named her in internet message boards yesterday and now now red top nationals have published her picture.
The details emerged as a fragile Cheryl Cole was spotted dining out with friends in Hollywood last night, emerging from the Katsuya restaurant flanked by bodyguards.
Unmasked: Football secretary Vicki Gough, the woman who allegedly bedded Ashley Cole after spending two nights in hotels with him at the end of 2008
The Anfield club are now investigating to see if the Gough's relationship with Cole impacted on the club.
A spokeswoman for Liverpool FC told MailOnline: 'We are aware of the story and will examine the facts to see if they have any bearing on the club.'
Insiders said the secretary's job could be on the line if she is deemed to have brought the Premier League club into disrepute.
Revealed: Gough arriving for work at Liverpool FC yesterday and , right, Cheryl Cole out in Hollywood last night
It is claimed she spent two nights with Ashley in a hotel rooms in Lincolnshire and Birmingham in late 2008.
Football forums also claim she had been linked to two other Premier League stars in recent months.
Three weeks ago, she was allegedly spotted leaving a trendy Liverpool restaurant with a top striker.
Night out: The singer was flanked by bodyguards as she left the Katsuya restaurant and wore her hair in curls
When the allegations emerged last week, the woman attempted to keep her identity a secret over fears she would loose her job.
But she was outed by Birmingham City fans, who named her on the online forum The Small Heath Alliance. She used to work for Birmingham City.
One wrote that Cole's secret fling was with 'our old football sec Vicki Gough,' adding: 'I feel a new chant coming on. She works at Liverpool now. Pop in and ask for her.'
Flight for this love: Cheryl leaves Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, right, and, left, after a quick outfit change, arrives at LAX Airport in Los Angeles
The secretary, said to be a valuable member of Liverpool FC, spoke to The Sun last week on condition of anonymity.
But after her picture was published in today's Daily Star, The Sun also followed suit.
In her interview with The Sun, Gough described how during her second encounter with Cole at the Radisson Hotel in Birmingham in December 2008, Ashley turned up the television so their antics couldn't be overheard by Chelsea team captain John Terry.
She is the second woman to be linked to Cole in recent weeks.
Topless model Sonia Wild said she received naked photographs of the England player on her mobile phone in June 2009.
Ashley publicly admitted taking the photos on his phone, but denied he had sent the lewd images to Wild.
Enlarge Enlarge Late night encounters: The woman at the centre of the latest claims alleges she met Ashley at the Forest Pines Hotel in North Lincolnshire on October 29, 2008, and again a month later at Birmingham's Radisson hotel
After taking the images while 'larking about', he claims he gave the unregistered, pay-as-you-go phone to a friend, who must have sent the photos pretending to be him.
Ashley said: 'I can't believe I gave a phone away that still had stuff in its memory.I thought I'd deleted it. It seems I was wrong as someone has used it to pretend to be me.'
But his denial was undermined when Gough came out of the woodwork and it was reported he had sent her similar messages and more than 300 texts nine months earlier from the same phone.
It light of the allegations, his humiliated wife flew to Los Angeles on Wednesday after giving a performance at the Brit Awards in London the night before.
Her spokesperson declined to comment on the singer's private life,but said Cheryl planned to record some extra tracks for her album 3Words with The Black Eyed Peas.
Friends of the X Factor judge said she is planning to divorce her husband after the recent allegations.
Marriage trouble: Cheryl Cole, pictured with Ashley last July, has fled to Los Angeles following the allegations of his affairs
The couple experienced a previous rocky patch in January 2008 when hairdresser Aimee Walton claimed she had a drunken sex with Ashley.
Friends of The X Factor judge claim that a split will be announced 'within weeks' after she flew to Los Angeles without her wedding ring, the Mail has learned.
They say the 26-year-old Girls Aloud singer has gone beyond the point of 'riding out' the storm over their relationship - and could soon fire the starting gun on a fight over the couple's assets.
The couple failed to sign a pre-nuptial agreement before their lavish wedding in July 2006, meaning a split is likely to result in a costly divorce battle.
She said at the time: 'I think that's defeating the point. We're getting married because we're committing ourselves to spend our lives together. No ifs and buts.'
Although a millionaire in her own right, Cheryl is significantly less wealthy than her husband. Last year, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated their joint worth at £13 million - almost all of it accrued after their wedding.
That figure is likely to be much higher now.
