A football manager who won £90,000 on a TV quiz is to give some of the money to his women’s football team, so they can feel like “football stars”.

Livvi Hodges, from Downham Market, Norfolk, who appeared on BBC game show The Wheel on Saturday, described the whole experience as “surreal”.

“I just wanted to cry,” she said after realizing she had won. “It just didn’t seem real.”

THE to showhosted by comedian Michael McIntyre, involves three contestants answering quiz questions with the help of seven celebrities sitting around a Ferris wheel.

Ms Hodges, who started the Downham Town girls’ under-13 football team, was perhaps used to the tense moments of a match.

Although this time she was attended by a series of celebrities, all “kind and positive”, including singer Robbie Williams, who chatted with her after her performance in The Wheel.

“He was really sweet and really interested in the women’s soccer team, which was really nice,” she said.

She praised her parents, who were “great cooks,” for helping her come up with the winning final answer after remembering they were talking about herbs and spices.

When asked which of the four herbs had a distinct licorice taste, she chose the correct answer: tarragon.

She said the pause before the reveal “was very, very distressing.”

Ruby, 11, watched her coach on the show.

“She is so inspiring and is my role model,” she said.

Her teammate Isabella, also 11, said of Ms Hodges: “The fact that she takes time for us and brings things to us is so lovely.”

Meanwhile, 11-year-old Nancy described her coach’s performance as “amazing”.

“I think he’s a very nice person and I’m very grateful as a team to have that little extra,” she said.

A plumber for 14 years, Ms Hodges is also a lecturer in plumbing, gas and renewable energy at the College of West Anglia, based in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.

She said the money would allow her to provide financial support to her team in future seasons.

“Women’s football is very important at the moment,” she said.

“I feel so happy to be able to give back to football and women’s football and grassroots football.”

The quiz winner, who will continue her day job, said she plans to buy football kits and equipment for the players as well as throw them a Christmas party.