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Gemma Craig (Sapphire Elia) 2006-2007
First Regular Appearance: 10.6 (#393) Trust Last Regular Appearance: 10.32 (#419) The Final Whistle Part Two Duration: EP: 393 - 419 | SE: 10.6 – 10.32 Last Seen: Finding her injured dad being tended to by paramedics, Gemma was born to parents Rachel and Jimmy Craig in 1989, while her father was playing his first stint with Sheffield Wednesday. The family were settled in the north until Gemma was five, and Jimmy began his succession of moving to clubs around the country. Rather than follow him around, Rachel took Gemma to live in London, and as she grew up Jimmy was absent for much of the year which continued after he'd retired from playing and become a coach. A girl who loves to party, Gemma was on holiday in Turkey when she met (and wed) a local man called Izmet. With Jimmy switching from Leeds to Harchester during this time, Gemma brought her new husband to meet him at his new job, hoping she'd get a better reaction than from her mother. Jimmy punches Izmet and Rachel sees to it that he takes money in return for annulling the marriage. With a strained relationship with her mother, Gemma stays in Harchester with Jimmy. Soon Gemma is a distraction to the newly single Liam MacKay. When she gets into trouble fleeing an irate Rangers fan and into an unlicensed taxi, she calls on Liam the night before a UEFA Cup Tie. Gemma develops feelings for Liam, but he thinks it will damage his player/manager relationship with Jimmy so rejects her after a kiss at the HUFC Christmas party. An upset Gemma starts her dad's car and loses control, running over Liam's foot and collides with scaffolding ahead of her. While at first she seems just bruised, things take a turn for the worse and Gemma collapses into a coma, where all Jimmy, Rachel and Liam can do is sit by her bedside. After six weeks, Gemma wakes up but has no memory to her parents' despair. Liam sticks by Gemma and takes her to the places where she caused the most drama for him, before they decide to keep their relationship under wraps. Danny Sullivan in the form of Dragonslayer discovers Gemma and Liam's secret, and uses it to boost Jimmy's paranoia until Liam is forced to reveal all. In order to keep things smooth until the club's Title win is secured, Liam puts things with Gemma on hold. She is deeply hurt that Liam has chosen football over her, and tells Liam he and her dad deserve each other, before returning to London to live with her mom. A short time later, Gemma returns for the final day of the season having forgiven Jimmy, and it appears she is prepared to give things with Liam another go. During the game however, Dragonslayer Danny chooses his moment to attack Jimmy, leaving him with a head injury. A shocked Gemma goes to be by his side, and is deceived by Amy that she doesn't know how Jimmy came to be injured. |
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