Sofia Moxham (Lisa McAllister) 2004-2005

First Regular Appearance: 8.1 (#325) Down  Sunday 17th October 2004

Last Regular Appearance: 8.19 (#343) In Blood Thus Far Steep’d  Sunday 27th February 2005

Duration: EP: 325 - 343  |  SE: 8.1 – 8.19

Position: Football Agent

Last Seen: Assisting Nathan Woods on his contract. Leaves without an on-screen explanation.

Oozing sophistication, Sofia is a bright girl who set out to use her talents where she would be successful and respected. Entering the business of football, she didn't quite expect how much of a rarity she would be as a young female agent in the new Millennium, but that respect as a tough-negotiating fair representative who had the best interests for, and cared about her clients, was well earnt. Sofia didn't feel disheartened being in a sea of male colleagues, in fact she welcomed the opinion that she was seen as the best female agent anyone knew.

Sofia snaps up midfielder Tommy Valentine, a player who has an impact on her unlike any other. Tommy is a womaniser, and his attitude that he is too good to be wasted on the Chelsea bench causes no end of headaches for Claudio Ranieri. Sofia is the one to sort out Tommy's grievances with the club, quite often a regular task, and sees his liaisons with bored married wives as something he will grow out of. After a season, Chelsea have had enough of Tommy with now an affair with his team mate's wife, and will only sell to a Premier League or European club. When only the now-Championship Harchester United comes through, Sofia persuades Tommy their place in the Champions League is a sweetener, and ends up being offered a role for herself at the club by chief executive Dean Boyle.

Sofia is assigned the job of finding new top flight homes for the club's Premier League stars, one being Clyde Connelly. Clyde however, has been going through a bad period, his play suffering due to manager Don Barker's new regime and his confidence at an all time low. Clyde's misguided attitude has seen him be judged as disrespectful, and no club will touch him, which Sofia sees is sending him into a continued downward spiral. Clyde sinks further into depression, and commits suicide. With Tommy, who became Clyde's closest friend in the team, they support each other and Sofia assists Dean in his attempt to bring a huge European star, Carlos Valdez, to the club. Dean is left feeling a fool when it is learnt Joel Brooks was using Harchester in a bidding war which would see Valdez going to Chelsea and Tommy to Juventus in his place. But it brings Dean and Sofia closer.

Sofia next has to clean up Tommy's latest affair with Michelle Maguire, which results in Tommy being stabbed by Michelle's husband Shay. Sofia is the voice of reason that gets through to Tommy when he almost arranges to have Shay killed! After recovering, Tommy makes his return to Harchester, only to be lost in a bet between Eli Knox and Spartak Moscow owner Nicolai Kulikov - meaning Tommy is going to Russia! Sofia does all she can to stop the deal/bet, but with Eli honouring his bets and even assisting Nicolai in buying Tommy from Chelsea, her efforts run short. With his head turned by the money, Tommy wants to celebrate and he and a sombre Sofia get drunk, leading to Sofia giving in to her feelings and sleeps with Tommy. The next morning, reality hits Sofia when Tommy shows that he sees her as any other woman, and their relationship is ruined. Sofia says goodbye to Tommy, realising she needs to move on from him altogether.

There had always been a spark between Sofia and Dean, with he feeling she was a businesswoman way out of his league but could still dream, while she enjoyed his company and they worked well together. Particularly when Dean had to get the HUFC fans off his back and needed to fake buying a player from West Ham. But sadly, they only remain friends, and with Tommy the reason she came to the club now out of Harchester, Sofia more than likely returns to London.