Socceroos star Jackson Irvine and his longtime partner Jemilla Pir have finally tied the knot but there was drama aplenty ahead of their wedding in Denmark.
The loved-up couple were forced to postpone their special day after the 31-year-old footballer made a crucial blunder.
Irvine plays for St Pauli in Germany and his team had just defeated VFL Osnabruck to earn a historic promotion into the Bundesliga after spending 13 years out of the country’s top-flight league.
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Wild celebrations followed the victory, with fans storming the pitch and the players and coach hailed as heroes of the members-owned club.
Two days of partying followed, with Irvine — the club captain — in the thick of the action. But with the game on a Sunday and the wedding on Tuesday, Irvine was cutting it fine.
Eventually he made it to the registry office in Copenhagen but forgot a key item — his passport.
So Pir decided to give her man, rightfully so, a mini clip on social media.
“When you’ve been drunk for two days and forget to take your passport to your marriage appointment,” she said on Instagram, adding three clown emojis.
![The wedding was back on track once Irvine had retrieved his passport.](jpg/79adaff6d06c629c6a39d5d471bd6ac45ba105b7e2c3.jpg?imwidth=650&impolicy=sevennews_v2)
“Let’s try again tomorrow ... (Party tonight is still on),” she said.
The following day, the wedding was back on track as the couple happily showed they had their passports in hand.
Later, after completing the official ceremony, Pir posted a a gorgeous photo of herself and a beaming Irvine cutting a ‘just married’ cake.
“Where do we start… 🖤,” she said.
Annabel Pir replied: “Start with things not going quite to plan, but working things out together 🙌❤️❤️🙌❤️.”
In her Insta story, Jemilla shared a picture of the couple on the steps of the registry.
And the quirky couple also showed off their fresh rings that were engraved with two Js (for Jackson and Jemilla).
![The loved-up couple celebrated on the steps of the registry.](jpg/cbe72115ea367fae041bdb0310dcb6c33d8699fee2c3.jpg?imwidth=650&impolicy=sevennews_v2)
![Irvine slips the ring on Pir’s finger.](jpg/fad42df7fac84ddcc6a25daa1dd65ccc70e66c1fe2c3.jpg?imwidth=650&impolicy=sevennews_v2)
![The Js on the rings added a special touch.](jpg/9e8e78fb209ebbbf3621fef4c2ca40cb62b4a0f0e2c3.jpg?imwidth=650&impolicy=sevennews_v2)
![After all the drama, they finally were able to cut their wedding cake.](jpg/b4ba1381904826551446b5f04b36c61ad6130719e2c3.jpg?imwidth=650&impolicy=sevennews_v2)
It’s a been huge week for Irvine, who has 66 caps for Australia and 11 goals.
“I’ve never felt anything like it,” he said after St Pauli’s promotion.
“I’m completely overwhelmed. It’s just incredible to see how much it means to people, not just us.
“This is why I came here. I wanted to achieve something for the fans and give the people something and we’ve done that by getting promoted.
“We’ve all invested so much, week in, week out, and it’s a huge honour to be captain of this team, something I don’t take for granted.
“We had belief going into the game. We were prepared. We wanted to give our utmost and leave everything on the pitch and all of us gave everything to seal promotion.
“It was the only way we were going to go up.”
Friends and family were quick to congratulate the couple after the event.
“Lots of love to you both. Hope you had a wonderful day 🤍 All the best for your future together! you are such a wonderful couple!” one fan said.
And photographer Henning Heide said: “A queen and her king! all the best guys! ❤️❤️❤️.”
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