Mrs Hodges, who founded Downham Town’s under-13 girls’ football team, was perhaps used to tense moments in a match.

Although this time she had the help of several celebrities, all of them “kind and positive”, including the singer Robbie Williams, who chatted with her after her performance in The Wheel.

“He was really lovely and was also really interested in the women’s football team, which was really nice,” she said.

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

When asked which of the four herbs had a distinctive licorice flavor, he chose the correct answer: tarragon.

He said the pause before the reveal “was very, very stressful.”