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==Personal life== At the age of 17, Primus met future wife Trish through a mutual friend.<ref name="Primus 35"/> Much to the chagrin of Primus' parents, they decided to have a child after 18 months. The footballer said in his autobiography, "Up until then I had been the model son and had brought no trouble to their door, but now they were upset at what they saw as my rebellion".<ref>{{cite book| last= Primus| page = 37| title = Linvoy Primus: Transformed}}</ref> In November 1993, their first son was born.<ref>{{cite book| last= Primus| page = 38| title = Linvoy Primus: Transformed}}</ref> Their daughter [[Atlanta Primus|Atlanta]], born in April 1997, plays for [[Southampton FC]] played in the [[FA Women's Championship]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://shekicks.net/atlanta-primus-signs-for-london-city/|title=Atlanta Primus signs for London City|date=5 September 2020|website=shekicks.net|first=Wilf|last=Frith}}</ref> She previously represented England at the youth level and played in the United States for [[Cal State Fullerton Titans|California State University-Fullerton]] and [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea Women]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Atlanta Primus Profile Cal State Fullerton Athletics| url=http://www.fullertontitans.com/sports/w-soccer/2016-17/bios/primus_atlanta_7b3p|publisher=California State University, Fullerton|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref> Primus and Trish married on 9 June 1999.<ref>{{cite book| last= Primus| page = 74| title = Linvoy Primus: Transformed}}</ref> Their third child, and second son, was born in 2002.<ref>{{cite book| last= Primus| page = 156| title = Linvoy Primus: Transformed}}</ref> In 2007, he released his autobiography, ''Transformed'', which was co-written by Peter Jeffs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Faith > Linvoy Primus| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/hampshire/content/articles/2007/09/05/linvoy_biog_feature.shtml |publisher=BBC Hampshire |date=6 September 2007|access-date=25 December 2009}}</ref> It received generally positive reviews: ''[[Christianity Magazine (UK)|Christianity Magazine]]'' said the book was a "disarmingly honest account of Primus's triumphs and struggles on and off the pitch"<ref>{{cite news|title=Review: Transformed β football, faith and me|url=http://christianitymagazine.co.uk/reviews/books/transformed%20-%20football%20faith%20and%20me.aspx|publisher=Christianity Magazine|date=1 November 2007|access-date=9 January 2010|last=Buckeridge|first=John}} {{Dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> while ''[[FourFourTwo]]'' described it as "an antidote to the 'me-me-me' tales that weigh down the shelves".<ref>{{cite news |title=Linvoy Primus: Transformed β Publisher and industry reviews| url=http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/linvoy+primus/peter+jeffs/linvoy+primus/5973542/ |publisher=Waterstone's |access-date=4 January 2010}}</ref> Rival football magazine ''[[When Saturday Comes]]'' was more critical, pointing out its "sometimes ungrammatical and often ponderous style" and going on to say "[the] book is also full of cliches".<ref>{{cite news|title=BOOK REVIEWS Players Transformed|url=http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/1032/28/|publisher=When Saturday Comes|access-date=4 January 2010|last=Brown|first=Matthew|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202041348/http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/1032/28/|archive-date=2 December 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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