Celebrity fans

Coz if you're famous, you've gotta have a team

Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal

"I was pretty good at football. I was a striker. But I always felt that tennis was more my thing.”

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David Haye

“A world heavyweight title fight at the New Den. That’s a real ambition of mine..."
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Ian Brown

"I was the red sheep of the family"
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Timmy Mallet

“BRRRIIILLIANT! YEAH! FAAAANTASTIC!”
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Robert Plant

"I was born in West Bromwich but they soon smuggled me out. It all started with Billy Wright’s wave..."
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Frank Skinner

“I don’t have children, but I have the Albion.”
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Joe Calzaghe

"All my early memories are of kicking a ball – I didn’t go into a boxing gym until I was 10"
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George Galloway

"Celtic is more than just a football club - it’s a cultural icon"
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Les Dennis

"There I was, dressed as Mavis, in goal, at Villa Park, letting in goals... 'What am I going to do? Ooh, I don’t really know!’”
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Nick Frost

"When Tevez arrived it was a bit like Are You Being Served? A superstar turning up at Grace Brothers."
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Paul Heaton

"I dressed like a tramp and he was black. We were known as the ‘Cockney Blades’ to some..."
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Bill Bailey

"Zidane. I bet he’s crap at telling jokes.”
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Alastair Campbell

“I got stuck at an EU summit in Brussels and missed us staying up by beating Plymouth in the last game."
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Vidal Sassoon

"There’s an English pub in Santa Monica called the Cock & Bull. Sometimes I’ll go there for a full English breakfast and watch the game."
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Alan Simpson

"I turned up and had to ask 10 people where the ground was because no one seemed to know..."
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Dominic Monaghan

"I lost a shoe in the Stretford End"
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David Threlfall

"The Manchester derbies were incredible, probably because we never used to lose back then..."
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