In footballing parlance, which David Cameron may not be that familiar with, mixing up your favourite team is quite a considerable own goal. But it seems that any claret-and-blue team will do for the prime minister after he said he supported West Ham United when he is supposedly an Aston Villa fan. http://www.theguardian.com/politics...rain-fade-for-getting-his-football-team-wrong This is football not politics. No political comments thank you.
Confusion about watching football seems common amongst Prime Ministers. Blair reminisced about taking his seat with his dad on the Gallowgate End to watch Jackie Milburn. Which was surprising as Blair's dad and him were living in Scotland and Australia during the period Milburn was playing in Blair's early years and seats weren't installed in the Gallowgate Enduntil 30 years after Milburn retired.
Catch up. Mr Blair has been mocked over the years about his apparent claim to have watched Jackie Milburn play at St James Park in the late 1950s - and not just because of his age and the fact he was living down under. The reports also claimed Mr Blair had said that he had sat in the Gallowgate End of the club's stadium even though there were no seats in that part of the ground at that time. But the Sunday Sun, the region's Sunday newspaper, has now told the former PM in an interview with him that it had misreported a BBC interview in which Mr Blair had talked about his support for Newcastle. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7749778.stm
I'm not surprised he said he supported West Ham as they're getting the Olympic Stadium for £2.5 million a year. We paid over £4 million to the SMC for the KC last season. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21889864
Where are the figures showing what we paid to use the KC as a matter of interest? Are figures available for FC?
An Etonian being a football supporter? as if. it reminds me of when MP's drink a pint of beer to prove they're 'just like the common man'
The problem with politicians is that they are never certain if they or on the left wing or the right wing or ploughing a lonely furrow down the centre. In football terms, of course.
Like Peter Hill-Wood, the chairman of Arsenal for the past 30 years? Maybe that common man Tam Dayell was a football fan? Or George Orwell?
Stuff like this just offers a quick glimpse behind the cosmetically manufactured façade named David Cameron.
A more interesting point is why so many politicians of all parties feel the need to pretend they are football fans. A bit like FC and Rovers fans adopting football clubs from other cities which have more success than their local team so they feel part of something bigger than their own little sport.
The key word is politicians, they tell you what they think you want to hear. Oh your a football fan, me too Oh your a rugby fan, me too Oh you like meat pies me too Oh you like to drink beer me too They're all the same
