In the wake of Chelsea fan Jeremy Clarkson’s acrimonious departure from the BBC and motoring programme Top Gear, we look at ten celebrity football fans who you wish didn’t follow your team.
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Jeremy Clarkson (Chelsea)
The former BBC presenter has recently been axed as Top Gear front man following a ‘fracas’ at a North Yorkshire hotel which saw him punch producer Oisin Tymon in the face after being given a plate of cold meats instead of steak and chips. Clarkson has been surrounded by controversy in recent years, having to apologise for his huge mouth on multiple occasions.
Delia Smith (Norwich City)
The celebrity chef is on the board at Carrow Road, but will forever be known for he regrettable episode when she grasped the microphone during half-time against Manchester City in a bid to rouse Norwich fans. Smith told Norwich fans to “Come on!” Before ending the inspirational speech with “Let’s be avin’ you!”
Robert Mugabe (Chelsea)
The Despot leader of Zimbabwe, responsible for thousands of deaths and atrocities in the African country, revealed to the world’s press he was a follower of Chelsea.
Richard Keys (Coventry City)
The former Sky Sports presenter was involved in huge sexism controversy with co-presenter Andy Gray more than once. He was recorded asking Jamie Redknapp if he’d “smashed” a woman and revealed to have been guilty of sexist abuse of a female match official.
Michael Jackson (Exeter City)
Friend of the late singer Uri Geller took Jackson to Exeter’s St. James’ Park and it was clearly a thriller of a game, as the American pop sensation was made an honorary director of the south-west club. Osama Bin Laden (Arsenal)
Bin Laden was head of terrorist organisation Al Qaeda before his death in 2011. In November 2001, only weeks after the atrocities of 9/11, Adam Robinson wrote in his biography for Bin Laden that he had attended many matches at Highbury in the 90s, taking in the Gunners run to the Cup Winners Cup final in 1994 and buying an Ian Wright replica shirt for his son. Russell Brand (West Ham United)
Constantly vociferous and on a soapbox about issues he doesn’t necessarily know enough about. The comedian’s brash and in-your-face style has been known to rub many people up the wrong way. Mike Tyson (Peterborough United)
The former boxer is most famous for biting off Evander Holyfield’s ear in a boxing match. Tyson also famously owns a pet lion and is a general loose cannon. You wouldn’t want to stand in front of him on a terrace, that’s for sure.
David Icke (Leicester City)
Former professional goalkeeper turned conspiracy theorist. David Icke believes and pedals a theory that a secret group of humanoid lizards, including Queen Elizabeth II and George W Bush, called the Babylonian Brotherhood are controlling the human race. No, really.
Liam Gallagher (Manchester City)
Former frontman of genre-defining Britpop band Oasis, Gallagher as a person is seen as a general stain on the city of Manchester. Characterised by his brother, Noel, as “a man with a fork in a world of soup”. He was part of his band’s split which involved him destroying a guitar of Noel’s at a French music festival and just has a general aura of annoyance.