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Hand on heart, would you want Mel B supporting your team? Celebrity and football are not supposed to mix and when they do it usually ends in tears.
Sir Elton John has poured millions of pounds into Watford but the Rocket Man resigned as the club’s president recently because he had lost faith in the board. Robbie Williams has also put £250,000 of his money where his mouth is but Port Vale are languishing in League Two and the club’s fans want to know why he can’t stump up some more cash and bring the good times back to Vale Park.
Delia Smith thought it would be a good idea to take over Norwich City but the club are for sale and all she will be remembered for at Carrow Road is a season in the Premiership, some excellent pies and her “Let’s be Having You” horror show.
At least Sir Elton, Delia and Robbie are genuine fans which is more than can be said for some of the Z-list celebrities who start proclaiming their love for Chelsea or Manchester United as soon as they have been snapped in Hello! and Heat.
For every Delia there is a Bubble (Big Brother 2 and Chelsea), for every Sir Elton there is a Zippie (Rainbow and Dundee United) and for every Robbie there is an Osama Bin Laden (Al-Qaeda and Arsenal).
50. Bernie Ecclestone (Chelsea)
Diminutive Formula One supremo who loved Chelsea so much that he bought Queens Park Rangers with Flavio Briatore and Lakshmi Mittal. “The only way I might get involved in football is if Arsenal is up for sale at a sensible price and I could take total control,” Eccelstone said, before snapping up QPR.
49. Brian McFadden (Coventry City)
Would you want someone who has married Kerry Katona following your team? No, thought not.
48. Morrissey (Millwall)
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