Politicians masquerading as football fans

[He's here!]

Quite a good article on something that has always been a bit of a bugbear of mine:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/euro-202...aign=DM1443312

It's not all about Sturgeon by the way (for any Nicola devotees taking offence ), but you may have problems reading the whole article. I managed to read it once but when I clicked on it again I was faced with a subscriber paywall.

[G B Young]

One for the pet football hates thread?

This sort of thing doesn't just happen in football though. I remember during the referendum campaign Salmond trying to hog the limelight by hauling out a saltire he'd stuffed in his suit pocket when Andy Murray won Wimbledon.

[Future17]

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One for the pet football hates thread?

This sort of thing doesn't just happen in football though. I remember during the referendum campaign Salmond trying to hog the limelight by hauling out a saltire he'd stuffed in his suit pocket when Andy Murray won Wimbledon.

Murray won Wimbledon in 2013 but, to be fair, it's been a referendum campaign in Scotland for the past decade.

[JimBHibees]

Can remember Gordon Brown indicating his favourite goal in an England Scotland game was Gazzas one. I mean wtaf

[Moulin Yarns]

David Mellor, Chelsea shirt, apologies for the mental image. 😉

[Bostonhibby]

Sure Dodgy Dave Cameron claimed to be a fan of Arston Vanilla united at some point.

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[Lago]

They are all told by they're advisers it makes them more like the hoi poli, good marketing strategy, nothing more they care sip about football & sport in general.

[Jamesie]

Anyone seen Kezia Dugdale at Easter Road other than at the Scottish Cup Final winners party, or indeed Peter Murrell (technically not a politician but close enough) at Easter Road at all?

[vercol36]

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Anyone seen Kezia Dugdale at Easter Road other than at the Scottish Cup Final winners party, or indeed Peter Murrell (technically not a politician but close enough) at Easter Road at all?

Those two? No. Ian Grey - yes.

[WeeRussell]

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Sure Dodgy Dave Cameron claimed to be a fan of Arston Vanilla united at some point.

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Was it him that got villa and West Ham mixed up? Or changed which one he supported within a few hours maybe..

[nonshinyfinish]

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Was it him that got villa and West Ham mixed up? Or changed which one he supported within a few hours maybe..

Yeah, he said something like "…my team, West Ham, er er er I mean Aston Villa."

Most of them can at least keep track of who it is they pretend to support.

[Bostonhibby]

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Was it him that got villa and West Ham mixed up? Or changed which one he supported within a few hours maybe..

The very same.

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[Moulin Yarns]

Douglas Ross, Annie Wells, Murdo Fraser. Go on, guess!?

[Diclonius]

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Those two? No. Ian Grey - yes.

Iain Gray sat near us in our old ST seat in the West, saw him once.

[O'Rourke3]

Malcolm Chisholm is a huge Hibby. Still being seen at ER,when there were people to see.

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[Bostonhibby]

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Douglas Ross, Annie Wells, Murdo Fraser. Go on, guess!?

Is it themselves?

I'll go with Sevco, even if they do look like Hearts types.

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[Moulin Yarns]

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Is it themselves?

I'll go with Sevco, even if they do look like Hearts types.

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To be fair to Douglas, I'm not sure, but the other 2 frequently tweet references to the queen's eleven 🙄

[Bostonhibby]

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To be fair to Douglas, I'm not sure, but the other 2 frequently tweet references to the queen's eleven

Fans of most other clubs will be delighted by their apparent choices.

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[lucky]

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Anyone seen Kezia Dugdale at Easter Road other than at the Scottish Cup Final winners party, or indeed Peter Murrell (technically not a politician but close enough) at Easter Road at all?

Seen Kezia there and at Hampden.

[Peevemor]

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Anyone seen Kezia Dugdale at Easter Road other than at the Scottish Cup Final winners party, or indeed Peter Murrell (technically not a politician but close enough) at Easter Road at all?

To be fair Peter Murrell must be interested enough in Hibs for Mrs M to comment - she seems to mention it far more often than he does.

[JimBHibees]

Tony Blair indicating he used to sit in the Gallogate end at St James Park when there were no seats in that end when he was pretending to be there.

[Jamesie]

Was coming on again to mention Ian Gray and Malcolm Chisholm but see them already mentioned.

Ian Blackford is probably the most regular attendee of all AFAIK.

I’ve also seen Brian Monteith regularly at Easter Road over the years and primarily before his move to France.

Kenny Macaskill has of course been involved heavily on the community side of the club but not sure how regular an attendee he is.

[overdrive]

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Tony Blair indicating he used to sit in the Gallogate end at St James Park when there were no seats in that end when he was pretending to be there.

He should really support his childhood local team, being from Willowbrae.

[He's here!]

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Was coming on again to mention Ian Gray and Malcolm Chisholm but see them already mentioned.

Ian Blackford is probably the most regular attendee of all AFAIK.

I’ve also seen Brian Monteith regularly at Easter Road over the years and primarily before his move to France.

Kenny Macaskill has of course been involved heavily on the community side of the club but not sure how regular an attendee he is.

Yep, Monteith was a regular for many years. Pretty heavily involved in Hands on Hibs/anti-Farmer stuff if I recall rightly.

As somebody else has said, Malcolm Chisholm was also a regular while older fans may recall long-standing North Edinburgh Tory MP Sir Alex Fletcher who was a big Hibs fan.

[He's here!]

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To be fair to Douglas, I'm not sure, but the other 2 frequently tweet references to the queen's eleven 🙄

Ross is an Aberdeen fan. I remember seeing him on a programme about the Ferguson era and saying he was born the year they won the Cup Winners Cup.

[Is It On....]

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One for the pet football hates thread?

This sort of thing doesn't just happen in football though. I remember during the referendum campaign Salmond trying to hog the limelight by hauling out a saltire he'd stuffed in his suit pocket when Andy Murray won Wimbledon.

One of the funniest things you will see re "pretending to have an interest" is the video of John Redwood, as Welsh Secretary, trying to mine to the Welsh national anthem..it's brilliant...

[One Day]

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Ross is an Aberdeen fan. I remember seeing him on a programme about the Ferguson era and saying he was born the year they won the Cup Winners Cup.

I was sure he was a sticky bun too.

[vercol36]

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Iain Gray sat near us in our old ST seat in the West, saw him once.

I saw him at least four or five times when I was a ST in the East - he was always standing at corner of West and North looking like he was waiting for someone.

Maybe he kept leaving just before kick-off

[Keith_M]

The Times claimed a number of years ago that Adolf Hitler was a Schalke fan.



Schalke's PR man, Gerd Voss responded to this claim with...


"We were very curious to find out what made the well-respected Times claim this as a fact," wrote Voss.

"So we checked and double-checked whether the club board between 1933 and 1945 had named a stand the Fuhrer Stand, for example, and we watched every episode of 'Allo 'Allo in a bid to find a clue... Nothing!."

[Moulin Yarns]

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The Times claimed a number of years ago that Adolf Hitler was a Schalke fan.



Schalke's PR man, Gerd Voss responded to this claim with...


"We were very curious to find out what made the well-respected Times claim this as a fact," wrote Voss.

"So we checked and double-checked whether the club board between 1933 and 1945 had named a stand the Fuhrer Stand, for example, and we watched every episode of 'Allo 'Allo in a bid to find a clue... Nothing!."

😁 So much like a lot of the politics threads on here.