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James Righton

James Righton

"We could get Ibrahimovic. I know that sounds weird, but I could see it. He’d fit in at Spurs...."

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David Baddiel

"Sepp Blatter covered in body paint, with a loin cloth on, dancing merrily to some native African music - yeah, that would be brilliant..."
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Example

"Even if we’d won the Europa League, beating Juve would still have been the highlight. A ridiculous game, unbelievable."
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David Threlfall

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

"I lost a shoe in the Stretford End"
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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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Frank Skinner

“I don’t have children, but I have the Albion.”
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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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Ian Brown

"I was the red sheep of the family"
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Bill Bailey

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

To sign Ade Akinbiyi for £5m, Peter Taylor must have been taking acid...
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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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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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David Haye

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

"Celtic is more than just a football club - it’s a cultural icon"
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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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Timmy Mallet

“BRRRIIILLIANT! YEAH! FAAAANTASTIC!”
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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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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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John Peel

"I don't like the inequality - the Premier League is getting as bad as the SPL..."
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Roger Federer

“I’d like to think I could have been a footballer. I was an attacking midfielder or striker. I was a good leader so I think I would have made a good captain”
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Usain Bolt

“If Real and United get drawn against each other, I’ll even cancel races to be there..."
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Russell Brand

“The fact that I’m into football is akin to Ray Winstone admitting he’s into lacrosse..."
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Mel C

"I was more proud of being on Match Of The Day than bloody Top Of The Pops”
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Kelly Jones

"I went into the ground and I remember eating Wagon Wheels and drinking shit tea”
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Pete Waterman

"People go to Walsall because they love it. They don't know what a prawn is"
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Gary Kemp

"I never wore a kilt to Highbury..."
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Dido

"If I ever meet one of our players I’m just pathetic. I start blushing, stammering"
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Trevor Nelson

"I went to the toilet and found myself next to a guy with a swastika tattooed on his forehead"
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Mani

"Martin Edwards is a f**king tit"
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Noel Gallagher

"Weller would love Celtic, he's into drinking"
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Def Leppard

“Bill Shankly said, ‘Tony Currie’s such 
a lazy bastard, I bet he lives in a bungalow’"
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Hard-Fi

"Being a Brentford fan was a bit of a lonely existence, but it was a badge of honour..."
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Rod Stewart

"When I was a tax exile I flew to Ireland just to watch England-Scotland. We lost 5-1..."
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Badly Drawn Boy

"I gave a shout to the Southampton fans and when they cheered I just said ‘Do one’"
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Steve Lamacq

"The team came out to One Step Beyond. We were hoping they'd do the nutty dance..."
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Christian O'Connell

"
I want to see footballers sparking out photographers, falling out of nightclubs and shagging Page Three girls...”
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Mick Hucknall

"Sir Alex got me a lovely seat just behind the dugout for the European Cup final, but I didn't go out of superstition..."
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