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Most celebrities use football as a means to enhance their image, but a few celebrity Spurs fans deserve a mention for either going to the games and or being top celebs anyway (and/or both) SPECIAL CELEBRITY SPURS FANS Neil Pearson - star of Drop the Dead Donkey and other stuff - sits on the lower Shelf and travels away with Spurs and has done for many years even through the dark days and deserves his position at the top of the tree Danny Kelly (TV & Radio Presenter & owner of Football365) - Real Tottenham man and sometime reader of TOPSPURS Norman Jay OBE (DJ & Shelfside regular) Charles Hodges & David Peacock (Rockney Musicians) Chas n Dave need no introduction after being associated with the club since 1981 when they got to No 5 in the charts with Ossies Dream (a song still sung on the terraces today). Also recorded Tottenham Tottenhamin 1982, Hot Shot Tottenham in 1987 and both the banned "Victory Song" and "its lucky for Spurs when the year ends in one" in 1991. A Chas n Dave concert is always a Tottenham affair and they are Tottenham through and through with Spurs references in many of their songs Henry Kelly (Slick game show Host and TV and Radio presenter) - used to do the half time draws at matches in the 1980's Simon Mayo (DJ - Was the first person to play the Victory Song on the Radio 1, and his THFC credentials far outweigh the sometimes sadness of his day job which he cannot help being a DJ) Paul Whitehouse (Comedian, the talented one in the Fast Show & gave Harry Enfield all his best Ideas) - Used to stand with a Spurs shirt on during the Lee and Lance sketches and it proper North London Spurs David Aaronovitch (Times journo) http://timesonline.typepad.com/david_aaronovitch/sports/index.html Roger Lloyd Pack/Trigger (Actor) Matthew Horne (actor comedian, Paxton ST holder) Warren Mitchell (Actor) - White Hart Lane regular for years, despite playing a West Ham fan on TV for much of his life Charlie Whelan (Former righthandman to Chancellor Gordon Brown) - Has strong Spurs credentials and earned his place at the top table by citing Pratt's 30 yarder at Notts County in 1978 as his favourite Spurs goal in a recent programme Paul Hawksby (Talksport Bloke) Celebrity SPURS FANS Lush (early 1990's band) Becky Anderson (Thinking mans crumpet, CNN presenter) Derek Jamieson ("Do they mean us" TV Bloke & 1980's WHL regular) Dave Barbarossa - drummer with The Ants, Bow Wow Wow, Beats International, Adamski, Republica and Chicane amongst others. Phil Cornwell (Stella St Comedian) MC B LIVE U. K Garage M Faction G U.K Garage MC Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru's most famous writer) Bennie from Grange Hill (Actor) Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Colombia's most famous writer) Steven Severin (bass player with Siouxsie & the Banshees) Ian Rankin (Author) Allan Shutt (former pro-golfer & winner of the Isle of Man Open (&now landlord of the best pub in the Yorkshire dales www.thestationinn.net) Ride (early 1990's band) Mark Billingham (Crime Author) Hunter Davies (Thinking man's Sport Journalist) Richie Benaud (Cricket Legend) Patsy Kensit (Actress & former Mrs Gallagher) Richard Littlejohn (Media Person) Not always agree with the bloke - but gets to Spurs when he can and genuinely care about the club Bob England (Owner of the Rockney label and Chas n Dave manager) Mike Gatting (Cricketing legend and fellow Mill Hill Village and Colindale old boy) Peter Jackson (Midlands Boxing Champion) Egil Drillo Olsen (Legendary Football manager and Marxist) Barry Davies (Legendary sports commentator) Jonathan Trott (Ashes winning cricketer) Willie Morgan ("Hello this is Willie Morgan, and welcome to White Hart Lane - the world-famous home of the Spurs") Colin Buchanan (Dull Actor) Salman Rushdie (Author) Ray Liotta (Goodfella's actor) Linda Lusardi (1980's Dolly Bird) The other Dean Martin (Capital Gold DJ) Tim Ambrose (England wicketkeeper) Tony Butler (Big Country Bass player) Jarrett Bellini (Writer and traveller). The King of Norway (Scandinavian Royalty) David Nobbs (creator of Reggie Perrin etc) Peter Purves (former Blue Peter presenter) Dave Clark (The Dave Clark Five - A Spurs regular in the 1960's and a local lad) Mark Alleyne (Quality Cricketer) Anthony Worrell Thompson (Funny looking TV cook) Rachel Stevens (Singer and good sort) Andrew Ridgeley (The talented one from Wham, racing driver and playboy) Leslie Phillips (60's legend) Bruce Foxton (Bassist with the Jam) Paul Merton (South London Comedian) Jude Law (Actor & favourite of Joe Thornton) Stelios Haji-Ioannou (EasyJet bloke) Jeff Beck (Singer - He appeared on TOTP in the week before THFC's Cup Final with Chelsea in 1967 to perform the School Disco Classic Hi Ho Silver Lining and shouted "Up the Spurs" during his guitar solo - a quality effort - with thanks to John Gillam) Shaznay Lewis (The talented one in All Saints) Jerry Springer (Former Mayor of Cincinnati and reality TV show host) Paolo Hewitt (Journo and Biographer) Steve Nash (Basketball player, who is miles better than Henry's mate) Emma (Baby Spice) Bunton (Singer) Brandon Block (DJ) Darren Day (So called Entertainer) Rabbi Crackers (TV commentator and agent to the stars) Peter Fosburg (Swedish Jolly Hockey sticks) Sid Owen (Ricky from EastEnders) Ian Thorpe (Aussie Swimmer) Brian Walden (TV presenter and Journalist) Barry Norman (Film person & WHL regular in the 1980's) Russ Williams (TV Presenter) Rikki Clarke (Cricketer) Paul Young (1980's Crooner) Kenneth Branagh (Actor & luvvie) Anthony Andrews (Posh Actor) Michael Brunson (Grumpy News Man) Jimmy Jones (Cockney Comedian and East Stand season ticket holder) Jo Whiley (Dull DJ, TV Presenter) Natasha (80's pop sensation - owned a parrot called Terry Naylor) David & Robbie Jaymes (Modern Romance) Rachel de Thame (posh totty gardening presenter) Julie Harris (Singer with Tight Fit) Jerry Stevens (80's TV star) David John (80's actor) Lennie James (Actor) Bid (lead singer of Monochrome Set) Ned Temko (Observer journo) Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer) Michael McIntyre (Smarmy comedian of sorts) And finally Trevor MacDonald (Newsreader) Deceased Celebrity SPURS FANS Peter Cook (Comedian extrordinaire & Tottenham through and through) Chris Acland (Drummer in Lush/Lillies) Bob Marley (Reggae legend) A. J. Ayer (Philosopher & fellow Leeds University graduate) Bernie Winters (Comedian) Schnorbitz (Comedian's dog) Frankie Vaughn (Entertainer) Frank Doel (manager of Marks & Co at 84 Charing Cross Road. Immortalised in the book by Helene Hanff which was subsequently a BBC Play and then a feature film starring Anthony Hopkins) Bernard Bresslaw (Carry On Star) Gary Olsen (Actor) - used to get Spurs references into his crappy sitcom. Embarrassing Celebrity SPURS FANS Phil Collins (anker) - got a VIP ticket for the 1991 cup final but was never seen again after Venables asked him for some money to help keep Spurs afloat. Bobby Davro (Comedian) - unfair to be put in the same bracket as Phil Collins, but the stainesman is truly awful Iain Duncan Cough (Sad Tory Leader) Michael Fish (Sad TV Weatherman) Francis Rossi & Rick Parfitt (Status Quo) Bruce Forsyth (Game show bloke and sometimes a gooner)

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