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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)
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)
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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)
Willie Morgan (Matchday Presenter in the 1980's and
name in the Music and Radio world)
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 (Scandanavian 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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