Celebrity fans

[The Butcher]

Dave Stewart doesn’t give a flying fuck about Sunderland - I had to drag him to a match. Loves the attention though so I guess if he turned up now it’s for that reason.

He has lived away for 40 years but Sunderland and the team feature heavily in his book.

 

[Zaragoza]

Peter O'Toole
R. I. P.

 

[Magpie 1]

The Pope
Tom Cruise
The Rock
William Wallace
Leonardo Da Vinci
Tom Brady
Bill Gates
Vince McMahon (which is why he didn't buy Newcastle)
Jay Z (but not Beyonce)
Howard Stern
The Kardashians
Prince Harry
Eminem
Deadpool
Katy Perry
Nikki Minaj
Adele
Ninja (the Fortnite player)
Elvis Presley
Alfred Hitchcock
Anne Frank
Ronaldo (the fat one)
Andy Warhol
Bill Clinton Sr
Burt Reynolds
C.S. Lewis
Zefram Cocrane
Commander John Shepard
Geralt of Rivia
Jon Snow


....all the cool celebrities. (allegedly)

I believe all of that list except Alfred Hitchcock, he liked Magpies and Bluebirds

 

[T S Garp]

He is.

He did the half time draw one day at Roker though. I suspect that's where all this came from.

I remember that. Was beamed down from the main stand onto the pitch iirc

 

[englishman abroad]

Mensi Angelic Upstarts

10 pages before the legend that is Mensi gets a mention

 

[Hair Flick]

Mensi Angelic Upstarts

he was at the Charlton game, apparently, as was Kevin Maguire

 

[Charmless Man]

Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics by far internationally. The **** on love Island no one who doesn't have a dribble bowl will know who he is and certainly no one will know in a year.

More well known than Bryan Ferry?

 

[JAZMAN2]

It wasn’t just a character, it was the name he wrote under and is famous as!
Not many people will have heard of Alf Wight.

True. Only boring old gits like me

 

[Charmless Man]

Tamsin Archer been mentioned yet?

Oh and Alex Kapranos

For some reason I doubt Alex Kapranos actually likes football.

 

[G Force]

She f***ing isn't. She drank my allowed 2 cans of lager in Bosnia when I was in a debrief after escorting her for the day then f***ed of with the other journalists and carried on drinking

Yet you’ll still blame the Europeans for that no doubt

 

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

James Herriot (RIP) used to sit in the Main Stand in front of my dad (RIP)

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He was Lifetime honorary president of the club wasn't he?

 

[Stubbs ftm]

Lauren Laverne?

Tony Jeffries

Our own Hollywood star @burchmackem

 

[daz]

Who would you say is the most famous MLF like I know Chris Hughes from Love island is a massive lads fan and was up yesterday

Who? Might as well start saying anyone who's been interviewed on ITV news or filmed on Crimewatch is now a celebrity.

The world has gone mad.

 

[Stubbs ftm]

Anyone remember, when Mark Webber (ex F1 driver) said that he supports Sunderland.

Might be a long time a go though...

Think was more to do with him liking Roy Keane and he was our manager at the time

 

[alicante mackem]

Shaun Connoly, his family lived over the road to my Nana in Red House.

He originally lived in mine and Steve T's old street, Prestbury Road. I can't remember him living there mind, but he told me when we were having a beer a few years ago. He lived next to the Cairns.

 

[Svejk]

For some reason I doubt Alex Kapranos actually likes football.

Sure I've seen a quote from him talking about being asked about football and religion as a bairn in Glasgow and mentioning that as a Greek orthodox Sunderland fan he didn't feel like he really fit in.

Also this quote from the Chronicle: " Alex admits to being a closet Sunderland fan. "My best ever childhood Christmas present was a Sunderland top. I was about nine and I thought it was brilliant.""

 

[freckletooth]

He was Lifetime honorary president of the club wasn't he?

Not sure just remember pointing him out when I was about 12 (‘79) when the tv series was massive

 

[bmp1970]

Chris Hughes does actually go to games, often see pictures on twitter when people have seen him there. Tin hat on.

Never heard of him until I saw this thread and had to google him..

He doesn't count in my book..

 

[scott934]

Never heard of him until I saw this thread and had to google him..

He doesn't count in my book..

Fair enough. There's people named in this thread I hadn't heard of either like.

Just looked, Chris Hughes has 474,000 followers on Twitter. Definitely a celebrity to some people.

 

[leecoo]

For some reason I doubt Alex Kapranos actually likes football.

He did mention on twitter that he was a lads fan