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Captain Haddock

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Aug 2, 2005
2,130
The Deep Blue Sea
So to summarise (sorry if any wind-up has gone right over my head!) these are the serious or casual Albion fans so far:


Des Lynam
Fat Boy Slim
"Burnside" from The Bill
Jon Snow (newsreader)
Michael Fish (TV weatherman)
Sally Gunnell
Mark Williams (Fast Show / "Mr Weasley" in Harry Potter)
Ralph Brown (film actor - Withnail & I, Alien 3, etc etc)
Sir Norman Wisdom RIP
Nick Szczepanik (national newspaper sports journalist)
Nick Hayward (national newspaper sports journalist)
Spencer Vignes (freelance national newspaper sports journalist)
Mike Ward (TV critic for newspaper & TalkSport)
Johnny Saunders (sports reporter on Chris Evans' morning Radio 2 show)
Mark Pougash (BBC 5Live SaturdaySports anchorman)
Dave Beckett (footy highlights summariser - currently BBC FLShow)
Robert Kazinsky (Shaun from Eastenders, also playing a hobbit in The Hobbit film shooting next year)
Annie Nightingale (veteran Radio 1 DJ)
Jamie Theakston (TV presenter)
Harry Enfield (TV comic)
Fatima Whitbread (former Olympic javelin thrower)
Amanda Redman (TV actress)
Peter Cleall (Duffy from "Please Sir")
Stephen Grant aka Comedy Steve (er....comedian)
Rik Mayall (comedian, comedy actor)
Peter Brackley (football commentator - used to cover Football Italia on C4, now with ESPN?)
Steve North (actor in TV's London's Burning)
Tony Hawkes (comedian and author)
Ray Brooks (actor: voice of Mr Benn, film parts incl'g "Carry On Abroad" and "Cathy Come Home", "Joe" in Eastenders, Robbie Box in "Big Deal", )
Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & The Heart-breakers drummer)
Peter Canning
Mark Little
Sid (Owen?) (Ricky in Eastenders)
"Midfield General" (Skint DJ and producer)
Robyn Schoenhofer (TalkSport newsreader)
James Patrick Page OBE
Michael Fanstone (radio presenter)
Jan Leeming (ex-newsreader)
Dave Benson Phillips
Raymond Briggs (?)
Danny Buckland (Deputy Editor of The Sunday Express)



Simon Cowell (lives locally and looks out for our results, allegedly)
 
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Captain Haddock

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Aug 2, 2005
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The Deep Blue Sea
What about members of Brighton bands / musicians?

Kooks
Levellers
Maccabees
Imperial Leisure(?)
Robert Smith

etc etc

Anyone 'turned' Nick Cave yet? That would be a cool catch!

Did I also read one of The Who lived locally?







On the sporting theme...isn't Steve Burtenshaw a local lad and fan?
 






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Captain Haddock

Active member
Aug 2, 2005
2,130
The Deep Blue Sea
And what about Louise Redknapp? What was all that stuff with her posing in an Albion top (in the 90s) all about. Some kind of gimmick or is she a Seagull?
 


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BlockDpete

Well-known member
Oct 8, 2005
1,144
Did see one of the Levellers wearing an Albion away shirt when they played V Festival a few years ago.
 


Barrel of Fun

Barrel of Fun

Abort, retry, fail
Aug 22, 2005
52,833
Sūþsēaxe: The Land of the South Saxons
The ex-bass guitarist of Tears for Fears (left before they hit the big time) taught at Lancing College and he used to 'look out for the Brighton score'.

Martin Bentley MBE (a former Stoke City trainee who ruined his knee) was known to take in a few games. Not a celebrity as such, but an MBE..?
 








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Jonno

Enthusiasm curbed
Oct 17, 2010
766
Cape Town
Surely some of the Sussex cricketers support the Albion???
Maybe Matt Prior, he went to Brighton College.
 




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Razi

Active member
Aug 3, 2003
1,622
Stevenage
I'm sure I remember something about Dan Hipgrave (from the band Toploader) watching the Albion, and he used to bring Gail Porter along with him to matches. 2 for the price of 1? Though they divorced in 2004, so maybe she'd refused to come along to our play-off final win in Cardiff?

Also, Gaz from Supergrass lives somewhere near Sussex Gardens? Another tenuous one.
 
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Joey Deacon's Disco Suit

It's a THUG life
Apr 19, 2010
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Wasn't there a musical director or conductor or some sort - used to wear a dickie bow in the South Stand at Withdean.

I believe that Cormac Murphy-O'Connor is also an Albion fan. As is his boss.
 








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aviaviavioioioi

New member
Sep 29, 2009
159
Seaford/Brighton
I always thought Jamie Theakston was a Man Utd fan. It's quite surprising the lack of celebs that follow us. As quite a lot of celebs live in Brighton. I think they will all jump on the bandwagon when we get big in a few years.
 


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Joey Deacon's Disco Suit said:
That will be news to the many Albion fans in the Crawley area. I'd say from personal experience that it's a fair split between Chelsea, Palace and Brighton around there.
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Why would a person from Crawley support the Albion. As far as I remember Crawley have a thriving team of their own.

I would wager there are very very few Albion fans in Crawley. Do you know where Crawley is?
 


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algie

The moaning of life
Jan 8, 2006
14,713
In rehab
hove born&bred said:
Why would a person from Crawley support the Albion. As far as I remember Crawley have a thriving team of their own.

I would wager there are very very few Albion fans in Crawley. Do you know where Crawley is?
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Don't be a dick Tim.

How long have Crawley been thriving as a team?
 




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Joey Deacon's Disco Suit

It's a THUG life
Apr 19, 2010
854
hove born&bred said:
Why would a person from Crawley support the Albion. As far as I remember Crawley have a thriving team of their own.

I would wager there are very very few Albion fans in Crawley. Do you know where Crawley is?
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No, never heard of the place. And your wagers are usually crap. Why would a person from Brighton support another football team - I understand that it happens occasionally. Dear oh dear, you really are a thicko.
 




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