What famous fans do we have?

My mate who is a blue just said to me that John Thaw of the Sweeney and Morse was a blue, I hadn’t realised this because i really liked him as an actor and he passed away way too early.
 
balotellishaircut said:
My mate who is a blue just said to me that John Thaw of the Sweeney and Morse was a blue, I hadn’t realised this because i really liked him as an actor and he passed away way too early.
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I remember watching a programe where John Thaws ex wife Shelia Hancock said John was a big blue along with most of his family until the munich tragedy when John felt sympathy for utd so moved more to following them,
As you say a great actor & seemed like a good bloke.
 
balotellishaircut said:
My mate who is a blue just said to me that John Thaw of the Sweeney and Morse was a blue, I hadn’t realised this because i really liked him as an actor and he passed away way too early.
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Unfortunately, he was a Rag. Started out a blue, from a blue family, but changed allegiance after the Munich tragedy. I also read somewhere that he'd softened towards us again in later life because we were the underdog. It might of been a quote from his wife Sheila Hancock. Either way, he was never a die hard fan.
 
balotellishaircut said:
My mate who is a blue just said to me that John Thaw of the Sweeney and Morse was a blue, I hadn’t realised this because i really liked him as an actor and he passed away way too early.
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The Sweeney was/is the best cop show ever. Thaw and Denis Waterman wer brilliant as Regan and Carter.

Incidentally, I used to deliver to a couple called Sweeney, and their daughter married a Mr Regan.

I’ve just looked up his Wiki page, and he was born in Gorton, so it’s hardly surprising that he was a Blue.
 
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The Lightbowne Cowboy said:
Unfortunately, he was a Rag. Started out a blue, from a blue family, but changed allegiance after the Munich tragedy. I also read somewhere that he'd softened towards us again in later life because we were the underdog. It might have been a quote from his wife Sheila Hancock. Either way, he was never a die hard fan.
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Brian Kidd was same.
 
Re: John Thaw and probably from the same source as the earlier posts, his family were big blues and it caused a lot of friction between them when he changed allegiance after the Munich disaster
 
On a slightly related note

I've just been reading an article about the popular late 60s and early 70s football show QUIZBALL, hosted by David Vine and Stuart Hall.

Each team would include three paid employees of a club, including players and managers, plus a "Guest" Supporter

Guest supporters throughout the series included Tommy Trinder (Fulham), John Arlott (Southampton), Percy Thrower (West Bromwich Albion), Brian Close (Leeds), Sam Kydd (Chelsea), Leonard Sachs (Sheffield Wednesday *and* Leeds), Gordon Jackson (Dunfermline Athletic), Pete Murray (Fulham), Brian Moore (Tottenham), Sam Leitch (Leicester City), Magnus Magnusson (Kilmarnock), Harry Carpenter (Fulham), Mike Smith (Coventry City), Kenneth Cope (Everton), Alfie Bass (Crystal Palace), James Bolam (Sunderland), John Laurie (Dundee), Lance Percival (Chelsea), Ed Stewart (Everton), Kenny Lynch (Manchester City), Peter Cook (Tottenham), Richard Wattis (Crystal Palace), Nicholas Parsons (Leicester City), Hugh Lloyd (Chelsea), Roy Kinnear (Colchester), Jimmy Logan (Dunfermline) and Jon Pertwee (Dunfermline in the 1971 Final).

Some of these celebrities made more sense than others, (and I remember Ed Stewart's appearance) but why would a one-hit wonder from Stepney have any connection to City?
 
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