"Team Of My Life" is the title of my latest book which I started to research in the summer of 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown.
The idea is not a new one to me; way back in 2010, I was writing articles on the opposition's celebrity football fans for the Yeovil Town FC matchday programme "Green & White" and produced more than twenty of them. However, space limitation meant I couldn't really explore their stories to any great depth.
"Team Of My Life" will hopefully allow me to do this. I intend to find a celebrity fan for each of the Premier League and EFL clubs & give them 1,500 words + a picture + a chance to name their ultimate XI of their team. So far, I have the following celebs signed up....
Ed Balls (Norwich City) Birchall Brothers (Mansfield Town) Jack Brooks (Oxford United) Alastair Campbell (Burnley) Glenn Catley (Bristol Rovers) Ed Chamberlin (Southampton)
Dominic Cork (Stoke City) Ian Darke (Portsmouth) Mike Dean (Tranmere Rovers) David Drew (Forest Green Rovers) Adrian Durham (Peterborough United) Goldie Lookin' Chain (Newport County)
Ivo Graham (Swindon Town) Lloyd Griffith (Grimsby Town) Paul Hayes (Morecambe) James Hildreth (MK Dons) Richard Hoiles (Crewe Alexandra) Steve Jenkins (Walsall)
Steve Lamacq (Colchester United) Chris Latchem (AFC Bournemouth) Mark Lawrenson (Preston North End) David 'Bumble' Lloyd (Accrington Stanley) Julian Lloyd-Webber (Leyton Orient) Jon McClure (Sheffield Wednesday)
Wes Newton (Fleetwood Town) Kevin Painter (Ipswich Town) Jon Parkin (Barnsley) Suzi Perry (Wolves) Max Rushden (Cambridge United) Ryan Sidebottom (Harrogate Town)
Russ Taylor (Lincoln City) Chris Thompson (Barrow) Mark Watson (Bristol City) Tom Watt (Cheltenham Town) Dean Windass (Hull City) Jonathan Wilkes (Port Vale)
Mark Wood (AFC Wimbledon) Mike Young (Cardiff City) Mark Benton (Middlesbrough)
