POLITICAL FOOTBALLERS
Now that Frank Lampard has admitted to being a true blue Tory, we thought it would be appropriate to do a top ten Franks in football feature. Then Heather the sandwich lady suggested we do the TOP TEN POLITICAL FOOTBALLERS instead. She's good, Heather, and her pork and apple unit is something else...
George Weah
Thousands in Liberia petitioned for him to stand as a Presidential candidate. But he was defeated in the final round of voting. Talk about giving with one hand and taking away with the other.
Luther Blissett
Kind of. Blissett's name was appropriated by an anarchist group in the late 1990s. "They keep doing all sorts of things and I keep getting the credit or the blame for it," said Blissett.
Gary Neville
Nicknamed 'Red Nev' after leading a players' revolt in the England dressing room in the wake of Rio Ferdinand's ban for missing a drugs test.
David James
"People look at baby Bentleys, and say: 'How's this helping the environment?' But, actually, the fans getting to a ground are the biggest part of the game's footprint." So it's our fault.
Diego Maradona
Protested against Bush's arrival in Argentina in 2005, and is a strong campaigner for the poor. He also labelled the 'Hand of God' goal as revenge for the Falklands War. The little...
