No 10’s Hoops connection
Andy Burnham has just been confirmed as the new Prime Minister for Britain. The Northerner is a big football fan and an old interview he gave to Four Four Two magazine has been resurfacing.
The former Manchester Mayor is a huge Evertonian but did you know about his soft spot for Celtic? Coming from an Irish Catholic background he admits he wasn’t given a choice over which teams he supported.
“I’m a lone campaigner for Everton and Celtic being the true and original partnership. My upbringing was, ‘This is the clubs you support’. When I see this cult and love-in with the other lot (Liverpool) and ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ I struggle with that.
There’s a photo of Pat Van Den Hauwe with a Celtic ski hat, that was my hat, I gave it to him as he went to collect the cup. I used to have the split Everton and Celtic ski-hat and I had a full Celtic hat as well.”
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