Two Pilgrims

Sometimes I am impressed by pieces of useless information. Like this............

Whilst doing some research for my football blog 'Sing Up The River End!', I had to look up some things about Plymouth Argyle. I discovered they have two famous people listed as supporters.

Michael Foot, the Labour politician who recently passed away, was a lifelong fan of the Pilgrims. The scrap of UI relating to this was the fact that as a present to him for his 90th birthday, the club registered Foot as a player with the Football League and issued him with the number 90 shirt. This made him officially the oldest registered professional player in the history of football. Nice story that.

Slightly more bizarre but equally impressive involves American World Heavyweight Champion boxer Evander Holyfield. In March 2008, on the British TV show Soccer AM, Holyfield was asked to pick one team from a hat (containing all 92 Premiership and Football League clubs) to determine which team he would support for the remainder of his life (as he didn't already follow a team). He picked out 'Plymouth Argyle', thereby making him a fan of the club!