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KEVIN HALLS takes a look at the increasing number of musicians, actors and comedians getting behind teams…

WHEN I was a young lad in the 60s I attended a match at Highfield Road, the home ground of my team Coventry City, with my dad to watch them play Huddersfield Town in a Third Division game.
Nothing special about that other than the then-Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who was a Huddersfield supporter, was a special guest of our club.
When he took his seat at the start of the match, he received a warm reception from the crowd, especially from my dad who was a staunch Labour vot...

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