Celebrity Connections
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Celebrity supporters include:
- Comedian Dominic Holland
- Ex-EastEnders actor Dean Gaffney
- Hollywood actor Jim Carrey
- Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz
- Sky Sports News presenter Natalie Sawyer
- Hard-Fi lead singer/guitarist Richard Archer
- The Bluetones guitarist Adam Devlin
- Status Quo bassist John 'Rhino' Edwards
- Author Robert Rankin
- The Who guitarist Pete Townshend
- Zatopeks-frontman Will DeNiro
- Yes keyboard player Rick Wakeman
Actor and comedian, Bradley Walsh was a professional at the club in the late 1970s but never made the first team squad.
Late Jazz Band Leader, Billy Cotton, who hosted the long-running Billy Cotton's Band Show on Radio and TV, played for Brentford as an amateur in his youth.
Singer/pop icon Rod Stewart is often reported to be a former player, but this is believed to be a myth. Stewart admitted to not have been signed by Brentford in a 1995 issue of Q Magazine, but possibly had trials in 1961 and left before being offered any 'deal' to stay on.
Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp was in the first team at Brentford in 1976 but only made one appearance.
Read more about this topic: Brentford F.C.
Famous quotes containing the words celebrity and/or connections:
“The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
“I have no connections here; only gusty collisions,
rootless seedlings forced into bloom, that collapse.
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I am the Visiting Poet: a real unicorn,
a wind-up plush dodo, a wax museum of the Movement.
People want to push the buttons and see me glow.”
—Marge Piercy (b. 1936)