Articles of Faith. Russell Brand

making a football book to actual views and feelings.

      DB: Ask me some other questions quickly about football.

      RB: Ok.

      DB: You’re quite a big England fan, aren’t you? That’s the thing that people often talk about, club and country. And I feel from some of my, well Frank and the one or two other actually working-class friends that I’ve got, although you’re actually working-class but you’re not in this category, that there’s something a bit poofty and middle-class about supporting England. I mean, Frank does support England but in his heart he will always say he’d rather West Bromwich Albion got into the Premiership than England won the World Cup.

      RB: Really?

      DB: Now I don’t know if I actually believe him, because I think he would go mental if England won the World Cup and West Brom have got into the Premiership and although he’s pleased, he’s not dancing naked in the street – a horrible image – but anyway he might do if England won the World Cup. So there’s a sort of sense that comes off hardcore fans that supporting England is what Johnny-come-lately fans do – with their love of Italia 90 and Gazza crying and the whole change that happened in football, rather than the hardcore club supporters.