As anyone who knows me, I am a former Labour Councillor and life time fan of Derby County! In fact one local authority I served on saw the father of former Rams Goalkeeper Mark Wallington, Keith in the blue corner.
Now I have many friends who support all three main parties and I always judge players on their actual contribution to football rather than which colour rosette they wear in the polling booth.
I think it's fair to say that most players don't reveal their own political beliefs.
Our best ever management pair of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor were known to be left of centre along with other greats such as Bill Shankly and Sir Alex Ferguson. Frank Lampard has admitted to being a Conservative voter whilst the likes of Mick McCarthy, Chris Hughton and Sam Allardyce are confirmed reds.
Gary Lineker and Gary Neville along with Jamie Carragher obviously lean to the left whereas Karl Henry and Sol Campbell are staunch Tories.
Quite vociferous in their support for Labour are Neville Southall and Joe Lolley. Stan Collymore also puts his X next to the Labour Party.
Derby County owner Mel Morris we would guess is a true blue after hosting Theresa may at Pride Park in her general election campaign of 2017.
Rams legend Alan Hinton is quite vocal in his support of Donald Trump. He has lived for many years in the USA. His support for Trump would make him a Tory over here.
Whereas Jonathan Walters and mark Bosnich have come out for the Conservative Party, one would have to make and educated guess that Paul Peschisolido would too knowing who his wife supports.
One I would have down as a possible swing voter though is Kevin Keegan. After kissing Margaret Thatcher, the minors son was seen a few years later playing head tennis with Tony Blair.
This column is just a bit of fun, do you know the political allegiances of any players?
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