REGGAE superstar Bob Marley, who would have been 71 this week if he was still alive, could list the Celtic team that won the European Cup. As celebrity fan stories go, that one is hard to top. The Bob Marley connection was told in Celtic player Dixie Deans autobiography some years back when Dixie wrote that he met Marley in Australia, and the singer said he was a big Celtic fan and always wanted to go and visit Celtic Park. Whether you believe Dixie or not, we did like the part where he also recalled: "The name didn't register. I remember he was quiet-spoken, almost shy, and his hair was long and looked, frankly, as if it was matted together and needed a good wash."
Any other celebrity fan stories?
THE weather is not getting any better. As we go through the alphabet for storms, we have now reached Storm Imogen. A reader phones to tell us: "They've missed a great opportunity. They could have made for 'I', Storm Inateacup."
WE like the story in today's Radio Times about Terry Wogan, when he worked in Ireland, applying for a job at the BBC and being knocked back by then BBC Two head, David Attenborough. The Radio Times has reproduced the rejection letter. We just liked the reaction of Sir David Attenborough, asked about him rejecting Terry, and replying: “Good Lord! He wrote asking me for work? I don’t remember this at all.”
A READER tells us he was in a Glasgow pub at the weekend when he heard a chap trying to tell his mates about the new love of his life and he gushed: "You know that feeling you get when you meet someone and your heart skips a beat?"
Inevitably a pal replied: "Aye pal. That's arrhythmia. You can die from that."
WE blew the final whistle on stories about the late Tom "Tiny"Wharton, but reader Matt Vallance goes into extra time by telling us about the time Rangers were playing at Third Lanark, and police horses had to come onto the pitch to clear the crowds after Ranger scored. Says Matt: "One of the horses left its calling card just inside the penalty box - in the area where Davie Wilson had a habit of being tackled when Rangers attacked.
"Wee David drew Tiny's attention to the mess and, he swears, was told, 'Well, I suppose that means I will not have to adjudicate on any penalty claims from your good self this half Mr Wilson'. Somehow David did indeed manage to stay on his feet until half-time."
AND our mention of Bertie Auld reminds John Henderson: "I liked the Bertie Auld story on tunnel psychology before the kick-off. He said he was waiting in the tunnel at an Old Firm match in the late 1960s and John Greig tried to psych out the Celtic team by asking what their win bonus was for the match. Bertie told him the Celtic bonus was £5 and Greig told him proudly that the Rangers players were on £10. 'Ah,' replied Bertie, 'but ours is guaranteed'."
HOW are your parenting skills?A new dad emails us a tip: "Entertain your toddler for hours simply by giving them something new every 25 seconds."
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