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Which football team does Soccer Aid footballer and singer Robbie Williams support?
Plus what role Robbie takes on for Soccer Aid
ROBBIE Williams is best known for his performing but he also has a passion for football.
Despite living in the US, he travels back to the UK each year to take part in Soccer Aid for charity.
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Which football team does Robbie Williams support?
Robbie Williams is a lifelong fan of his hometown team, Port Vale.
The singer grew up in Stoke-on-Trent and has remained loyal to the local area.
However on August 28, 2023, Williams posted a video of himself confessing to be a "Spurs fan now".
Taking to Instagram, he shared a clip of himself belting out his hit song Angels, but with the Tottenham fans’ Ange Postecoglou lyrics.
He sang: “And through it all, we’re playing the way we want to.
“Big Ange Postecoglou, whether I’m right or wrong.
“You can keep your Pochettino, Conte and Mourinho, and even Christian Gross.
“‘Cause everywhere we go, I’m loving Big Ange instead.”
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He then added: “Guess I’m a Spurs fan now then.”
What has Robbie Williams said about football?
Since his rise to fame Robbie has always been very vocal about his love of Port Vale, because it is where he grew up.
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He famously told fans in 2003: "The papers can talk about my personal life or whatever — but don’t mess with me and the Vale.”
In an interview with Copa90 Football in December 2019, Robbie said: "I'm trying to think when football became part of my life... it's never not been part of my life."
He added: "It's been the one consistent thing, apart from my nearest and dearest, that has stayed with me as a passion for the whole of my life."
He added: "I only got into music because I was not good enough at football.
"The original dream was to be a footballer, but that was never going to happen, because I didn't have the talent"
When I was younger I was in the Railway Paddock and I used to dream about sitting in the chairman’s box.
Robbie Williams
Robbie said he fell in love with Manchester United when he was a child but nobody was going to take him there.
Speaking when he was 29-years-old, Robbie told The Sentinel: "The truth is I’ve been a Port Vale fan all my life.
"When I was younger I was in the Railway Paddock and I used to dream about sitting in the chairman’s box."
In 2006 the singer stumped up some cash to bail Port Vale out of trouble.
Williams became the majority shareholder of the club which cost him £250,000.
Speaking to BBC Radio Stoke in June 2023, just before he performed a concert at Vale Park, he again talked about how much the club and the local town meant to him.
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The singer said: "I am just wondering what it's going to feel like for the person that used to be Robert, and now is Robbie, coming back to do this in a stadium I once sat in.
"I really don't know how that's going to feel.
"I wonder if I am going to cry, I wonder if I'm going to be non-emotional, I really wonder what's going to go on, I really won't know until I get there."
When is Soccer Aid 2024?
Robbie will once again be taking part in Soccer Aid 2024.
He will be a co-manager alongside Frank Lampard and Harry Redknapp.
The annual match will take place on Sunday, June 9, 2024.
Kick-off has not been confirmed but in previous years it has been at 7.30pm.
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Soccer Aid will once again be shown live for free on ITV1 and STV.
The match was held at the London Stadium last year but this year will be at Stamford Bridge.
Soccer Aid line-up 2024
Fans can't wait for soccer aid to kick off on Sunday, June 9, 2024.
The FULL line-up of players has been released and it is a mix of celebrities and former pro footballers.
England:
- Frank Lampard (Co-Manager)
- Harry Redknapp (Co-Manager)
- Robbie Williams (Co-Manager)
- Jill Scott (Captain)
- Paddy McGuinness (Celebrity Goalkeeper)
- David James (Professional Goalkeeper)
- David Seaman (Goalkeeping Coach)
- Footballer Jermain Defoe
- Jack Wilshere
- Footballer Joe Cole
- Pundit Karen Carney
- Footballer Gary Cahill
- Singer Tom Grennan
- Dragons' Den star Steven Bartlett
- Actress Erin Doherty
- Olympic hero Sir Mo Farah
- Comedian Alex Brooker
- Cricketer Stuart Broad
- Actor Bobby Brazier
- Sam Thompson
- Footballer Ellen White
- Footballer Theo Walcott
- Actor Danny Dyer
- YouTuber Miniminter
World XI:
- Mauricio Pochettino (Manager)
- Jesus Perez (Coach)
- Usain Bolt (Captain)
- Footballer Eden Hazard
- Footballer Roberto Carlos
- Actor Martin Compston
- Comedian Maisie Adam
- Presenter Roman Kemp
- Comedian Lee Mack
- Boxer and reality star Tommy Fury
- Gladiator Diamond
- Footballer Michael Essien
- Footballer Patrice Evra
- Footballer Petr Cech
- Comedian Jason Manford
- Footballer John Obi Mikel
- Footballer Kaylyn Kyle
- YouTube Theo Baker