Football

Liz Truss reveals she’s a Norwich City fan but wants to channel Leeds manager

When comes to supporting football clubs, politicians can get it so wrong.

Let’s just cast our minds back to when David Cameron forgot if he supported West Ham or Aston Villa.

Here it is:

Here are a few tweets from the time

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Corbyn

Say what you like about Jeremy Corbyn, he is a life-long Arsenal fan.

Also, Starmer and Jezza might not agree on much, but he also supports the Gunners, so at least one thing.

Truss

So who is the newly crowned PM Liz Truss’s football team?

Almost like when she switched sides from the Lib Dems to the Tories, and from remain to leave, it seems she moved from supporting Leeds United to Norwich City.

The Tory leader called Norwich a ‘nice family club’ and praised joint majority shareholder Delia Smith.

Truss added that the Tories need to channel the spirit of Leeds legend Don Revie if they’re to beat Keir Starmer’s Labour in the next general election.

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But it was another former Leeds United manager she was compared to.

Someone on Twitter wrote: “She’ll be gone quicker than Brian Clough at Leeds United.”

Clough lasted just 44 days in charge before he left the club.

Norwich fans

The fans of Norwich City were not over the moon that Truss was a fan of the club:

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This tweet from Truss didn’t get much love…

Related: ‘Heaven help us all’ – Viral video doesn’t have much faith in Liz Truss

Joe Mellor

Head of Content

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