The fan may have mentioned in an interview or in the media that they support Super Leeds. The fan may also be spotted at Elland Road. So every month at our meetings in Dublin, our members nominate a Celebrity that supports Leeds United.
So far this season we have had Rock Stars, World Champion Boxers, Journalists, International Footballers and Comedians.
Kaiser Chiefs are a five-piece rock band from Leeds, and are often categorised as new wave, pop punk or Indie. Kaiser Chiefs are one of the more successful bands of what the music magazine NME refers to as the second wave of Britpop and first came to the attention of the British public in 2004.
The story of Kaiser Chiefs starts considerably earlier than 2004 as the band originally formed under the name Parva in 1997. However, Parva were never picked up by a label so after recruiting singer Ricky Wilson from a Rolling Stones tribute band, Parva re-invented themselves as Kaiser Chiefs in 2002 and began a career that would see them become one of the new millennium's most popular bands, enjoying considerable success on both sides of the Atlantic.
Why Kaiser Chiefs?
The band are named after a South African football team, the Kaizer Chiefs. The reason that a band from West Yorkshire would call themselves Kaiser Chiefs lies with one Lucas Radebe, former captain of Leeds United Football Club. Ardent Leeds United fans, the band renamed themselves in honour of the legendary African's former club. The connection between band and football club runs deeper than that, with the Kaisers sponsoring Leeds forward Tore Andre Flo and making regular appearances in the official Leeds United magazine.
To date, the Kaisers have released three studio albums. The band's debut album, the keyboard driven Employment, released in 2005, showcased the easily remembered lyrics the band have become famous for. This was followed up by Yours Truly, Angry Mob in 2007, which began to showcase the talent of Kaiser's guitarist Andrew White.
I’m known more now for my boxing I actually started playing football long before I took up boxing, when I was around eight or nine, and I’ve always absolutely loved the game. It’s been hard to keep the two going in recent years, but I just don’t want to let football go. I love it too much.
My father played football, my two brothers a bit as well; we were just a sporting family, into all kinds of sport. So that’s how I got into it. I couldn’t miss! I was always outside playing on the street with the other kids, day in, day out.
I’ve always been a Leeds United fan, so everyone slags the life out of me over that. I’m struggling these days. Like Leeds. My Dad is from Leeds, so it’s his fault really, I had no choice.
I haven’t experienced too much happiness in the last couple of years, but I remember them being in the Champions League when they had a great side, when they were up there challenging for the Premiership. It’s hard to imagine now.
It’s just a pity the way it’s gone the last few years, such a big club as well to be where they are now. They’re still getting the support, crowds of over 30,000, it’s just sad to see what’s happened them.
I got offers to go over to some clubs in England when I was younger and I was offered a few scholarships in America too, so it was something I had to think about at the time. But thankfully I chose boxing and I’m delighted with it. It’s worked out well.
Even at that young age, much as I loved football, boxing was always in my heart, my number one sport. It can be a very lonely sport, though, you’re in the ring on your own, you’re training on your own, and it’s just so intense.
But the football is a lot more relaxed, so I think it’s good for me. Its great being around all the girls, there’s always a good atmosphere.
As I said, I’ve tried hard to keep them both going. I suppose the easy option would be to give up the football and concentrate fully on the boxing, but I just can’t do it.
He may have been born and raised in Wales but his footballing allegiances lie firmly in Yorkshire.
And today Kelly Jones, frontman of multi-million selling indie rockers Stereophonics, told how his love for Leeds United led to the most surprising attempted transfer coup of the year.
Explaining his long-distance passion for the Whites, Jones said I'm a Leeds fan because I was born in 1974, when the Don Revie team won the league and Leeds were in their prime - and because my older brothers Kevin and Lee were into them too. I remember inheriting loads of old Leeds kits made by Admiral, both the white home one and the yellow away one. Most of them were itchy as fuck and by the time they got to me they were a bit grubby! I prefer the Seventies kits to today because at least they didn't have the players' bloody names all over the back of them. Billy Bremner and Peter Lorimer were my favourite players.
"I remember watching the video footage of the famous Southampton game when Leeds were passing the ball about 900 times without them getting a touch on it. I love all that."
Asked whether following United was tougher than heading out on gruelling world tours with his band, Jones said: "Being a Leeds fan is a lot harder.
