15th August 1997
The Northern Echo
FRONT PAGE
'My-powers could have saved Boro'
EXCLUSIVE by NEIL SHAEFER
WORLD-RENOWNED psychic, Uri Geller, last night revealed how he
could have used his powers to save a North East football club
from relegation.
The famous spoon-bender claims Middlesbrough would still be in
the Premiership if they had turned to him for help during the
battle to stay in the top flight last season.
He told The Northern Echo that he would have used his psychic
ability to transmit confidence into Bryan Robson's men.
He also suggests Middlesbrough should change the colour of their
famous red shirts to make them more successful.
Uri, who lives in Reading, is planning to buy a football team.
He claims he has already helped several Premiership footballers,
as well as Formula One motor racing drivers.
"Middlesbrough wouldn't have been relegated if they had approached
me when they were struggling at the bottom last season,"
he said. "I would have talked to the Middlesbrough players,
psyched them up and made them even better."
"I would even have suggested changing their shirts because
a colour like orange makes a team more powerful."
"If Bryan Robson wants help, he only has to get in touch
with me."
Middlesbrough declined to comment on Uri's extravagant claims
but chairman of the Official Supporters' Club, Dave Buckton, said
he found them amusing.
"We could have done with some divine intervention last season
but I think it would have had to come from a higher plane than
Uri Geller," he said.
This is not the first time Uri has tried to use his powers to
influence the outcome of football games. In 1995, he said he was
going to use his powers to help Reading beat Bolton in a promotion
play-off at Wembley. But Bolton won 4-3, to earn a place in the
Premiership.
Uri's offer to help Middlesbrough came as he exclusively revealed
to The Northern Echo his plans to visit the town to help
the Hostages in Kashmir Campaign.
He is hoping to put on a rare benefit performance at Middlesbrough
Town Hall at the beginning of October.
All the money raised from the performance will go towards helping
the campaign to free the Western hostages, who include Middlesbrough
electrician Keith Mangan.
Uri, who has offered a £50,000 reward for the return of the
captives, said: "I want to give a performance in Middlesbrough
to raise money for the families to continue their search for the
hostages."
Uri Geller claims he could have kept Boro in the Premiership,
if only Bryan Robson had asked him.
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