20th Feb. 1997
Express & Echo
Can geller do the trick?
URI GELLER to buy Exeter City. The very idea is sure to prompt
ridicule in many quarters.
But is it really so outrageous? Celebrity spoonbender Geller would
hardly be the first flamboyant figure to take control of a football
club.
There was entertainer Elton John at Watford,TV pundit Jimmy Hill
is the chairman at Fulham and softporn tycoon David Sullivan owns
Birmingham City. The late Eric Morecambe was a director of Luton
Town and recently celebrity cook Delia Smith became a director
of her favourite club, Norwich City.
The fact is that football has become another arm of the showbusiness
world. It attracts the rich and famous keen to inject their flair
and hard cash into a local club.
Geller's interest must, therefore, be regarded with utter seriousness.
He is a wealthy and successful personality who is apparently genuinely
keen to assist a lower division club.
If nothing else, Geller's involvement would guarantee City free
publicity worth thousands of pounds and give the club the glamour
it so obviously lacks.
The initial reaction from fans has been positive. If Geller can
offer cash to strengthen a struggling team, they really will be
over the spoon!
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