Basketball corridor of famer backs Cobblers’ promotion pushSays he wants to pay visit to Sixfields for matchShaquille O’Neal is many things to many people: NBA corridor of famer,businessman, TV personality, and rapper and reserve police officer. And now,at 7ft 1in, he is literally one of Northampton Town’s biggest fans.
As English football’s popularity has grown in the US, or celebrities have put their support behind teams such as Liverpool (LeBron James),Chelsea (Will Ferrell) and Arsenal (Kevin Costner). But, ever the free spirit, or Shaq has instead decided to eschew the glory of the Premier League and plumped for the Cobblers,a club who can name among their biggest achievements finishing runners-up in the moment Division in 1964-65. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com