Icke could feature on Big Brother
A new Celebrity Big Brother series begins on Channel Four this evening and former Hereford United goalkeeper David Icke could be one of the "C" rated suspects lined up to appear.
Icke,now 52, came to Edgar Street in September 1972 and made his debut against Southport but was on the losing side. He made 37 league appearances for the Bulls.
David Icke moved to Hereford from Coventry but his spell at the Bulls was ruined by injury. He had rheumatoid arthritis but played on until the end of the 1972/73 season, and said: "I was in agony every morning at training until my joints were warmed up and loosened a little." Towards the end of the season, the pain disappeared for a month but one morning he woke to find that every one of his joints was hurting. Still only 20, he quit immediately, but is remembered by Hereford fans for never losing at Edgar Street.
After a long recouperation period, Icke became a journalist and ended up with the BBC TV football team and campaigned, in the eighties, for radical political issues, namely environmental campaigning. In 1990, he quit television and the Green Party after a 'spiritual experience'. He later became a popular after-dinner speaker, living on the Isle of Wight. More recently he has become a writer. His latest book is called "Tales from the Time Loop".
UPDATE: Early Evening
ICKE SAYS NO TO BIG BROTHER
Daivd Icke has told his website that he is not appearing on Big Brother after-all.
"They approached me two months ago and I met them but I quickly realised (I) had no interest in appearing on the show.
"I am up to here with the pseudo-celebrity bollocks that infests television, magazines and newspapers," said Icke.