Underwear, mobile phones, skittles, water bottles, chicken nuggets. The list of objects that rain down on stage during a Harry Styles concert is endless.
Yet, rather than cowering away from an unwanted missile, Styles strode purposefully towards an inflatable football which found its way onto the platform of his European tour in 2023. Without breaking out of his soft rock rendition, Styles had enough flexibility in his purple dungarees to juggle the balloon. Off to the side of the stage, there may well have been a real football waiting for Styles, who is a keen fan of the beautiful game.
Here's everything you need to know about Styles' association with football and which club he follows home and away.
Manchester United.
Premier League Champions.
As so often is the case, Styles followed in the footsteps of his father when it came to football fandom. Des Styles does not enjoy (or some would say endure) the same level of scrutiny as his pop star son. This relative anonymity allows the head of the Cheshire-based family to travel with his friends from Holmes Chapel to Manchester United's Old Trafford unobstructed.
When Harry has room in his schedule to tag along, the fanfare he incites would not allow for a normal ticket in the Stretford End. Nevertheless, this has not stopped the singer from keenly following the club's progress from afar — although he has not mentioned United on social media since their last Premier League title in 2013.
Styles has admitted that his knowledge of the game exceeds his skillset despite the juggling act on stage.
Chris Rogers founded the Holmes Chapel Hurricanes kids team which Styles joined as a six-year-old. «He wasn't the greatest footballer,» Rogers told the . «The day I put him in goal we went
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