Nottingham Forest FC Famous Fans

Lee Westwood

Rounded off 2000 by securing his first Volvo Order of Merit crown, so ending Colin Montgomerie's seven-year tenure at the top. Won seven times in total, and equalled The European Tour record of six victories in a year, with a new record of 3,125,147 euro (£1,858,602) to his name. In the process he edged his close friend and stable-mate, Darren Clarke, into second place after a dramatic race which went down to the wire.  Took up game aged 13 with a half set bought by grandparents. Maths teacher father, John, took up game at same time to give his son encouragement. Talented sportsman at school, played rugby, cricket and soccer. Supports Nottingham Forest FC. Married Laurae Coltart, sister of another Ryder Cup player, Andrew, in January 1999. Has now won on every continent after collecting the Dimension Data Pro-Am (partnering his dad) in South Africa in January 2000.  Took a significant break from the game at the start of 2001 following the birth of his first son Samuel Bevan.

Sue Pollard

Nottingham born actress who became a fixture on BBC television in the 1980's in a series of comedy shows. She first came to prominence in "Hi-De-Hi" in which she played chalet maid Peggy Ollerenshaw from 1980 to 1988. Away from television, Su regularly appears on stage and had her own one woman show "A Song, A Frock and a Tinkle." She also took the song "Starting Together" to number two in the charts in 1986.  Key Achievements: "Hi-De-Hi" 1980-1988, "You Rang M'Lord" 1988-92, "Oh Doctor Beeching" (all BBC Television).

Richard Bacon

Richard Bacon hosts the game show Rent Free for BBC Choice. The series offers contestants the once in a lifetime opportunity to win the very best in luxurious accommodation Rent Free for a year. Jokingly labelled a "real-life Alan Partridge" by Chris Moyles, Richard co-presents Channel 4's Big Breakfast with Amanda Byram. In February 1996 Richard joined Live Tv as reporter/presenter. However, this did incur certain risks. When he turned up to cover the State Opening of Parliament with News Bunny he was promptly banned, and Damon Albarn once threw beer over Richard for trying to interview him as he was leaving a nightclub at 2.30am. Richard's career attained new heights in February 1997 when he became BBC ONE's 24th Blue Peter presenter. He tried his hand at water-skiing barefoot, exploring the Arctic and making a DVD-player out of a cardboard box, piece of string and sticky back plastic. He was sacked as Blue Peter presenter as a drugs scandal broke out but he's now got over that and is well back on track.

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