Andy Burnham and Mark Carney follow Blair and Ahern in attending UK club matches

"Andy Burnham and Mark Carney were in attendance at the recent Everton v Wolves Carabao Cup match," mails Greg Hunt. "Have two national leaders attended a club match in the UK before, apart from European finals?"

The UK prime minister and his Canadian counterpart are both Everton fans, and watched the 1-0 win over Wolves last month. Burnham has been pictured running in a retro, Hafnia-sponsored shirt – but he's not the first resident of 10 Downing Street to flaunt his allegiance, as Chris Greenhough points out.

"Tony Blair, famously a Newcastle fan, brought Bertie Ahern to two editions of Newcastle v Manchester United. The first came in 1997 at St James' Park, where the Magpies lost 1-0 to an Andy Cole goal; the second was the 1999 FA Cup final at Wembley – another Manchester United win as they marched to the Treble." We make that a score of Blair 0-2 Ahern, as Ireland's former taoiseach is a lifelong Manchester United fan.

"This remains a rare occurrence, however. While Aston Villa/West Ham fan David Cameron did host a 2015 summit with President Xi at Manchester City's training ground, the domestic football schedule has long remained off his radar. He did watch the 2012 Champions League final on TV with Barack Obama and Angela Merkel, though."