Rob Wilson denied being a Gooner after an exchange with Arnold J. Aardvark, editor of the 'Premier Spurs Bashing Fanzine' Up the Arse! when the Reading East MP appeared to lend his support to a team that wasn't Arsenal.

Arnold J. Aardvark: Like me, the hon. Member for Reading East got interested in football after seeing by far the greatest team the world has ever seen. I believe that we are both Arsenal fans.
Mr. Wilson: No, I am not.
Arnold J. Aardvark: Perhaps we were both celebrating the fine doubles of 1998 and 2004 at one point.
Mr. Wilson: No, we were not.
Arnold J. Aardvark: Maybe we were both at the Champions League Final in Paris.
Mr. Wilson: No, I was not.
Arnold J. Aardvark: I stand up corrected, because I hate Tottenham.

Martin Salter complained about his Parliamentary colleague after losing the Evening Post keepy-uppy contest: "He comes into my constituency to watch Reading play... who's the political stalker now? And it's typical opportunism from a Tory, pretending to get behind Reading to curry favour with voters although I guess it could have been worse.... he might have been an AFC Bournemouth fan. Let's see which side of the ground he's in on the 19th April shall we? You wouldn't see me doing a David Mellor and changing allegiance for political purposes. Come on you Bees, I mean, you Royals."