article_snippet.sent: David Cameron urged an audience to support West Ham during a speech yesterday - despite the fact David Cameron's always claimed to be an Aston Villa fan.
article_snippet.sent: David Cameron looks a bit sheepish after accidentally urging the audience to support West Ham - though David Cameron didn't correct David Cameron until asked about the gaffe afterwards .
article_snippet.sent: Last week the Conservative leader tweeted the Conservative leader delight at Villa reaching the FA Cup final by beating Liverpool . '
article_snippet.sent: Cameron said: 'I'm a Villa fan ...
article_snippet.sent: Only last week Cameron tweeted Cameron delight at Villa reaching the FA Cup final by beating Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley.
article_snippet.sent: Cameron told the Birmingham Mail: 'the Birmingham Mail was a tremendous game with [club stars]
article_snippet.sent: Piers Morgan was one of a number of football fans to lay in to the Prime Minister on Twitter over the Prime Minister on Twitter error .
article_snippet.sent: Labour's former communications chief Alastair Campbell - whose own team Burnley also play in claret and blue - said the mistake 'says a lot about the mistake ' character which impacts upon policy.
article_snippet.sent: Campbell said every sports fan would have their 'stomach churning' to hear The PM apparently forget the name of the team Campbell supported, adding: 'I am sorry but this alone means Cameron has to go.
article_snippet.sent: Shadow chancellor Ed Balls, a fervent Norwich City fan, tweeted: 'Hey Cameron ...
article_snippet.sent: Soon after the prime minister's gaffe comedian Matt Lucas took to Twitter, creating an amusing new team name.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Collett posted: 'Cameron just remembered Cameron favourite football team is Weston Villham.'
article_snippet.sent: While former England footballer Gary Lineker posted a video of the 'brain fade' and wrote: 'Cameron has forgotten which Football Club Cameron supports.
article_snippet.sent: Nigel Farage also made fun of Cameron, telling PA Nigel Farage not make 'pretences' about football teams Nigel Farage supports and then change football teams he supports but revealed Nigel Farage is a Crystal Palace season ticket holder.
article_snippet.sent: Nigel Farage said: 'My grandfather was a Crystal Palace supporter, my grandmother was, son is a season ticket holder, son's there this afternoon, there's a match against Hull today. '
article_snippet.sent: When son was first elected to Parliament in 2001, Cameron said Cameron did not follow football, telling the House of Commons in a debate on hooliganism that year: 'Many of those who have spoken in the debate or have written about the subject are either lawyers or football fans, but I have to confess that I am neither.'
article_snippet.sent: The first mentions in the national press of Cameron liking for Aston Villa came after Cameron was elected Tory leader in 2005.
article_snippet.sent: Cameron was reported in 2006 to have written on Cameron blog that Cameron 'half-heartedly' supported Aston Villa and could name only three of their players.
article_snippet.sent: Asked to confirm which team Cameron actually supports, Cameron said: 'I've been an Aston Aston Villa fan all my life, I literally opened my mouth and I was going off-piste about the fact that in Britain you can be a supporter of the West Indies, a supporter of Manchester United, and a supporter of Team GB. '
article_snippet.sent: Former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell, also a fan of a claret coloured team, enjoyed the PM's gaffe .
article_snippet.sent: Reminded of The Prime Minister' comment in 2001 in the House of Commons that The Prime Minister' wasn't actually a football fan, The Prime Minister' said: 'I mean, I'm not a regular attender, I used to play football as a kid, my son plays football, and I try and sort of keep up with what's happening in the Premier League and see how Villa are doing. '