THE new prime ministers political party may be blue, but when it comes to football, Rishi Sunak's loyalties are firmly on the red side.

But what football team does he support? Here's everything you need to know.

What football team does Rishi Sunak support?

The new Prime Minister supports Premier League club Southampton FC, who are also nicknamed the Saints.

And it comes as no Suprise as like many, Rishi supports the club at the heart of his hometown – he was born in Southampton in 1980.

His favourite player is Saints legend Matt Le Tissier.

When Sunak was 18 years-old, his father Yashvir owned a season ticket to watch Southampton FC, and Sunak said that he was given a card signed by the whole team for his 18th birthday celebrations.

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This card became ‘'one of his most prized possessions'’.

Does Rishi Sunak like football?

Sunak has openly expressed his interest in football – and the prime minister is a big fan of the sport.

At a hustings event taking place in Exeter in 2022, Sunak was asked what line of work he would have been interested in if he didn't enter the world of politics.

Suank responded: '‘I’m a massive football fan, I’m from Southampton and if I would get to be able to run Southampton [I would do that],''

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When hearing his answer, one fellow saints fan cheered from the crowd.

Sunak added: ‘'Oh, wow, is there a Saints fan here? Look at that, brilliant.

‘'Well, there’s three of them. Amazing. Well, if I could run Southampton Football Club, I would be a very happy man.’'

Sunak has also tweeted about Southampton in the past, for example in November 2020, when the saints sat at the top of the Premier League table.

Taking to Twitter, Sunak wrote: ''Taken 32 years but worth the wait.

'‘Now let’s hope it lasts.’'

His tweet was also accompanied by a snap of the premier league table, visibly showing Southampton sat on the top, below Liverpool.

What football teams do previous prime ministers support?

The new prime minister may be a fan of Southampton, but not all his political predecessors shared his love for the sport – or the team.

Here's a look at what football teams previous prime ministers supported.

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• Harold Wilson – Huddersfield Town
• Edward Heath – Burnley
• James Callaghan – appears to have preferred rugby
• Margaret Thatcher – didn’t have an interest in the game
• John Major – Chelsea
• Tony Blair – Newcastle United
• Gordon Brown – Raith Rovers
• David Cameron – Aston Villa
• Boris Johnson – appears to support "all of the London teams", more interested in rugby

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