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Tony Banks, Mellor's close friend who was also a fan of Chelsea F.C., after a tabloid newspaper story (falsely) claimed Mellor wore the club's football kit during sex. Quoted in "The wit and wisdom of Tony Banks," BBC News (8 January 2006). The assertion was invented by publicist Max Clifford who was representing Mellor's former mistress at the time.
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Since the great days of Jimmy Greaves, it's the only time anyone's managed to score five times in a Chelsea shirt.

— Tony Banks

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Since the great days of Jimmy Greaves, it's the only time anyone's managed to score five times in a Chelsea shirt." in the context of "Tony Banks, Mellor's close friend who was also a fan of Chelsea F.C., after a tabloid newspaper story (falsely) claimed Mellor wore the club's football kit during sex. Quoted in "The wit and wisdom of Tony Banks," BBC News (8 January 2006). The assertion was invented by publicist Max Clifford who was representing Mellor's former mistress at the time." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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David Mellor

About David Mellor

David John Mellor (born 12 March 1949) is a British broadcaster, barrister, and former politician. As a member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1990–1992) and Secretary of State for National Heritage (April–September 1992), before resigning in 1992. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney from 1979 to 1997.