Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has denied he was part of a church exorcism with ex-Scotland manager Craig Levein as he attempted to sign a player.
The denial claim follows an anecdote narrated by Levein, which dates back to his time as manager of Scottish side Raith Rovers in 2006, on the Undr the Cosh podcast.
“Gordon’s prepared to do a lot for Raith Rovers but he’s never attended an exorcism,” a spokesperson for Brown told The Telegraph. ESPN have contacted the office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for comment.
Raith were trying to re-sign defender Marvin Andrews, who had become a free agent after leaving Rangers, and Levein claimed that he received a call from boyhood Rovers fan Brown, who was then the Chancellor of the Exchequer, asking him to meet in Kirkcaldy.
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“So I drove along and parked my car, and the next minute three Range Rovers came tearing into the car park … I’m thinking, ‘What the f**k is going on?’
“The window came down on one of them and it was Gordon. He says, ‘Jump in my car, we are going down to see Marvin.'”
At the time, Andrews worked at a church.
“We had chosen an evening to go along when they were casting out demons. The guys are going up on the stage and Pastor Joe is putting his hand on their heads and there is a whole lot of wailing noises going on and he shoves them and they fall backwards,” he said.
“I am sitting there going, ‘What the f*** is going on?’ I’m there to meet Marvin and there are people falling about and there is about six people lying on the ground.”
Rovers did eventually end up signing Andrews following what Levein described as “the most bizarre evening I have ever had.”
