A FOOTBALL fan loves his club so much he has changed his middle name by deed poll to Blackburn Rovers Football Club.

Lee Anthony Spary, 29, of Penshaw Close, Pleckgate, is now Lee Blackburn Rovers Football Club Spary after legally altering his name online.

Lee said his decision was sparked by optimism surrounding the club’s £23million takeover and ‘a few drinks’.

But less than 24 hours after signing his old name away, Lee admitted he began to question the move as Rovers crashed to a record Premier League defeat at Old Trafford.

The former Pleckgate High School pupil said: “It was just a mixture of optimism and alcohol I guess.

"It was late on Friday, I’d had a few drinks and I was excited about the game against Manchester United.

“Morten Gamst Pedersen was in the Telegraph saying he fancied his chances of reliving the day he got two goals five years ago, and I just thought ‘yes, we can do it!’ Then on the Saturday we got hammered!”

The season ticket holder, who attended his first game at Ewood Park in 1991, said his friends think his new name is ‘hilarious’.

But his parents have greeted the news with a mixed response.

Lee said: “My dad said something like ‘what are you doing that for at your age?’

“My mum is as Rovers daft as me, so she didn’t mind.”