Rod Stewart recently took to Instagram to share a vintage photo of him and Elton John in their soccer gear jogging on the pitch.
“@eltonjohn and I training at Watford Football club in London,” Stewart captioned the post that features a 1974 photo the two rock stars showing off their legs, rocking black shorts and gold socks. Stewart has a gold warm-up jacket while Elton wears a gold short-sleeve jersey.
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Two years after the photo was snapped, Elton went on to buy the team and become the first celebrity owner of a soccer team, long before Ryan Reynolds became co-owner of the Welsh soccer squad Wrexham in 2020, per the New York Post.
While some fans were curious about the history of the photo, others just enjoyed the look, with one giving the post, 🔥🔥emojis.
“2 of the biggest and best rock stars ever training for football together,” wrote another.
“Love you both. Love this ❤️❤️,” commented a third.
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Stewart and John are longtime friends and rivals. The two rockers who became superstars in the ‘70s called each other by the nicknames Phyllis and Sharon.
“It was in the early 1970s that Elton and I drew especially close, the best of mates for a while,” Stewart wrote in the 2012 book Rod: The Autobiography. “Our mutual friend Long John Baldry had christened me ‘Phyllis,’ he had christened Elton ‘Sharon,’ and that’s what we were to each other: Phyllis and Sharon. Or just ‘dear’.”
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