How many times does it have to be said that he wasn't? I doubt that before his interest in owning a football club that he'd set foot in Meadow Lane, and if he did it would have only been a handful of times. Doubt that he would have seen Masson, Bradd, & co.
He is a supporter of local football and that is all he has ever said and at that level Eastwood I think was his team.
It was only last year (iirc) that he discovered that Lifeline existed and didn't he then unilaterally change the prize?
Oh, and the only thing he is a huge fan of is Alan Hardy. The rest was supposed to be a means of getting adulation. Worked for a while but it doesn't pay the bills.