Ed Balls wins the ball ahead of journalist Graeme Demianyk during the Labour MPs v Press lobby party conference football match in Liverpool 2011Photograph: Jeff Mitchell/Getty ImagesAndy Burnham in action against ex-pro Luther Blissett for the UK Parliamentary Football team v a celebrity sporting team at Stamford Bridge, 2009Photograph: John Stillwell/Press AssociationAlastair Campbell gets to grips with former MP Andy Reed during a charity football match at Stamford Bridge, 2009Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Press Association
Jim Murphy during a charity football match against the British Army at Lesser Hampden Park in Glasgow, 2009Photograph: Danny Lawson/Press AssociationDavid Cameron joins in with a game of football with children at the Lilian Baylis Old School, Kennington, 2009Photograph: Lewis Whyld/Press AssociationEd Balls at the Labour MPs v press lobby football match at the Withdean Stadium in Brighton in 2009Photograph: Gareth Fuller/Press AssociationBoris Johnson looks apologetic after fouling Maurizio Gaudino of Germany during a celebrity match between England and Germany at The Madejski Stadium in Reading in 2006Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty ImagesGordon Brown starts a football match at Crown Hills Community College in Leicester, 2006Photograph: David Jones/Press AssociationMP Tessa Jowell in action during five-a-side football in Lambeth in 2004Photograph: Andy Butterton/Press AssociationLabour's Ian Gibson tries to contain former Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish, during a charity football match at Stamford Bridge, 2004Photograph: Chris Young/PA Archive/Press Association ImagesIain Duncan Smith in action during a football game for the parliament team as part of the Nation's Football Festival in Westminster, 2002Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/Press AssociationTony Blair attempts to save a goal at the Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club before a Scottish Labour party conference in 1997Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Archive/Press Association ImagesTony Banks and David Mellor, show off their footballing skills at Charlton Athletic, 1997Photograph: Press AssociationTony Blair parries a shot as Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson takes cover in Blackpool, 1996 Photograph: Fiona Hanson/Press AssociationTony Blair takes part in a ball-heading contest with Kevin Keegan in Brighton during a break in the party conference, 1995Photograph: Press AssociationMargaret Thatcher has a kick-around on a visit to Scunthorpe United's new ground in 1988Photograph: Manchester Daily Express/Getty Images
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