Pete Doherty plays in non-league football friendly for Margate FC

Pete Doherty plays in non-league football friendly for Margate FC

Ricky Owen, Margate FC's chairman, says about 600 people watched the game against Tonbridge Angels.

Pete Doherty captains non league side in pre-season friendly then gets subbed within minutes

Pete Doherty, 46, captains non league side Margate FC in a pre-season friendly against Tonbridge Angels, then gets subbed within minutes. The singer and guitarist for The Libertines, made his debut for Margate, a club his band sponsors, wore the number 10 shirt and played in his brown hat. Pete, a Queens Park Rangers fan, led out the team out with the armband on, with the club saying there ‘massive cheers from the Margate faithful roaring their …