A quick search on CL suggests this piece may not be very well known - so first to guess it can bask in the satsifaction of being Sunday's best-read Lifer...
Wiki says he was born in Brockley. One of us maybe?
I seem to recall that he regarded being a fan as a childish affliction that he'd put behind him. But then again that was a popular view back in the 80s at least...hence the 3,000 gates at The Valley...
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by David Lodge,as i'm sure you knew...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Shelter