Chelsea (kinda) ditch the flags.....for scarfs

[Rory Fitzgerald]

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0...1393663,00.html

 

Stamford Bridge will be fronting a new look tomorrow night (Tuesday) as Chelsea begin our Champions League campaign against Bordeaux.

 

Last season's flags at each seat for European fixtures have given way to scarves, as one of the popular neck garments will be hung on every Chelsea seat before the game.

 

'The flags were successful last year, we got to the Champions League Final and they looked fantastic, but this year we thought we would try something a little bit different and have a bit of a different look,' said Wesley Barton, stadium tours supervisor, who is coordinating the scarf hand-out.

 

'We have seen some teams on the continent who have tried it and it looks fantastic when the fans wave them.'

 

And with the arrival of a Brazilian manager, Chelsea are hoping fans will employ the Latin-style twirling motion when they swing the scarves above their heads during the game, unlike the stretch-above-your-head effect some other teams use.

 

'We are trying to create our own effect, this is Chelsea Football Club, not Liverpool, and I think it is good to be different,' explained Barton.

 

'We're trying to bring a South American feel to it with the new manager and some of the players coming from there.'

 

There will be over 30,000 scarves placed around the stadium, but Barton is hoping fans will bring last season's flags back as well.

 

'Everyone will get their own scarf, but we still want people to bring their flags from last season.

 

'We want to create as much of an atmosphere as possible.

 

'So, a flag in one hand, a scarf in the other!

 

'We'll see what the fans make of it, but it should be really good.'

 

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Jeez they are pathetic. They must believe atmosphere is created by boardroom directive and not the fans

[ManxRed]

'The flags were successful last year, we got to the Champions League Final...

 

Maybe if they'd been a bit bigger, you'd have won the f*cking thing!

[Sion]

Poor Bordeaux players are gonna absolutey s*** themselves.

[Hassony]

Are they still allowing women in?

[Benitez]

Last season's flags at each seat for European fixtures have given way to scarves, as one of the popular neck garments will be hung on every Chelsea seat before the game.

 

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And with the arrival of a Brazilian manager, Chelsea are hoping fans will employ the Latin-style twirling motion when they swing the scarves above their heads during the game, unlike the stretch-above-your-head effect some other teams use.

 

 

The whole article is so bizarre, but those two lines are the best!

[Stevie H]

 

The whole article is so bizarre, but those two lines are the best!

f***ing surreal isn't it? why not go the whole hog and have ticker tape and flares?

[Bigal]

christ, the united game must have really confused them, as Liverpool fans held popular neck garments above your head and the when we scored the second twirled them in a latin motion.....

[R A Softlad]

Maybe if they'd been a bit bigger, you'd have won the f*cking thing!

 

Maybe they should provide all their fans with commemorative John Terry bo**ocks?

[Cobs]

christ, the united game must have really confused them, as Liverpool fans held popular neck garments above your head and the when we scored the second twirled them in a latin motion.....

 

did it v them in first Cl semi finals too

 

they must have trouble recognising the difference between South America and Anfield - it's easily done

[Stevie H]

popular neck garments? what the f***ing hell? that's out of private eye's 'solutions' slot.

[stressederic]

Oh deary me

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

can you imagine what some of the 'tattooed gentlemen who used to stand in the shed end' must think of this?

 

Next they'll be hiring actors/singers to record songs & will place speakers under seats, so they can play-back the 'crowd noise' in another failed attempt to create an atmosphere

[CarraLegend]

As cringeworthy as ever. They're pathetic.

[Bigal]

did it v them in first Cl semi finals too

 

they must have trouble recognising the difference between South America and Anfield - it's easily done

 

indeed, they are almost identical in everyway

[Ronnie Whelan]

Joke of a club.

[johngibo YPC]

Even bloody Newcastle have swung free scarves round their heads already

And they're about as far from 'Latin' as you can get

[Chili Palmer]

do you think there are chelsea fans on a forum thinking this is a good idea? I'd be embarresed if it was my club.

[Rory Fitzgerald]

You can just see them twirling the ......eh, garments, above their heads and doing their best not to sing "Der der der der der der der der der der der"

Edited September 16, 2008 by Rory Fitzgerald

[Cunny]

and I think it is good to be different

 

yeah cos no other clubs do that

feck me, how small time are they!?

 

they are a fecking joke!

[Cunny]

Even bloody Newcastle have swung free scarves round their heads already

And they're about as far from 'Latin' as you can get

 

 

Rangers and Hearts have been doing it since the mid-90s

[Ronnie Whelan]

Rangers and Hearts have been doing it since the mid-90s

 

 

To be fair, Scotland is pretty Latin.

[Guest Pedro]

Rangers and Hearts have been doing it since the mid-90s

 

 

My Dad's a Jambo and says they were doing it in the 50's.

Mind you, they probably picked it up from their pre-season tour of the 'Latin' counties tho'.....

[Cobs]

what a wonderfully gay place scottish football grounds must have been back then, show tunes song on the terraces of Parkhead and latino grooves at Tynecastle

[Guest Pedro]

what a wonderfully gay place scottish football grounds must have been back then, show tunes song on the terraces of Parkhead and latino grooves at Tynecastle

 

 

Nah, it was really just a way to disguise thousands of Jambos using their scarves as a sling-shot....

[Billy Dane]

I've always associated ticker tape with South American football, not scarves; it's too frickin hot to wear a scarf for a start.