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Chelsea FC, spotting the real fans

They're not real Chelsea fans

Not the real Chelsea fans

Who are these changelings who have suddenly decided to switch to supporting Chelsea. Where were they and who did the support before?



I'm fed up with these pseudo Chelsea fans. They're not real football fans, and they have only migrated towards Chelsea Footbal Club because they think it might be trendy or something.

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25-5-2008yeah I agree with the writer.. those supporters just follow Fashoinable teams when they achieve something special.. you can compare real Chelsea Supporters in between 1996 and 2006.. we got double of supporters who join with and without passion.. those with passion will always chant chelsea songs wh...moreAsa
16-2-2008You ve try a lot to put this down. Its really true there are many football fans who doesnt know the right club to follow and also. They also mistook Chelsea Football Clubfar so many low profile club that doesnt fit. Many Manchester United Football Club fans also always took advantage of the club pa...moreWayne Mark
19-9-2007The Russian will soon realise that money cannot buy heart and passion. Those attributes are what the other 3 top clubs have that Chelski do not.ewan
04-4-2007If I were a Chelsea fan I would be glad of anybody that went to a game. Their tickets usually go out to general sale, something that is unheard of at the big clubs. Chelsea are an average club that won the lottery. They are not and will never be the big club that Kenyon tries to claim they are. The ...moreA Kettering Supporter
09-11-2006real fans will pay the high prices to see there favourite team win the league for the third time. the real fans you have been talking about are the fans who used to live local and go because they the tickets were. many years ago. football has changed so the fans change. simple as thatrobbo09
28-9-2006we all know the truth, you cant blame the rich who can afford the prices week in week out its the club pricing loyal fans out of the market remember Division two? they needed us thenSteve
04-8-2006chelsea re going down the same road man united did in the 90's when a lot of their real fans got priced out. Its the baggage that comes with being successful!paul
29-5-2006Where were all these fans in the dark days at home to Orient 7,000 people away to Notts County on Boxing Day following the team at Rotherham when we lost 6-0 getting beat by Shrewsbury away thev true fans were thereAndy from Elm park Hornchurch
21-4-2006Chelsea do not want true fans ! They want a faceless middle class spud who will bring his overweight spoilt brats to spend his disposable income in the club shopHanley
21-4-2006Im sure when Russian cu*t gets bored and leaves all these plastic fans will go back to supporting Man Utddanny boy
11-4-2006These are definately not real fans! They need to ether support there team or not even be a fan.I dont know



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