HOOLiGAN: CHELSEA HEADHUNTERS 4 OF 4 video

Description: HOOLiGAN: CHELSEA HEADHUNTERS PART 4 OF 4 Supporters Chelsea have the fifth highest average all time attendance in English football and regularly attract over 40,000 fans to Stamford Bridge; they were the fifth best supported Premiership team in the 2005 06 season, with an average gate of 41,870. Chelseas traditional fanbase comes from working class parts of West London, such as Hammersmith and Battersea, from wealthier areas like Chelsea and Kensington, and from the Home Counties. The club estimates its United Kingdom fanbase at around four million. in addition to the standard football chants, Chelsea fans sing songs like andquot;Carefreeandquot;, andquot;We all follow the Chelseaandquot; (to the tune of Land of Hope and Glory), andquot;Ten Men Went to Mowandquot; and the celebratory andquot;Celeryandquot;, with the latter often resulting in fans ritually throwing celery. Chelsea do not have an obvious rivalry, in the manner that Liverpool and Everton, or Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur do. The clubs nearest neighbours are Fulham, but they are not seen as big rivals by Chelsea fans, because the clubs have spent most of the last 40 years in separate divisions. A 2004 survey by Planetfootball.com found that Chelsea fans consider their main rivalries to be with (in order): Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United. Additionally, a strong rivalry with Leeds United dates back to several heated and controversial matches in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly the FA Cup final in 1970. A more recent rivalry has grown with Liverpool following several clashes in cup competitions. in European competition, Chelseas biggest rivals are Barcelona, with the two competing to be among the best sides in Europe and having played in some highly controversial matches in the UEFA Champions League in recent seasons. During the 1970s and 1980s in particular, Chelsea supporters were long associated with football hooliganism.
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