‘We don’t need to give away flags for our fans to wave, our supporters are always there with their hearts, and that is all we need. It’s the passion of the fans that helps to win matches – not flags.’
Rafa Benitez famously said in 2007. The then Liverpool manager was referring to Chelsea and it didn’t go down well with their supporters, particularly when the Spaniard turned up as Blues boss in 2012.
Liverpool fans enjoyed it though and even sing a song about Chelsea’s flags. They may have another to coin another terrace anthem because the London club have left a lot of flags at Wembley today.
We have 31,000 #CFC flags in position at Wembley ready for tomorrow… #CFCWembley pic.twitter.com/dt0zyTv0rg
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) February 28, 2015
Chelsea take on Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup final, and their north London rivals have also tried to get into the cup final spirit.
The club’s website are urging Spurs fans to make today ‘the party of the century’ and their methods are worse than you can imagine. They’ve created a Spotify playlist, special recipes for your party and invites for your friends. So they know not to ever visit your house again presumably.
They also roped in two contractually-obliged players for extreme levels of awkwardness.
