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Chelsea warn fans over celery-throwing
LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea warned their fans on Friday against throwing celery during matches, saying it was a criminal offence and that anyone caught lobbing the popular salad vegetable could be banned.
"Drop the vegetable and put your hands up!"
Imagine for a moment the Detroit Red Wings telling their fans that they can't throw an octopus onto the ice after a home goal. Once you've stopped laughing, read on --
The unlikely warning follows referee reports which mention celery-throwing at two recent Chelsea matches and which are being investigated by the Football Association, the club said on its Web site.
Call the salad inspectors!
The FA's investigation could result in sanctions being taken against the club, who said "the throwing of anything at a football match, including celery, is a criminal offence for which you can be arrested and end up with a criminal record.
Now THAT would be embarrassing
"In future, if anyone is found attempting to bring celery into Stamford Bridge they could be refused entry and anyone caught throwing celery will face a ban."
So the place where Harold and the Anglo Saxons turned back Harald Hardrada has sunk to food fighting... sad.
The club also urged fans who spot anyone throwing celery in the stadium to call a telephone number, adding that "all calls will be treated in confidence."
That's even MORE embarrassing... being a salad rat.
Though apparently a growing problem with it landing on the pitch, Chelsea fans have been throwing celery among themselves, and singing an unprintable song about the vegetable, for more than two decades.
I guess if they're enjoying themselves...
Posted by: Free Radical 2007-03-16
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=183252