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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Chelsea warn fans over celery-throwing
2007-03-16
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

#6  At least the Canuks Hockey fans are now throwing bras on the ice and there is nothing being done about those that bring them in. Seems a bit uplifting to me, to read about all this support and all.....
Posted by: USN, ret.   2007-03-16 23:22  

#5  Call the salad inspectors!

You can't really dust for celery. [/Nigel Tufnel]
Posted by: Zenster   2007-03-16 23:19  

#4  I think most liberals internally understand Celery© as their intellectual equals, hence, they think it's a slur on them. In a way, they're right
Posted by: Frank G   2007-03-16 20:50  

#3  I guess Peter Davison was a Chelsea fan.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2007-03-16 19:36  

#2  Wow, those English soccer hooligans are out of control.
Posted by: xbalanke   2007-03-16 16:35  

#1  ok this proves that soccer(football)is too long and they drink WAY too much during the boredom
Posted by: sinse   2007-03-16 16:19  

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