There was one sat next to me in the R block, cheered when United scored, I complained to stewards who done nothing
There was a young lad next to me with a half and half scarf who proudly announced he was a Utd fan and seeing me looking at his qpr hat said 'my dad made me wear it'. His dad said he was himself a long standing Rangers fan - both tourists so who knows - but paid a fortune for the tickets. That was in then family stand. Made sure I gave the young lad a brief history of qpr during the game!!
Spent a lot of time watching QPR against United back in day then? I'm guessing you must own a Chelsea-United half and half scarf.
I'm just laughing at the "you're a (insert derogatory descriptor here) if you buy a half-and-half scarf" in one breath and "but they make nice souvenirs of the (insert unique / special / neutral) event". That really hits it, which is why is tourists love them. They don't get the chance to enjoy the game week in, week out and might want something that reminds them of the day. As a QPR supporter who lives in Canada, seeing QPR in person is a big deal. When I went to Loftus Road I saw the scarves and at first thought "that would be a nice souvenir" and then immediately thought "that's damn ridiculous, why would I want half of a Sunderland (the team they played) scarf?" The difference is that I'm wearing my QPR scarf watching the games on TV at the pub. I'm not someone who maybe isn't a genuine supporter...yet, but they eventually might be. I think of half-and-half scarves as akin to training wheels on a bike. If you're at your first game, have little idea of what you're seeing and interested in the whole game and not necessarily one team, sure. But for true supporters? No way. The exception might be if you want to put something up on your wall to show "I was there" like your ticket stub. But that's a wall tapestry, not a scarf.
one half says chel the other half says sea even after all this time he cant remember who the other team was
