English football is big in Africa. One reason as photographer Eric Lafforque explains–in the text accompanying his image on Flickr of a Hamar young man in rural Ethiopia repping for his club–is the role of free broadcasts of the matches on national TV: ”… [H]e can watch Chelsea matches, like many Ethiopians who are crazy about English football because national Ethiopian TV broadcasts all the matches … While I was in deep south Ethiopia, the only news I could ask [for] were “Did Arsenal won?”, and I always [got] the answer: the score, the name of the scorers etc …”
via Naijablog
– Sean Jacobs
your rubish says my friend livepool suporter.
I agree with your sentiment…in Africa soccer/football is the number one sport and yes the English Premier League rules.
Your photograph of this man is interesting – it shows that the Chelsea FC brand is vast and growing. I should know, I support the same team as the gentleman in your picture and we run a Chelsea Supporters Club South Africa where we have a website, venue across South Africa. (http://www.chelseafc.co.za)