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SupportChelsea are one of the most widely supported football clubs in the world.[72][73] They have the sixth highestaverage alltimeattendance in English football[8] and regularly attract over 40,000 fans to Stamford Bridge; theywere the seventh bestsupportedPremier League team in the 201314 season, with an average gate of 41,572.[9]Chelsea's traditional fanbase comes from all over the Greater London area including workingclassparts such asHammersmith and Battersea, wealthier areas like Chelsea and Kensington, and from the home counties. There arealso numerous official supporters clubs in the United Kingdom and all over the world.[74] Between 2007 and 2012,Chelsea were ranked fourth worldwide in annual replica kit sales, with an average of 910,000.[75] Chelsea's officialTwitter account has 6.29 million followers, the fifth highest among football clubs.[76]5/20/2016 Chelsea F.C. Wikipedia,the free encyclopediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_F.C. 7/21Chelsea fans at a match against TottenhamHotspur, on 11 March 2006

Mural at a Chelsea pub inTashkentAt matches, Chelsea fans sing chants such as "Carefree" (to the tune ofLord of the Dance, whose lyrics were probably written by supporterMick Greenaway[77][78]), "Ten Men Went to Mow", "We All Follow theChelsea" (to the tune of "Land of Hope and Glory"), "Zigga Zagga",and the celebratory "Celery", with the latter often resulting in fansritually throwing celery. The vegetable was banned inside StamfordBridge after an incident involving Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fàbregas atthe 2007 League Cup Final.[79