A fork of Rural Dictionary
The term 'plastic fan' is a phase that has been coined across the last 15 years or so to describe those people who follow a team without any real affinity to the club in question. An example of this is Matthew Bentley.
Matthew Bentley is a plastic fan because he supports Chelsea although he's never been to a Chelsea home game.
The term Plastic fan is used to describe Corporate football fans who do not specifically have any real interest in the club itself. They only turn up for the Corporate box with their credit cards for the Match, Food and Beverages. Plastic refers to their use of Credit Cards. Doesn't usually have any knowledge on the history of the club and changes their alliegance at any given time.
Your typical average plastic fan
A member of a soccer supporters club who is intimidated by their charisma and enthusiasm creating the need for him to jump ship to a softer supporters group.
Andy Bajana is a plastic fan as he wants to leave SC and join Third Rail.
Someone who supports 9 different teams
A plastic fan is someone who supports Eastleigh arsenal and forest an example of the 9 teams
A person who: A) Changes the team they support B) Supports more than one team C) Has never been to see their team Common misconceptions surrounding Plastic Fans suggest that they might know very little about the club’s history. However, in an attempt to overcompensate their shortcomings as a fan they meticulously research their club’s history a lot. If someone had supported another club/s then switched to their local, they are still considered to be plastic. The television or a stadium tour is not applicable to seeing your club play. You may only switch teams if your current goes into liquidation or relocates away. These are the rules to see if you are a plastic fan. If you adhere to any of the above rules, you are a plastic fan.
Person 1: Did you know Spurs were the first team to do the double in 1961 Person 2: You’ve haven’t been supporting them for long you plastic fan. Bet you’ve never been to a match Person 1: No but I had a stadium tour for my birthday Person 3: I thought you supported Southend United anyway Person 1: Yes, I do as well Person 2: You’re so plastic Person 1: No I’m not, I support both a lot. Did you know that Spurs won… All: Shut up.
Plastic fans are basically glory hunters. The most common example of a plastic fan is a man city supporter. If Newcastle’s takeover is completed you will be seeing many new plastic fans most of them will be former man city fans because they are plastic.
Hey look it’s a Man city fan he must have been a Man U supporter before. I really hate plastic fans
A plastic Barcelona fan is someone is just supporting Barcelona because of their glory. They started supporting the club because of winning titles. Right now when Barcelona are at their lowest have the majority of their fans left because Barcelona is made of plastic. They are probably going to support PSG because of Messi Common names of people who are plastic fans of this run down club are: Ahmad, Mehmed, Zhang and Stefan
Ali is such a Barcelona plastic fan.