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.
A unique specimen who supposedly calls him/herself a football fan, when in fact the majority of their already limited knowledge comes from Google Searches and FIFA games. These people hardly ever watch their team play, and have no knowledge of their clubs history, culture or chants.
" Bro, Arnie Dhamoon is a Real Madrid fan" "nah, he's just a Plastic Fan"
A plastic fan is a sports fan who supports a certain team just because of their glory. Plastic fans will usually have little to no knowledge of their preferred club, and will get overly defensive when you point out their lack of it. They will also never go to games or even watch them on T.V. - When you ask them why, they will probably blurt out the excuse "I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE PLAYING!!!!" or "I COULDN'T BE BOTHERED TO WATCH THEM!!!"
PERSON ONE - "Elena started supporting Man City after they won the league last year despite claiming that she's "Chelsea till I die" PERSON TWO - "Well what do you expect from a plastic fan, they're all the same..."
This word can be used by football (soccer) fans refering to a fan that changed his favorite team because his favourite player left the team or the team was relegated
Sam is a Real Madrid fan but he changed to Juve because Cristiano Ronaldo moved to Juve so he is a plastic fan
Someone who doesn't actually support the team they say they do, they just say that team because they are glory hunters or their friends support it, AKA-Eric Kocharyan and Rob Campbell
Yeah I support Arsenal because my mates do-This guy is a plastic fan like Rob Campbell and Eric kocharyan