Chelsea fans booed their own
players during yesterday's open training session.
The Independent says Chelsea players were jeered yesterday after fans
who had turned up to watch an open training session were denied the
chance to get autographs from them. Over 8,000 Chelsea supporters were at Stamford Bridge to see
Joe Cole complete his first training session on his return from
injury but the party atmosphere went sour when the crowd was told
players would not be signing autographs due to "security
concerns".
After a 90-minute practice session the Chelsea players gave a half-hearted lap of honour
during which they were roundly applauded. But those cheers quickly
turned to boos as the announcer informed those in the stands that
players would not be putting pen to paper for the thousands of
schoolchildren in attendance.