Throughout my trip around Malabar, I met some real die hard fans of football. They are ready to go to any extent to enjoy the World Cup football season. I even heard of some people coming from the gulf, resigning their jobs! Reason? They did not get leave. Lets meet some interesting football fans from Malabar!
Subi from Calicut earns a living by renting out tarpaulin and chairs.
He came up with this interesting concept! He covered his house's roof top with tarpaulin and transformed it to an indoor stadium!
With two TVs inside, one via the cable connection and the other DTH, a generator also in case of a power failure - No way you can miss a match!
The Brazil van at Areekode covered with Brazil flags!
The youngest (and the cutest) Brazilian fan, met this little fellow at Areekode.
The Argentine Car!
Jabbar with his Argentina Bike; a regular fan in all World cup special road shows, met him at Aricode.
Met this hard core Brazil fan at Puthiyathani, a place near Kottakkal in Malappuram district. He has spent almost Rs. 900 for sticking these to his bike.
To be continued.....
*Sandeep Varma writes for FootballKerala.com *
From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Sunday 4 July 2010, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.