A 70-YEAR-OLD Chelsea fan is walking away from the club after 62 YEARS of support over the Roman Abramovich ownership crisis.
Pat, who was born around the corner from Stamford Bridge, has instead chosen to get behind League Two Sutton United.
Pat told talkSPORT he was walking away from Chelsea after 62 years of support
The Blues won convincingly against Norwich the same day Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK government
Chelsea had a trophy-laden 19 years under Abramovich’s ownership
Pat says he’ll support League Two Sutton United instead
The European champions have been heavily affected by the sanctions imposed on owner Abramovich by the UK government.
Abramovich had his assets frozen due to his close ties with Russian president Vladimir Putin, who authorised the invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.
Chelsea are banned from selling home and away match tickets, as well as selling merchandise.
The club are also not allowed to buy or sell players… or renew deals of soon-to-be out of contract stars.
Speaking through tears, Pat told talkSPORT: “I’ve been a Chelsea fan for 62 years, I started supporting Chelsea in the 50s and I’m absolutely…
“Listen, what some Chelsea fans have been doing is unforgivable. We’ve got to stand up and be counted but I’ve now, myself and my twin brother, we’ve walked away from Chelsea.
“This is true, he went out yesterday and he bought two shirts for Sutton United.
“He phoned me up and said, ‘I’ve got two shirts here’, and asked them who they were for and he said ‘Sutton United. We can’t carry on supporting Chelsea’.
“It’s not because we don’t love the club, it’s in our blood, we were born in Battersea just round the corner…
“It’s cut me right up, all this.
“We were born just round the corner and Chelsea has been our life.
“I’ve met Ron Harris, we were good mates with Ray Wilkins – we used to meet him down at Sutton for questions and answers – we were good mates with Gary Chivers, John Boyle who played in the 1967 FA Cup final against Spurs, he’s a good friend of the family.
“But we feel all that’s gone on… we can’t take any more.
“We’ve decided we’re going to go to Sutton United and support them. We’re going to the cup final [EFL Trophy vs Rotherham at Wembley Stadium], we’ve got tickets.”
