A SEA OF BRIGHT YELLOW

They form a sea of bright yellow when they hit the stadium to cheer for their squad and when they get together, their enthusiasm is unmatchable. Fans of Kerala Blasters FC, also known as Manjappada or the Yellow Army, was a group formed in 2014 by Subin Mathew and was awarded the ‘Best Fan Club’ at the India Sports Honours. “Over the years, the club got bigger and with our activities, the patronage increased. In 2017, the Yellow Army’s mission was to instill new fan culture in Kerala. Our main agenda was to be more eco-friendly and hence, we started a campaign called #GoGreen. We’re also involved in the cleaning of the East Manjappada Stand, as part of our campaign called #WeClean. We’ve even launched a mobile app which has details about Kerala Blasters along with chants made by our Chant Team. We ensure everyone wears yellow and use scarves during matches. We use around 150 flags and some giant flags in the stadium and have also introduced a unique Flash Light Wave,” says Somu Joseph, an advisory committee member. The Manjappada travels across all centres and ensures that they’re the 12th man of the team. With 2,35,000 likes on their FB page and 1,32,000 in their group, their number is massive.

We’ve planned to attend away matches at Mumbai, Goa and Bengaluru. We’re one of the largest away match travelling fan clubs in India CORE MEMBER TEAM of Orange Army We use around 150 flags and some giant flags in the stadium and have also introduced a unique Flash Light Wave SOMU JOSEPH, advisory committee member