Chelsea Football Club Hosted First Ever Iftar At a Premier League Stadium
The Emirates and Etihad stadium have seen their fair share of concerts but community-centric events? Football clubs aren’t known for organising community events at their stadiums due to matters of security.
However, popular London club Chelsea recently hosted an Open Iftar at the side part of the pitch in their stadium, Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea's Stamford Bridge has hosted the first ever open Iftar at a Premier League ground ?? pic.twitter.com/dgEipp0itD— Football Daily (@footballdaily) March 27, 2023
The event was in collaboration with the Ramadan Tent Project, an award-winning charity project established in 2013 to foster unity among communities and develop a deeper understanding of Ramadan.
Chelsea FC and Chelsea Foundation will acknowledge Ramadan as a component of their club-wide program called “No To Hate”, which is dedicated to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion as well as combating hatred and discrimination.
The call to prayer was recited at Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge Stadium as Muslims broke their Ramadan fasts. pic.twitter.com/iYuYDrEi70— ilmfeed (@IlmFeed) March 26, 2023
In attendance were Muslims in London and neighbouring cities including Malaysians residing in the UK together with non-Muslim allies and Chelsea legend Paul Canoville.