Kozhikode ∙ Excitement is running through the veins. Count down has started. Just a month to go until the whistle blows in Qatar. Football fans in Malabar are in need. On the roadside, in the courtyard of the clubs and above the reading room, the poster war has started. Argentina fans and Brazil fans have started printing hoardings and posters. Fans are keeping the information about the size of the board they are printing a secret to outpace their competitors.
Jaisal Pullalur, the owner of the sign park in front of the Sreekandeshwara temple in Kozhikode, said that this time, more diverse boards and hoardings are being prepared than during the last World Cup. With the banning of flex, new printing materials have emerged.
The rush to print banners, hoardings, huge cut outs etc. has already started. Jaisal Pullalur said that this time they are doing sticker works with the flag and logo of their favorite team on the vehicles, mini cutouts that can be placed on the table and inside the room, wall stickers etc. Jaisal also said that this time the trend is to design the interior of the office rooms and shop rooms of the institutions according to the football theme.
The walls will be completely decorated with the color of the team’s flag, cutouts of the players etc. For the next two months, the signboard printing companies have decided to brace themselves for fan wars.