A number of tifos – large banners or coordinated flag displays – were unveiled in the stands during the first few days of Premier League action in 2025/26. Here, football writer Ben Bloom explains what they are and rounds up some of the best.
The first few days of the 2025/26 Premier League season featured a number of notable tifos.
Wolverhampton Wanderers paid an emotional tribute to their former player Diogo Jota, who passed away this summer, as did his brother Andre Silva.
Jota spent three seasons with Wolves before joining Liverpool. Ahead of their match against Manchester City, Wolves fans unveiled an image of the forward celebrating one of his goals for the club, alongside the words: "We’ll remember you when you walk in fields of gold."
Sunderland fans marked their return to the Premier League after an eight-year absence by displaying an image of the Lambton Worm, a local myth about a knight named John Lambton slaying a giant worm-like monster.
Meanwhile, Aston Villa fans showed their admiration for manager Unai Emery, by displaying his image alongside the words: "No limits to our dreams".
Nottingham Forest created a colourful mosaic to accompany the words of 19th-century conservationist John Muir: "And into the Forest I go to lose my mind and find my soul."
Meanwhile, after winning the FIFA Club World Cup over the summer, Chelsea unveiled a new banner reading "Champions of the world".