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If you’re a Chelsea fan who’s paid good money to watch The Blues on their home turf of Stamford Bridge, you’d be forgiven for being a little cheesed off if a row of men stood up in front of you during the game and brushed their teeth as part of a weird publicity stunt for the upcoming film, Argylle.

Well, that exact scenario happened during their Premier League match against Fulham on Saturday, with seven men all in black pictured reading books and brushing their teeth.

The Sun reports they also looked at their watches in one of the three stunts in the first 20 minutes of the game.

If it helps, folks, a football match tends to last at least 90 minutes.

Based on the book by Elly Conway, Argylle surrounds a writer “struggling with her latest spy thriller” who “becomes the subject of an actual espionage plot when she is targeted by a shadowy organisation”.

It’s set to star Superman actor Henry Cavill, Kingsman star Sofia Boutella and musician Dua Lipa.

No matter how interesting the film may be, Chelsea fans aren’t exactly pleased with the promotion happening during a professional football match:

Argylle agents on the Chelsea bench, game's gone
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The owners of the club couldn't be any more detached from the views of the fans. If they think publicity stunts for a movie is acceptable during a game is acceptable never mind when the club is struggling on the pitch, they need to do one. Bonkers.
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@NizaarKinsella They're about to pull out the neuralyzer and make us all forget about that half of football.
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Just sums up the circus they\xe2\x80\x99ve turned the club into. Another 9 years of this. We just gotta firm it.
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They\xe2\x80\x99d be kicked out if they were fans. Not beating the circus tag anytime soon.
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Doing promotional stuff during the game is where I draw the line, obviously I couldn\xe2\x80\x99t care less about players wearing a cat bag but the Stamford Bridge atmosphere has been deteriorating massively the last few years and having some blokes brush their teeth doesn\xe2\x80\x99t help that
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Not a big fan of seats being used to promote a film. Could\xe2\x80\x99ve had fans in those seats. \n\nCould stick them in the West Lower but people sitting quietly not paying attention to the match wouldn\xe2\x80\x99t stand out there.
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This was weird.
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Argylle is out on 2 February, and as for the book which inspired the spy thriller, music fans are convinced its author is one famous popstar…

Update - 17:00: An earlier version of this article cited reports that Chelsea chair Todd Boehly owns a company which is producing Argylle. This has now been removed following clarification from the PR company involved in the stunt that Boehly does not have a connection to the film.

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