Stade Mayol is a multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...

 in Toulon

Toulon

Toulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....

, France

France

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. It is currently used mostly for rugby union

Rugby union

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 matches and is the home stadium of RC Toulonnais

RC Toulonnais

RC Toulonnais is a French professional rugby union club based in Toulon in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...

. The stadium is able to hold 13,700 people.
It is one of the few French stadiums to be embedded in the city and surrounded by high buildings. It was built at the foot of the Mont Faron, the hill on which Toulon is partly built, and overlooks the Toulon military harbour (La Rade) on the Mediterranean.

History

It is named after Félix Mayol

Félix Mayol

Félix Mayol was a French singer and entertainer.-Career:Mayol was born in Toulon, France. His parents were both amateur singers and actors, who arranged for Felix to make his debut stage at six years of age....

, a very popular concert hall singer from Toulon who had succeeded in Paris in the early 20. century. A true-blue city boy, he offered to buy a piece of land for the club on which the stadium would be built. And so he did. He gave his personal money and gave up the rights on some of his songs to raise the rest. The least that could be done was to give the place the name of its generous patron.

It was inaugurated on March 28, 1920 by the mayor of Toulon and Félix Mayol himself. A cross-country race was organised, as well as a soccer match between Stade Raphaëlois from Saint-Raphaël

Saint-Raphaël

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 and the RC Toulon football team (4-0) and a rugby match between RCT and TOEC from Toulouse (3-3).

All Blacks

All Blacks

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 and Wallaby

Australia national rugby union team

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 tourists played matches there against regional South-East selections.

Fans

The atmosphere is famous for a specific chant called Pilou pilou, created at the end of the 1940s by a club player, Marcel Bodrero, which describes the Toulon players as terrible primitive warriors coming down from the mountain towards the sea (exactly what Toulon's topography is). A cheerleader leads the chants and asks fans to answer and repeat the words. It generally comes up when players get on the pitch, then early in the game and also when the team's forwards, the club's historical forte, start to dominate. The chant may also occasionally be heard after the game. The club president Mourad Boudjellal

Mourad Boudjellal

Mourad Boudjellal is a French businessman, the proprietor of comic publisher Soleil Productions.He was born on 5 June 1960 in Toulon, France. He is currently the President of the Toulon Rugby Union club.-References:...

 famously led the Pilou pilou after a Toulon home victory over Racing Métro in 2008

2007-08 Rugby Pro D2 season

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that secured Toulon's promotion to the Top 14.

French

English translation

Ah ! Nous les terribles guerriers du Pilou-Pilou Qui descendons de la Montagne vers la Mer (Pilou-Pilou !) Avec nos femmes échevelées allaitant nos enfants Sous l'ombre des grands cocotiers blancs (Pilou-Pilou !) Nous les terribles guerriers poussons notre terrible cri de guerre (AAAARRRGGGGHHHHH !) J'ai dit NOTRE TERRIBLE CRI DE GUERRE ! (AAAARRRGGGGHHHHH !) Parce que TOULON (ROUGE !) Parce que TOULON (NOIR !) Parce que TOULON (ROUGE ET NOIR!)

Ah! We are the ruthless Pilou-Pilou warriors Coming down from the mountain to the sea (Pilou-Pilou!) With our dishevelled women breastfeeding our children Under the shade of the great white coconut trees (Pilou-Pilou!) We the ruthless warriors sing our ruthless war cry (AAAARRRGGGGHHHHH!) I said our our RUTHLESS WAR CRY! (AAAARRRGGGGHHHHH!) Because Tou-lon (RED!) Because Tou-lon (BLACK!) Because Tou-lon (RED AND BLACK!)