January 21, 2025

Mayor Cherelle Parker's flubbed Eagles chant spawns T-shirt by Phillygoat

The company founded by a trio of Delco brothers decided to make 'E-L-G-S-E-S' apparel after the spelling gaffe went viral.

By Kristin Hunt
PhillyVoice Staff

Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA

Mayor Cherelle Parker led a misspelled Eagles chant Sunday before the team's playoff game against the Rams. Phillygoat has commemorated the gaffe with a T-shirt.

Mayor Cherelle Parker's misspelled Eagles chant has lit up the internet this week — and already inspired its own T-shirt.

Parker attempted to lead Philadelphians in a rallying cry for the Birds during a news conference Sunday ahead of the team's playoff game against the Rams. But things went south by the second letter, as Parker yelled, "E-L-G-S-E-S!" The gaffe spread across social media in the following days, acquiring such a life of its own that it's now earned a screen-printed tee.

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Gonna need the Philly Mayor to work on her “EAGLES” chant before the NFC Championship pic.twitter.com/VL5zZLzRIk
— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) January 20, 2025

Phillygoat, a company founded by a trio of Delco brothers, is selling a kelly green shirt with "E-L-G-S-E-S" stamped in white letters along the front. The shirt is unisex and 100% cotton; it's selling for $32.99.

The online description for the item reads, "Sounds like our mayor's E-A-G-L-E-S chant needs a bit of work..🤣"

According to Ryan Cassidy, one of the founding brothers behind Phillygoat, it's not unusual for the company to work this fast.

"The turnaround time on getting it up on our site is fairly quick," he said. "... After we have a good idea, we'll mock up an image of the shirt with that design on it, but we'll only actually print the shirts once orders come in. Then, with our current production queue and shipping it usually takes about 5-8 days for the finished shirt to arrive to the customer."

Parker's office did not immediately respond to request for comment, but the mayor acknowledged her blunder in a news conference about Kensington's new wellness support center Tuesday.

"We don't promise perfection, I'm so happy that I never have," she said. "Especially after I couldn't spell Eagles right."

With her slipup, Parker joins a pantheon of Philadelphia politicians fumbling the Eagles chant. In 2018, state Sen. Tony Williams organized an impromptu call and response with Gov. Tom Wolf inside a grocery store — and embarrassed everyone in the process.

Ok, this was a little awkward. @SenTonyWilliams and @GovernorTomWolf doing an @Eagles chant... pic.twitter.com/Qj5UrXQyFu
— Mike DeNardo (@_MikeDeNardo) January 17, 2018