Revealed: Which Premier League club owns the most foul-mouthed fans on social media?
Bookmakers Paddy Power have been scrolling through tens of thousands of posts on social media to reveal which clubs have the highest profanity rate of all Premier League football fans.
More than 50,000 posts were researched and analysed on Twitter, conducted over a two-week period to July 7th, using club-specific hashtags to determine which fanbase used the most colourful language.
A spokesman at Paddy Power said: “Now the Premier League is back, it’s been a good opportunity to take a seat on our socially-distanced sofas and become the ultimate armchair fan. And by doing that, it seems it’s been a sweary time for football fans, too.
“Top of the profanity Pops is relegation-threatened Watford, and it’s hardly a surprise that Jose Mourinho is causing Spurs fans to dish out expletives – we can only imagine what their blood pressure scores must look like.”
“Top of the profanity Pops is relegation-threatened Watford, and it’s hardly a surprise that Jose Mourinho is causing Spurs fans to dish out expletives – we can only imagine what their blood pressure scores must look like.”
5. Wolverhampton Wanderers
It's a Europa League place for fifth place Wolves with 5.9% of all tweets containing profane language.
6. Aston Villa
Villa fans, with their relegation threat looming large, are the sixth most profane on Twitter with 5.6% of all tweets containing foul language.
7. Leicester City
The Foxes are running the risk of dropping out of the Premier League top four - and their dip in form is showing with the reaction of fans on Twitter. A total of 5.5% of all tweets containing a swear word.
8. Newcastle United
Tied on 5.5% with the Foxes is Newcastle United, who may be feeling the stress of a potential takeover, which continues to drag on.