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In the vibrant tapestry of Premier League football, there’s a shadow lurking beneath the roar of the crowds: abusive and aggressive fan behavior. Shockingly, 76% of football players are troubled by this unsettling trend. But amidst the clamor, one burning question emerges: which Premier League fanbase stands out as the biggest cause for concern?
Interested to uncover the sweariest fans throughout the seasona, the experts at SeatPick took to Reddit to carry out a sentiment analysis, creating an abusive language score out of 10, by analysing swear words and negative language used in each Premier League team’s main subreddit.
Highlights from the research:
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Newcastle United fans are the rudest in the Premier League with a score of 9.4/10.
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West Ham United fans are second foulest-mouthed fans with a score of 8.3/10.
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22/23 league winners Man City fans are the joint sixth foulest-mouthed in the Premier League with 6.4/10.
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22/23 season runner ups Arsenal fans are the joint tenth rudest fanbase with a score of 4.7/10.
The Premier League fanbases that are the most foul-mouthed
|
Rank |
Team |
Swear words |
Average swear words per 100 comments/posts |
% of negative comments/posts |
Abusive language score (/10) |
|
1 |
Newcastle United |
1,959 |
42.80 |
33.63% |
9.4 |
|
2 |
West Ham United |
1,581 |
37.62 |
32.83% |
8.3 |
|
3 |
Nottingham Forest |
922 |
39.96 |
32.16% |
8.1 |
|
4 |
Everton |
1,350 |
35.83 |
32.22% |
7.5 |
|
5 |
Manchester United |
2,610 |
34.91 |
31.47% |
6.7 |
|
=6 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
705 |
37.38 |
30.49% |
6.4 |
|
=6 |
Manchester City |
1,123 |
40.58 |
26.78% |
6.4 |
|
8 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
1,881 |
32.32 |
30.56% |
5.6 |
|
9 |
Aston Villa |
973 |
33.70 |
28.26% |
5 |
|
=10 |
Crystal Palace |
402 |
30.92 |
30.92% |
4.7 |
|
=10 |
Arsenal |
1,698 |
31.79 |
30.23% |
4.7 |
SeatPick can reveal that Newcastle United fans are the most foul-mouthed, with a score of 9.4 out of 10. Newcastle fans use an average of 42.8 swear words per 100 comments, and 33.6% of comments are negative. Newcastle are on track to finish eighth in this year’s campaign, and fans are desperate for more as their anger towards other teams has been made evident on social media.
In second place is West Ham United, with a swearing fan score of 8.3 out of 10. Although West Ham have a slightly lower average of swear words per 100 comments than first place (37.6), they do however have a similar percentage of negative comments per post (32.8%). However, they have won their last two games which may have swayed fan opinion towards players.
Nottingham Forest have the third sweariest fans with a score of 8.1 out of 10. Nottingham Forest are struggling in 17th position in the 23/24 Premier League season, which may be why fans have been so disappointed this year (with 32.2 % of their comments and posts being negative)
Everton have the fourth highest foul-mouthed fans, scoring 7.5/10 (average of 35.8 swear words per 100 comments/ posts). Everton have also had a tough campaign this year and could potentially get relegated from the Premier League, having lost or drawn the last five games.
In fifth place is Manchester United with a swearing fan score of 6.7/10 (2.6 lower than Newcastle United). Man United fans have been very prominent on social media this year, with many criticising Rashford’s commitment to the team, however this has been challenged with his recent goal on Sunday.