Football fans come in all types. Male or female, young or old, casual or passionate, followers of the game are as diverse as the teams themselves, which is the beauty of it, we think. The beautiful game is for everyone and as such, nearly everyone is attracted to it.

However, there are some breeds of fan we all dislike. Those that the site or sound of fills us with dread and anger, whose actions and habit turn our stomachs.

Perhaps we’re being a little overdramatic her, but we at FootballFanCast have seen and heard from a fair few of the less savoury members of the football public through the years and feel obliged to tell run through them all with you, right here, right now.

So sit back, buckle up and have a look at the FIVE types of football fan we love to hate…

The bitter local rivalry nuts

‘As long as we finish above them, it’s okay’. Yuk. Those fans that take pride in their local rivals’ misery are pretty unbearable. Don’t get us wrong, we all like to poke fun at our teams’ respective enemies, but openly revelling in their losses and, as is quite often the case, enjoying them more than your own clubs’ successes is pretty sad.

This phenomenon seems to occur in cities or regions in which one team is often overshadowed by a more successful foe.

Full-kit w… earers

What possesses a grown man to don a full strip to go to the game? This act is barely acceptable for children, but it still rumbles on nowadays, with a few ‘hardcore’ supporters splashing the cash in the club shop to then shiver on the terraces in their replica gear.

The selfie stick brigade

Selfie-sticks are universally unacceptable in most areas of life, but at the football they are a shining beacon of idiocy. By all means take some pictures of the stadium, your favourite players or one or two of yourself and some close friends enjoying the game, but is the stick really needed?

The turncoats

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More of a trend in modern football, fans are changing team more often than they change underwear. This has come in mainly among the new money teams, who attracted a new breed of casual fan during the early 2000s. Although not exclusive to them, Chelsea and Man City supporters are often labelled as turncoats due to their clubs’ rises up the division.

Half and half scarf wearers…

Arguably, the only time this is acceptable is on a European trip for a major final. By all means pick up and half-and-half scarf as a memento of a special occasion, but a Manchester Derby, seriously? This is a real worrying trend outside football grounds nowadays, with vendors often selling scarves of red and blue in Manchester or the same colours in Liverpool.

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