A recent study has identified Nottingham Forest as the Premier League team with the most foul-mouthed fans. Experts at QR Code Generator analysed the 200 most popular posts and subsequent comments for each Premier League team's subreddit.
The study calculated the number of swear words used per 1,000 Reddit comments to determine the final ranking.
Nottingham Forest topped the ranking with 98.30 swear words used per 1,000 Reddit comments. This figure is 59% higher than the average swear count among Premier League teams, which is 61.79%.
Nottingham Forest fans used inappropriate language 300 times over the course of 3,052 comments.
Chelsea fans are named the second most foul-mouthed, using 84.04 swear words per 1,000 Reddit posts. Chelsea's figure is 36% higher than the average swear count.
Chelsea fans had more than 2,350 counts of offensive language over 28,000 comments. The complete data set from this study is available on request.
Premier League clubs' net spending in summer 2024 was significantly lower than in previous years. The net spend was around £629.8 million ($827.7m), over 40% down from £1.070 billion ($1.406bn) in 2023.
This is the lowest net spend since summer 2019, excluding the COVID-impacted summer of 2021. Adjusted for inflation, it's the lowest spend since summer 2014.
Clubs have massively overspent in the past and are now cutting back. Despite still outspending other “Big Five” leagues combined, even the Premier League is reducing expenditures.
Financial struggles highlighted by Swiss Ramble show that operating losses tripled from £413m ($542.3m) in 2018-19 to £1.338bn ($1.75bn) in 2022-23.
Player sales improved numbers slightly but not significantly: from a £181m ($237m) loss in 2018-19 to a £710m ($932m) loss in 2022-23.
Record owner funding of £1.1bn ($1.45bn) in 2022-23 was needed to keep clubs afloat. There are three main reasons owners invest: enjoyment or status (rare), profitability (not currently true for most), and future value increase (although this is heavily dependent on when the owners bought the team and how much for).
There are three main revenue sources for Premier League clubs: matchday receipts, broadcast revenue, and commercial revenue. Matchday receipts have limited growth potential due to stadium size and fan pricing limits.
Broadcast revenue is flat or declining; the Premier League's domestic deal is nearly a third less than a decade ago. However clubs are looking to improve on potentially lucrative broadcast markets abroad.
Commercial revenue is up nearly 40% since 2019 but includes risky sources like bookmakers and crypto-shops. However, this remains a source of positivity for teams.
Wages have increased by nearly a billion pounds since 2019, outpacing revenue growth, leading to losses. To combat this, many clubs are shedding high earners and focusing on younger players with resale value rather than older, expensive ones. Chelsea's American owners are one of the few teams to buck that trend.
The Premier League's highest ever earner, not including players on loan who had some of their salary paid by their former club, is Cristiano Ronaldo. In his second spell at Manchester United, he reportedly earned £480,000 per week.
Gareth Bale earned around £560,000 a week when on loan at Spurs from Real Madrid, but Madrid paid the majority of his wages during that loan spell.
The current highest paid Premier League player is Kevin De Bruyne on £400,000 per week. Also in the top five are Erling Haaland (Man City), Casemiro (Man Utd), Mo Salah (Liverpool) and Raheem Sterling (on loan at Arsenal from Chelsea).
Clubs aim for sustainability without needing constant financial injections from owners. Football will continue to grow but not at the exponential rate previously expected.
The early Premier League panic meter shows that Manchester United is facing alarm bells, while Everton is in total crisis.
Defending champions Manchester City are leading with Erling Haaland close to double figures. Liverpool is keeping pace with Manchester City.
Brighton and Hove Albion and Newcastle United are performing well.
Chelsea and Manchester United are in the bottom half of the table, but it's not time for panic yet.
The panic meter analysis for the current season results as of the September international period shows varying levels of concern among different clubs. Manchester City and Liverpool are strong contenders, while Brighton and Newcastle are pleased with early European contention. Brentford has two wins from three games, and Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest are unbeaten so far.
Man City have started the season in electric form and Liverpool have shown there is life after Klopp with a superb start to the season.
Arsenal dropped points against a good Seagulls side but remain unbeaten. Aston Villa has two wins from three games, and Fulham's start is acceptable given preseason expectations. Brentford have also started very brightly.
Spurs and Chelsea are slightly below expectations with four points from nine possible. Southampton has zero points from nine but is expected to battle relegation.
Manchester United is averaging one point per game despite summer spending. West Ham is also struggling, and Palace and Wolves are underperforming compared to expectations.
Everton has lost all three games, including a crushing defeat after leading Bournemouth. Ownership issues add to the turmoil. And there's the small matter of it being the final season at Goodison with Bramley Dock expected to be ready next season.
Chelsea offered Arsenal the chance to sign a £62m star before Arsenal chose Raheem Sterling. Arsenal decided to take Raheem Sterling on loan for the 2024/25 campaign after he was banished by Enzo Maresca at Stamford Bridge.
Now an insider claims that Chelsea actually offered Mykhailo Mudryk to Arsenal before the Gunners settled on Sterling.
Joel Matip, former Liverpool defender, is in discussions for a potential return to the Premier League. Matip left Liverpool at the end of the 2023/24 season and is currently a free agent. West Ham United is considering signing Joel Matip on a free transfer.
However, the Hammers have also been linked with former Dortmund and Germany centre-back Mats Hummels too.
Either would be able to sign with West Ham as they are both free agents at present.
The home nations are in action in the Nations League this week, which means no Premier League action this forthcoming weekend.
England begin with an away game against the Republic of Ireland on Saturday evening. Scotland get their campaign in League A underway with a game with Poland today (Thursday).
Northern Ireland are in action today as they face Luxembourg in Belfast. Wales play Turkey tomorrow in Cardiff.
Other big games on Nations League Matchday 1 include Portugal v Croatia, Denmark v Switzerland, Serbia v Spain, France v Italy and Germany v Hungary.
The second Nations League matchday kicks off on Sunday and it is Northern Ireland in action first of the home nations as they travel to Sofia to take on Bulgaria.
Scotland face a daunting trip later that day as they travel to Lisbon to face Portugal.
Monday sees Wales travelling to face Montenegro, while Ireland take on Greece on Tuesday, the same night that England will face Finland at Wembley.
Big games on Matchday 2 of the Nations League include Netherlands v Germany, France v Belgium, Switzerland v Spain and Denmark v Serbia.
You can enjoy pre-match and In-Play betting on all these games and many more Nations League matches at bet365 Sport.
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