
Every sport has its devotees, but some fanbases take tribal loyalty to truly eye-watering extremes. Whether it's the smugness, the chanting, or the relentless social media posting, rank these lot from mildly annoying to genuinely insufferable.
Put the items in your preferred order.

Football
From 'It's coming home' every two years to grown men weeping over a penalty shootout, football fans have turned suffering into a personality. And yet somehow they still think everyone else cares about their club's injury updates.

Golf
Golf fans have perfected the art of being insufferable while barely making a sound. Nothing quite like a bloke in chinos telling you Augusta is a 'spiritual experience' over a warm Pimm's.

Rugby Union
Rugby Union fans will remind you within three minutes that they once played to a decent level, actually. The tribalism might be gentler than football but the smugness more than compensates.

Formula One
Since Netflix arrived, F1 has spawned a new breed of fan who discovered the sport in 2019 and now explains tyre degradation to people who've watched since Schumacher. Bless them.

Cricket
Cricket fans possess an almost supernatural ability to make you feel intellectually inferior for not appreciating a maiden over. The Ashes brings out a particular brand of genteel yet deeply condescending passion.
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