8 Most Hated Football Teams Of All Time

Part of the nature of the beast of being a football fan is that there is always going to be another team that you absolutely despise. Logic usually flies out of the window when trying to rationalise why you hate them so. They may be local rivals that have a mutual loathing with your fanbase, a club where the two teams have had a number of intense clashes in recent years or simply a team that contains players you can't abide as people. We've all been there-it's possible for me to look down a list of all 46 club fixtures in the English league and know exactly who I want to win each game, based on petty incidents from games stretching back decades ago involving my club. But what about teams that are universally hated? I use the word 'teams' instead of 'clubs' deliberately; While some clubs may inspire hatred over a few generations-Manchester United in England and Bayern Munich in Germany spring immediately to mind-it is often as a result of prolonged success, so I won't be including them here. We will look at clubs that were hated at a specific period of time, or who fielded a line-up over the course of a season that were inherently dislikable. We will instead look at clubs that lied and cheated their way to success, ones who were outright cheats on the field, two of the dirtiest teams of all time and a club who upset their own fans by upping sticks and leaving them. This is a list I hope has steered clear of bias, and some of the choices on here have done nothing to offend me personally; Their inclusion is more indicative of the fact that they were universally disliked. Chelsea don't make the list despite some thoroughly dislikable characters having worn the shirt as it was hard to narrow it down to one era, as is the case with Liverpool. Feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments thread, I'll start you off with my own personal choice-Harry Redknapp era Portsmouth.