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For most sports fans, being a fan means showing up at the games, watching games on the tube and maybe owning a certain article of clothing. Others take it ... a little further.

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  1. 1

    England national football team

    Football
    1863
    England
    For those of you who aren't fans of "the glorious game," go to your favorite search engine and enter the words "English hooligans." Then close the screen before you feel the urge to vomit.
  2. 2
    American football
    1931
    Philadelphia
    Forget about Santa Claus and batteries and the court in the basement. When Michael Irvin was lying prone on the field following a potentially serious injury, the Philadelphia faithul were cheering as if their team had just won the Super Bowl. (OK, bad metaphor. Work with me here.)
  3. 3

    Duke Blue Devils

    Basketball
    Awfully high SAT scores for a group of people who heckle an Israeli opponent with the chant "PLO! PLO!"
  4. 4
    Football
    1899-12-16
    Milan
    These folks set off flares in the stands. And that's when they're HAPPY about what's going on during the match.
  5. 5

    West Virginia football

    These folks have been known to respond to a big game by burning furniture. Hopefully their own.
  6. 6
    American football
    1960
    Orchard Park
    In addition to the whole "they lost four straight Super Bowls and the Music City Miracle" thing, we have to consider how often these fans show up on camera wearing nothing but paint above the waist. Even when the wind chill is lower than Paris Hilton's IQ.
  7. 7
    American football
    1960
    Oakland
    These folks spent more time working on what they're wearing to the game than you and your date did getting ready for your senior prom. Combined. And bear in mind that these fans come from the same gene pool that produced most of the people working in "Silicon Valley." Think about that the next time you get a "User Error."
  8. 8
    American football
    1932
    Landover
    Grown men should not be showing up for games wearing plastic snouts and muumuus. It's just not kosher.
  9. 9

    Any NHL team

    In most places, including most sports, throwing punches at your foe would get you ejected, suspended or even arrested. In the NHL, throwing punches at your foe may get you the loudest applause of the evening.
  10. 10

    South Africa national football team

    Football
    1991
    South Africa
    These are the people who are trying to convince the world that blowing a plastic beer bong for three hours is a great way to spend an evening. The scary part: They might succeed.
  11. 11
    Baseball
    1901
    New York City, The Bronx
    A lot of teams who make their league's semifinals would make their fans happy, or at least content. Yankees fans respond to a semifinal loss as if someone had just urinated on Lou Gehrig's plaque in Monument Park.
  12. 12
    You're already offering freakishly talented young men the chance to spend their college years in Los Angeles and hang out with celebrities. Do you really need to pay them, too?
  13. 13
    College basketball
    Lexington
    One night, a pilot was flying over Lexington, Kentucky, and he noticed that every light in the town below him was on. In the middle of the night. When he asked about it, they told him that Kentucky was playing in a preseason tournament called the Great Alaska Shootout. Hoping none of those fans were working as crossing guards the next morning.
  14. 14

    Any cross-country skiing team

    We're talking about people who stand for hours outside in the winter ... to watch skiiers go by and cheer.
  15. 15
    American football
    1946
    Cleveland
    Eventually, anyone who goes through this much pain is going to lash out. And it won't be pleasant when it happens. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

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  1. Web Infoguy
    Teams Whose Fans Should Scare You at 12/23/2010 9:53 AM
    Ha so dead on about the Yankees, but I especially like the way you segue into the insanity of a cross-country skiiing fan. Funny, in a scary-true way, stuff.
    1. Robert Wabash
      Teams Whose Fans Should Scare You at 12/23/2010 11:19 AM
      I'm actually just surprised to see the Raiders fans so low on this. I feel humbled.
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