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The original fake football stats account. Tweeting since 22 May '10. Not associated with a professional stats outlet. Satire. Email us: [email protected]

Joined May 2010
13 - In the 13 years since he retired, 95 percent of Man United fans have deleted tweets saying their next manager will be as good as Sir Alex Ferguson. Replacement.
4
7
3,369
180 - Sir Alex Ferguson needs to live until he’s 180 until he finds a manager that might be a suitable replacement for him. Gaffer.
2
10
4,057
5 - Number of months since we lasted tweeted but it’s worth it to start writing stats about Man United again. Devilish.
5
11
3,597
17 - Gabriel’s penalty will land on the Moon in 17 hours time. Artemis.
22
1
65
7,387
99 - Percentage of Spurs fans no longer deleting their Twitter account tonight. Rivals.
1
8
35
5,958
5.6 - Louis Dunford will earn approximately £5.6 billion in royalties from “North London Forever” if Arsenal win the Champions League tonight. Playlist.
1
2
15
6,570
239,987 - Number of people deleting their tweet wondering why Kai Havertz is starting for Arsenal in the Champions League final. Opener.
3
11
4,621
100 - Percentage of Sunderland fans impressed with their new striker Nick Woltemade. Header.
2
17
5,533
7,398,124,765 - Number of people on the planet better qualified to be FIFA president than Gianni Infantino. Blatter.
8
16
68
6,824
99 - Percentage of Scotland’s population who’ll remain drunk between now and next year’s World Cup. Buckfast.
6
29
4,406
3 - Harry Maguire’s forehead is the 3rd largest man-made object that can be seen from space. Slab.
1
8
29
7,073
99.9 - 99.9% of all faxes sent each year in England are sent on Transfer Deadline Day. Retro.
4
34
10,258
59 - Mikel Arteta has spent the last 59 minutes looking for the receipt for Viktor Gyokeres. Refund.
1
11
2
37
12,514
15 - Number of minutes into the new Premier League season it took for the first VAR controversy to occur. Handball.
6
26
9,592
1 - No one knows more than one line to the Champions League anthem. CHAAAMMMPPIIOOONNNSS.
1
4
12
7,846
100 - Percentage of Arsenal fans denying they ever thought Spurs had a chance of getting a result against Liverpool today. Spursy.
1
7
1
33
16,737
1992 - Ant and Dec haven’t been this emotional since Ant was blinded during a paintball fight in 1992. Byker.
7
41
11,981
1,301,426 - Number of Man United fans who have deleted their tweet saying Ruben Amorim will save their season. Relegation.
21
30
13,525
27 - Percentage of Everton fans gutted Jordan Pickford saved Erling Haaland’s penalty because he’s still in their fantasy football team. Overpriced.
4
11
7,151
1 - Gary Neville is contractually obliged to make his trademark goal celebration noise at least once a game. WWOOAAAEEERRRHHHH.
3
30
8,374