10 funny Twitter accounts you must follow if you love football

Admit it, you love the banter on Twitter. Be it during the weekend matches or the boring international breaks, Twitter helps you talk about the beautiful game with your followers day in day out.The amount of stats, analysis, memes and vines are phenomenal when it comes to football on Twitter. Not to forget, pre-match and post-match dissection of the match, scrutiny of debatable decisions, making fun of rival clubs and most importantly seeing your favorite team in the trending topics when they win.The play-a-making geniusHere are the top 10 accounts you must follow: P.S. If you love memes, stats, latest news on football, do follow us as well here: @SK_Football

#9 @OptaJoke

OptaJoke is a parody account of the famous @OptaJoe. Ever thought football stats could be funny? Here’s your answer.

If you are a fan of Opta stats, you must follow Opta Joke for the humour with numbers. Here are some of its best tweets:

On Arsene Wenger’s zip:

On Chelsea’s line up:

On Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s nose:

You can follow it here: @OptaJoke

#8 @EvilKagawa

It was sad to see Shinji Kagawa leave the Premier League for most of the football world on Twitter simply because of Evil Kagawa.

The play-a-making genius won the hearts of every football fan with some of the most cheeky tweets on Manchester United and David Moyes last season. But wait, he has not left yet. Here are some of his best tweets:

Evil Kagawa welcoming Angel Di Maria to Manchester United:

This.

Evil Kagawa was not happy with Louis van Gaal:

You can follow it here: @evilkagawa

#7 @KaiWayne

This is a take on Manchester United and England from Wayne Rooney’s perspective via Kai Wayne. We recommend you to check for its team line ups before the matches. Here are some of its best tweets:

Wayne Rooney’s text to his son:

Kai Wayne’s team line up:

Kai Wayne is so proud of his daddy:

You can follow it here: @kaiWayne

#6 @SlowSportsNews

Slow Sports News has to be one of the smartest Twitter accounts simply because of their tweets at the right time. They do not try to be too funny, but the timing is just impeccable.

Like they say, timing is everything in humour. Here are some of its best tweets which trap a number of gullible users into correcting them from time to time.

When Real Madrid signed Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez:

Just before FIFA 15 release:

When Nicolas Anelka signed for Mumbai City FC recently:

You can follow it here: @slowsportsnews

#5 @ArsenalHindi & @ManUtd_Hindi

What can be better than banter on football in Hindi? So, if you watch Hindi movies, listen to Hindi songs and you want someone to discuss football in Hindi, these two accounts are for you.

Of course, Arsenal and Manchester United fans will love the tweets but even for a neutral, we suggest a follow. Here are some of the best tweets from Arsenal Hindi:

Here are some of its best tweets of Man Utd Hindi:

You can follow them here: @ArsenalHindi & @ManUtd_Hindi

#4 @wengerknowsbest

What if Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was on Twitter?

Well, we presume he would have been equally witty. The account has also released a book recently by the name Little Bit Silverware based on Arsenal’s FA Cup winning season. Trust us, this is a “top quality” account. Here are some of its best tweets:

On Deigo Costa signing for Chelsea:

On his transfer policies:

A cheeky dig at Liverpool:

On consistency

You can follow him here: @wengerknowsbest

#3 @usasoccerguy

He loves soccer, he is funny and he is American. With more than 366,000 followers on twitter, he is a must-follow for people who want to see how USA perceives the game of football. We mean soccer.

Here are some of its best tweets:

On “Cesc” Fabregas’ move to Chelsea:

On Steven Gerrard’s slip last season:

On David Moyes’ sacking by Manchester United last season:

When a player concedes a penalty for hand-ball

You can follow him here: @usasoccerguy

#2 @HipsterManager

Who doesn’t like managers with a little tint of arrogance and wittiness? You will like Hipster Manager even more.

The account is known as Sunday League Hipster who hates the formation 4-4-2 and analyses players in its own unique way. Here are some of its best tweets:

Class it is:

He has a fair point:

Again, he has a point:

You can follow him here: @HipsterManager

#1 @BeardedGenius

When it comes to memes on twitter, no one does it better than Nooruddean Choudry.

He goes by the name Bearded Genius on Twitter; a Manchester United fan who writes for various English news outlets from time to time is fond of PhotoShopping the latest events in football into hilarious memes. Here are few examples of his mastery:

The one after Bale signed for Real Madrid

The one when no one wished Yaya Toure a Happy Birthday

You can follow him here: @BeardedGenius

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