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The egos have landed at Spurs and Trotters turn out to be rotters

Tottenham fans have the biggest egos and Bolton supporters have been named as the worst home fans in the country, according to a magazine poll.

The Prawn Awards – named in honour of Roy Keane's infamous rant about Old Trafford's corporate "prawn sandwich brigade" – reveal what British football fans really think about each other's supporters.

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Big heads: Tottenham's egotists wave their flags at the Lane

And fans at the Reebok Stadium have emerged in Loaded's survey as rotters - not Trotters - when it comes to cheering on their side at home. To be fair to the Wanderers support, they have valid reasons for being so glum - Gary Megson as boss and selling Nicolas Anelka to Chelsea would upset most fans of a mediocre Barclays Premier League side.

Fans from White Hart Lane, despite their side failing to collect any silverware since winning the lowly regarded League Cup in 1999 - they're in the final this year, though - continue to act as if their team deserves to be on a par with the Big Four, according to the survey's findings.

By contrast, Wolves fans have scooped the Biggest Whingers award, having moaning down to an art form.

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United they stand: Manchester United's fans in full voice

Meanwhile teams playing against Everton have every reason to moan – at the fans dreary singing! Everton fans have taken the title for Worst Songs with one voter saying: "They only have one song: Everton, Everton, Everton repeat ad infinitum."

Andrew Woods, Loaded deputy editor, said: "We're fed up with watching silent 'big matches' in full stadiums, where the tinkling of bone china in hospitality is only drowned out by the piggy laughs of the suits. When I was growing up you could only see live games on the TV four or five times a year, so going to a live match was the whole point. Now it's on every night of the week and we find ourselves saturated with half-hearted football and the real fans have moved from the club to the couch."

Full list of The Prawn Awards

Worst Home Fans – Bolton Wanderers

Worst Away Fans – Fulham

Worst Songs – Everton

Most Corporate Fans – Arsenal

Biggest Away-day Disappointment – Manchester United

Biggest Egos – Tottenham Hotspur

Biggest Whingers – Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Let us know what you think about the Prawn Awards. Are Spurs fans big-heads? Don't little old Leeds deserve a mention, attracting 30,000 gates in the third tier? Which ground is the most intimidating to visit - does anything match up to Galatasaray's Ali Sami Yen Stadium?

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