Can The Special One bring back the love for Chelsea after Blues voted most HATED club?

Jose Mourinho will bid to bring title glory back to Chelsea this season - but "The Special One" faces another challenge after the Stamford Bridge side were voted the Premier League's most hated club.



Big spending Chelsea finished bottom of a table of the Premier League's most loved football clubs, just below Manchester United.

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It appears that the club's reputation for sacking managers and incidents such as Eden Hazard kicking a ball boy have got the Blues the thumbs down from fans across the country.

Swansea are top of the league after their attractive style of play won plaudits in their debut Premier League season.

FOOTBALL'S LEAGUE OF LOVE (Trinity Mirror survey)

Position Club Popularity with all fans 1 Swansea City 60.6% 2 West Brom 60.4% 3 Norwich City 59.6% 4 Everton 59.2% 5 Southampton 56.0% 6 Newcastle 54.8% 7 Hull City 54.8% 8 Fulham 54.6% 9 Arsenal 54.0% 10 Crystal Palace 52.8% 11 Cardiff City 52.2% 12 Manchester City 51.4% 13 West Ham 51.4% 14 Sunderland 51.4% 15 Tottenham 51.0% 16 Aston Villa 50.4% 17 Liverpool 49.0% 18 Stoke City 45.0% 19 Manchester United 42.8% 20 Chelsea 41.6%



The Welsh side narrowly finished ahead of West Brom and Norwich, while Arsenal won the battle of the Premier League's top four, finishing in ninth place.

A Swansea City spokesman told Wales Online: “We are delighted to be voted the Barclays Premier League’s most loved team by the supporters.

'A lot of hard work has gone on behind the scenes for a number of years to portray the club in a positive way, while on the field the team plays a style of football that has obviously won favour with not only Swans fans, but those of rival teams as well.

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'Hopefully that positivity among supporters will continue and grow for many years to come.'



More than 6,000 fans completed the Trinity Mirror data unit survey which asked them to name the Premier League clubs they loved and loathed.