By Nicholas Kigen

The English Premier League is heating up again, and even teams that have never won any tourney are brimming with ambition.

As usual, you can’t talk about football and fail to mention the fans of different hues. A sample:

Once in a blue moon fan: This is the football fan who only waits for the World Cup to start eating, drinking and talking football. Most of them are, however, women.

Fair weather fan: This the is a fan who will sing praises to his team as long as it’s running roughshod over others. Once it starts losing, he will drop it like a hot potato.

Bandwagon fan: This one never ventures out of his safe haven and prefers watching the matches from home. If he finds himself in the midst of opposing fans he will immediately switch allegiance.

Unofficial fans recruiter: Their mission it is to rally everyone behind their favourite team. "This is the team that will not disappoint you," they will say with the smooth tongue of a salesman.

Know-it-all fan: There are fans who will remember the goals their teams scored or conceded three seasons ago. Conversation with these chaps is annoying because they will always be interrupting the speaker with pinpoint facts.

The safe player: This is the fellow who will take his time to find out the winning team or one with a more successful history and immediately support it. One day he will be supporting Chelsea, the next Arsenal or Manchester United.

Over-reacting fan: These are the worst kind. They believe that every decision the referee takes against their team is wrong. They will hurl all manner of insults against the match officials and even threaten them.

Should their team lose the match, officials are well advised to seek 24-hour security. The pain of losing is too much for them to bear and it can even be seen in their gait. They will lose sleep and even appetite because of the loss. They are easily irritable and any slight provocation can lead to fistfights. May football live forever, peace!