Top-flight clubs are fighting an ever-increasing battle against abusive users of their own social media channels as their digital footprints expand and online hate spreads.
Brighton has revealed that it deletes around 100 posts every week from its website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts in an effort to protect players and staff.
And the problem of monitoring the abuse at Premier League sides is growing as the number of followers threatens to outstrip staffing in stretched social media teams.
The problem has been made worse as a minority of users go online to relieve lockdown boredom by spewing hate at others.