Jamie Vardy knew precisely what he was doing on Monday night. His pre-planned mime, directed at Tottenham’s supporters, pointing to the Premier League badge on his sleeve before making signs to indicate one and zero, for the number of titles in the competition won by the respective clubs, was short, smart and sassy.

It was the perfect bit of football trolling. And how the Leicester fans loved him for it. The man who has remained loyal to their club for nearly a decade after their title season demonstrated his fealty in the best way possible: by winding up the opposition. For Leicester followers, he is their man on the pitch, not going through the motions but living it. And the more he is hated by rival fans, the more they love him.

Every club has their favoured provocateur ever keen to get under the skin of opponents, the kind of irritating presence happy to tread on toes at a corner, tug at underarm hair when apparently helping a stricken rival to their feet, in all likelihood perennially skipping the queue in the players’ bar after the game. But here are the most accomplished 11 at the dark arts of trolling in the history of the Premier League.