Three Watford supporters were involved in football-related arrests where racism was an aggravating factor or a feature in the four seasons up to 2017-18, data from the Home Office shows.
Data released under a Freedom of Information request by the Press Association shows the Hornets had the joint-third fewest number of supporters arrested for racially-related incidents in the time-frame.
Manchester United fans were involved in the most football-related arrests, with a total of 27, while Leeds and Millwall both had 15 supporters arrested in the period.
Where racism has been recorded as a feature of an incident it requires the arresting officer to tick a box, which is why the Home Office says the overall accuracy of the data cannot be guaranteed.
Manchester United pointed out that their large attendances meant the 27 fans equated to just 0.0004 per cent of their match-going fanbase.
Leeds told Press Association Sport that racism will not tolerated by them or the "vast majority of our community and fan base" and those arrested also represented a very small minority."
Here is the full list of football-related arrests where racism was a feature during the seasons 2014-15 to 2017-18, broken down by the club supported.
Man Utd 27
Leeds 15
Millwall 15
Leicester 14
Chelsea 13
West Ham 11
Barnsley 10
Man City 10
Middlesbrough 10
Sunderland 10
Fulham 9
Swansea 9
Everton 8
Not Completed 8
Rotherham 8
Stoke 8
Aston Villa 7
Derby 7
Huddersfield 7
Liverpool 7
Newcastle 7
Norwich 7
Arsenal 6
England 6
Portsmouth 6
West Brom 6
Hull 5
Nottm Forest 5
Tranmere 5
Birmingham 4
Bournemouth 4
Brentford 4
Bristol Rovers 4
Carlisle 4
Gillingham 4
QPR 4
Sheff Utd 4
Southampton 4
Swindon 4
Tottenham 4
Wolves 4
AFC Wimbledon 3
Bolton 3
Bradford 3
Brighton 3
Burnley 3
Club Brugge 3
Luton 3
Oxford 3
Reading 3
Sheff Wed 3
Watford 3
Anderlecht 2
Bristol City 2
Cardiff 2
Charlton 2
Coventry 2
Grimsby 2
Northampton 2
Port Vale 2
Preston 2
Rochdale 2
Accrington 1
Barrow 1
Bromley 1
Burton 1
Bury 1
Cambridge 1
Chester 1
Chesterfield 1
Colchester 1
Crystal Palace 1
Doncaster 1
Exeter 1
Ipswich 1
Leyton Orient 1
Mansfield 1
MK Dons 1
Newport 1
Notts County 1
Peterborough 1
Plymouth 1
Stevenage 1
Wigan 1
Wycombe 1
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