The Elected Mayor of Watford Dorothy Thornhill has “sincerely apologised” to Middlesbrough supporters after she wrongly claimed they were disrespectful during tributes to Graham Taylor.

Baroness Thornhill launched a Twitter tirade during the 0-0 clash at Vicarage Road on Saturday where she claimed the away support had “no bloody respect” for the late footballing legend.

She tweeted: “No bloody respect from borough I hope if positions were reversed we would behave more kindly. # ThankYou GT show em Watford.”

She has since said she “misheard or misunderstood” the chants.

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Speaking to the Observer, she said: "It is now apparent to me that I misheard/misunderstood chanting.

"It was at an emotional point in the game, please accept my sincere apologies."

Twitter users called for the Mayor to delete the post with one writing: “in hindsight would you retract that tweet please? Media, Watford fans & neutrals stated that @boro fans showed great respect.”

The tweet has now been deleted.