Corrie viewers had a great laugh at Pat Phelan tonight

Coronation Street viewers were in stitches tonight.

Pat Phelan is one of the worst villains ever to arrive on the Corrie cobbles but for one night at least, he inadvertently gave people watching a great laugh. Although he's terrifying because people know what he's capable of, his character may not be taken so seriously now we know he has a tattoo of Gary Linker. Not just anywhere either as the tattoo is on his bum. You can imagine what Corrie viewers made of that and many took to Twitter to laugh at this new piece of information.

Pat phelan the evertonian again on @itvcorrie @connor9mcintyre @GaryLineker #corrie ??? pic.twitter.com/ix2XrA0IHE

— jennifer1878 (@jennifer1878_) January 29, 2018

Phelan's daughter Nicola ran into Gary, the father of her baby, on tonight's episode and he asked her what was in the magazine she had bought. It turned out that she had bought the magazine for her father who's a big fan of Everton football team so much so that he has a tattoo of a former player. Unsurprisingly, Twitter had a field day with this new information although, Nicola was probably just having a joke at Phelan's expense.

@GaryLineker What’s it like knowing your name is tattooed on Pat Phelan’s bottom? #Corrie

— Mike Pav (@CharlieBunyan) January 29, 2018

phelan has gary lineker tattooed on his backside did I hear that right ?? #corrie

— tanisha (@TanishaChloe_x) January 29, 2018

Wait... Pat’s got a tattoo of Gary Lineker did I just hear that right? #Corrie #coronationstreet pic.twitter.com/g4arbR7Mcg

— ✨Cerys_Emily_x✨ (@Cerys_Emily_x) January 29, 2018

Patrick's got Gary Lineker tattooed on his backside. *blush* ????? #Corrie

— Diane ☣ (@Brassylassy) January 29, 2018