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Also plenty of people would follow FC United after the publicity, doesn't mean they actually support the team.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Also plenty of people would follow FC United after the publicity, doesn't mean they actually support the team.

I also know for a fact plenty like our facebook page, then after they put up the results they start asking "Wait, what? Is this the reserves side?"
We get a fair chunk of people who confuse us with Manchester United.

 

[Dirty Bird]

I wonder what the stats are for people who use facebook vs people who use twitter.
I mean their regions.
On facebook, Manchester United is 50% larger than Chelsea and 100% larger than Arsenal where as Chelsel and Aresnal are about 20% larger than Manchester Untied on twitter.

Here's the twitter numbers
Arsenal 5,362,149
Chelsea 5,197,114
Manchester United 4,444,949
Liverpool 3,932,430
Manchester City 2,316,964
Tottenham Hotspur 1,042,658
Everton 521,140
Newcastle United 515,159
West Ham United 406,612
Aston Villa 391,724
Southampton 345,645
Sunderland 322,000
Swansea City 321,043
Stoke City 280,024
Queens Park Rangers 259,523
West Bromwich Albion 223,877
Crystal Palace 184,728
Hull City 173,884
Leicester City 145,643
Burnley 96,420

 

[Jatz]

Burnley are miles behind on FB.

 

[Dirty Bird]

It makes me wonder whether facebook is more a global representation of following, where as twitter is more a 1st world representation?

 

[elhadjihenry]

A-League showing the FA how it should be done:

http://www.sen.com.au/news/a-league-mrp-has-referred-ryall-incident-to-disciplinary-committee

 

[Jatz]

It makes me wonder whether facebook is more a global representation of following, where as twitter is more a 1st world representation?

I'd say FB is just more popular worldwide.

 

[pieman123]

I wonder what the stats are for people who use facebook vs people who use twitter.
I mean their regions.
On facebook, Manchester United is 50% larger than Chelsea and 100% larger than Arsenal where as Chelsel and Aresnal are about 20% larger than Manchester Untied on twitter.

Here's the twitter numbers
Arsenal 5,362,149
Chelsea 5,197,114
Manchester United 4,444,949
Liverpool 3,932,430
Manchester City 2,316,964
Tottenham Hotspur 1,042,658
Everton 521,140
Newcastle United 515,159
West Ham United 406,612
Aston Villa 391,724
Southampton 345,645
Sunderland 322,000
Swansea City 321,043
Stoke City 280,024
Queens Park Rangers 259,523
West Bromwich Albion 223,877
Crystal Palace 184,728
Hull City 173,884
Leicester City 145,643
Burnley 96,420

United's Twitter is less than 2 years old thats why it has less followers.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

United's Twitter is less than 2 years old thats why it has less followers.

SAF hated twitter and most social media.

 

[Cruyff14]

How many followers a club has on any form of social media is a terrible yard stick.

 

[Zidane98]

How many followers a club has on any form of social media is a terrible yard stick.

Ronaldo lovers often cite his larger number of fans following him on facebook/twitter (vs Messi) as evidence of him being the better footballer.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Ronaldo lovers often cite his larger number of fans following him on facebook/twitter as evidence of him being the better footballer.

No they don't. When people say that everyone that doesn't support Real or United don't like him and/or rate him as highly as Messi (which is very common on here), some choose to quote his social media numbers as it shows how popular he actually is.

 

[Dirty Bird]

How many followers a club has on any form of social media is a terrible yard stick.

Get me membership numbers and Ill follow that.
I think FCUM is up to 1,500 season ticket holders and 3,600 members.

 

[Dirty Bird]

No they don't. When people say that everyone that doesn't support Real or United don't like him and/or rate him as highly as Messi (which is very common on here), some choose to quote his social media numbers as it shows how popular he actually is.

fwiw.
I like Messi more but rate Ronaldo higher.
Just like I like Pendlebury more but rate Ablett higher.

 

[moomba]

Was wondering, is there any active players left that were playing league football in England prior to the Premier League?

Would have had to have been 16/17 when the Prem came into being, and about 40 now.

 

[Zidane98]

Was wondering, is there any active players left that were playing league football in England prior to the Premier League?

Would have had to have been 16/17 when the Prem came into being, and about 40 now.

Can't find anyone at all. I imagine Giggs would have been the last "original".

Also there are very few players other than CB's / goalkeepers playing over the age of 35 these days. It's a young man's game now.

 

[NUFC Tiger]

Figo apparently proposing either a 40 team World Cup or even a 48 team World Cup (2 24-team competitions held on separate continents with the knockout phase being held in one nation).


"The headline from the manifesto: a potentially radical overhaul of the World Cup. The current 32-team tournament could be increased to 40 teams or even two 24-team competitions simultaneously on two continents followed by a knockout phase in one nation.

That would ensure participation of 48 of the 209 members, making a President Figo more appealing to nations who do not qualify regularly for the quadrennial extravaganza."

http://www.foxsports.com.au/footbal...ssroots-football/story-e6frf423-1227228396904

 

[moomba]

Change for changes sake. More teams means more money, but a worse competition.

 

[elhadjihenry]

He's just hunting for votes. Its like an political campaign, about 1% of what is proposed now will ever actually take place.

 

[Jatz]

Awful idea.

 

[Zidane98]

Change for changes sake. More teams means more money, but a worse competition.

Do you prefer the original European cup format over the CL?

 

[NUFC Tiger]

Yeah, tend to agree it might be a ploy to win votes (particularly from those nations that struggle to qualify for the tournament). I'm personally in favour of the current 32 team format (though with possible changes to the number of qualification spots each confederation receive).

If it is a case of trying to conjure up votes, I don't think it's necessary. Surely Blatter wouldn't be successful in retaining the presidency following on the scandals after his watch in recent years.

 

[Zidane98]

Can't see a WC with more than 32 teams. It would dilute the qualification process and make it too easy. Euro 16 with 24 teams is bad enough.

 

[Magma]

all figo ever had to do to win was stand there and look pretty

having actual ideas (terrible ones) has ruined everything

 

[moomba]

Do you prefer the original European cup format over the CL?

Absolutely.