sutherland Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Really really hoping I win that facebook competition and get flown over to see a game It's hard being a Villa fan on the other side of the planet. Its hard living round the corner pal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 They must like the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 The incredible milestone of 1m likes has now been reached on Villa's Facebook page. Our social media site enables claret and blue followers to globally connect and share their love for the team. Villa have now hit the treasured 1m and remarkably achieved this feat within three years. The popular page began in April 2010 when James Redrup posted the first comment. The page continued to grow, bringing with it exciting content from within the club. Fans now receive news, views, wallpapers, pictures, polls and much, much more. In the first year we had photo treasure hunts and mammoth badge design votes. By January 2011, Villa signed Darren Bent and the likes burst past 100,000. The page grew at an ever-increasing rate and 2011 saw us add 247,000 likes - that's 675 a day. Then 2012 saw us add another 500,000 fans. Almost 80% of our Facebook fans come from outside of the United Kingdom. There are Facebook followers from all over the world speaking over 30 dialects - English, Spanish, Indonesian, Arabic, Portugese, Thai and Mandarin. There are 30,000 fans in Ireland, 25,000 in the US and 275,000 in Europe. Top following cities include New York, Dublin, Singapore, London, Mexico City - along with Birmingham, of course. Player acquisitions have been shown to create large spikes - with 2,000 liking from Holland when Ron Vlaar signed for Villa and 3,000 liking from Belgium when Christian Benteke signed. To celebrate the achievement, fans from all over the world are being invited to enter our 'One In A Million' competition with a money-can't-buy prize. Enter on Facebook to win a unique trip to Villa Park and watch the home game against Liverpool. But, not only that, you and a friend will enjoy VIP treatment and stay in the city centre with £200 spending money. What's more we will be giving five runners up an away shirt and everyone who enters will be given a free 14 day pass to AVTV, Villa's online TV channel. Make sure you on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 It went up 500,000 during a large chunk of McLeish's tenure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Premier League Facebook Table (Number of Likes) 1. Manchester United - 31,596,635 2. Chelsea - 15,794,202 3. Arsenal - 13,130,904 4. Liverpool - 11,489,395 5. Manchester City - 4,758,465 6. Tottenham Hotspur - 1,636,943 7. Aston Villa - 1,000,466 8. Newcastle United - 362,004 9. West Ham United - 303,882 10. Everton - 303,801 11. Fulham - 210,534 12. Queens Park Rangers - 178,218 13. Swansea City - 103,272 14. Sunderland - 69,743 15. Stoke City - 63,099 16. West Bromwich Albion - 57,350 17. Norwich City - 54,397 18. Reading - 51,695 19. Southampton - 43,774 20. Wigan Athletic - 28,908 I'm very surprised Chelsea have more FB fans than Liverpool and Arsenal. I'm not. Plastics go where the trophies are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Premier League Facebook Table (Number of Likes) 1. Manchester United - 31,596,635 2. Chelsea - 15,794,202 3. Arsenal - 13,130,904 4. Liverpool - 11,489,395 5. Manchester City - 4,758,465 6. Tottenham Hotspur - 1,636,943 7. Aston Villa - 1,000,466 8. Newcastle United - 362,004 9. West Ham United - 303,882 10. Everton - 303,801 11. Fulham - 210,534 12. Queens Park Rangers - 178,218 13. Swansea City - 103,272 14. Sunderland - 69,743 15. Stoke City - 63,099 16. West Bromwich Albion - 57,350 17. Norwich City - 54,397 18. Reading - 51,695 19. Southampton - 43,774 20. Wigan Athletic - 28,908 I'm very surprised Chelsea have more FB fans than Liverpool and Arsenal. I'm not. Plastics go where the trophies are. Quite incredible how people "hang on" to success. Thing is we have done well really considering we have been relatively unsuccessful over the last 30+ years.. In fact we must be the best supported unsuccessful team looking at those figures!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Andi rocking the socks and sandals. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 They all look soooo happy to be holding that banner. Anyhows, all this talk of facebook prompted me to "like" AVFC myself. I think I was about number 1,000,066 to do so. Since then my facebook account has been flooded with posts from the club, about one every couple of hours, it seems. If this goes on the number may go back down to 1,000,065. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Premier League Facebook Table (Number of Likes) 1. Manchester United - 31,596,635 2. Chelsea - 15,794,202 3. Arsenal - 13,130,904 4. Liverpool - 11,489,395 5. Manchester City - 4,758,465 6. Tottenham Hotspur - 1,636,943 7. Aston Villa - 1,000,466 8. Newcastle United - 362,004 9. West Ham United - 303,882 10. Everton - 303,801 11. Fulham - 210,534 12. Queens Park Rangers - 178,218 13. Swansea City - 103,272 14. Sunderland - 69,743 15. Stoke City - 63,099 16. West Bromwich Albion - 57,350 17. Norwich City - 54,397 18. Reading - 51,695 19. Southampton - 43,774 20. Wigan Athletic - 28,908 I'm very surprised Chelsea have more FB fans than Liverpool and Arsenal. I'm not. Plastics go where the trophies are. Well I made my comment based on the number of Pool and Arsenal fans I see around (and the number of shirts I see) and they number more than the Chelsea fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) Top following cities include New York, Dublin, Singapore, London, Mexico City - along with Birmingham, of course. Is pleasant surprise. This also came as a surprise: 13-17 years old Most Popular Age Group Edited February 20, 2013 by legov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 i'm surprised, relatively speaking, how many followers QPR and Fulham have, i always put them down to being small London area teams. Surprised also, how quickly Man City have aquired a huge fanbase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Andi rocking the socks and sandals. What's wrong with Holman, he don't look right in this pic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Andi rocking the socks and sandals. What's wrong with Holman, he don't look right in this picyou think the other three DO look right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raver50032 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Andi rocking the socks and sandals. What's wrong with Holman, he don't look right in this pic I must admit, I had think twice about who that actually was on the right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted February 20, 2013 Moderator Share Posted February 20, 2013 They look like they've been helped by a homeless charity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 i'm surprised, relatively speaking, how many followers QPR and Fulham have, i always put them down to being small London area teams. Surprised also, how quickly Man City have aquired a huge fanbase They won the league though, that gives a team instant popularity around the world. Plus signing players from various countries. When I was in Ghana in the summer, the majority of english football shirts you would see being worn around the country were Chelsea (v popular over there due to Essien), then Man United, and a few Arsenal and Liverpool. Man City shirts were the only others I saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Andi rocking the socks and sandals. Blatantly 'shopped, there's too many fingers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 The Official Villa timeline. Check bottom right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 275.000 fans in europe ?? I thought it was me and a few others.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Surprised also, how quickly Man City have aquired a huge fanbase Are you, really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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