Club Support on Facebook

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19/12/2011, 7:26 AM
culloty82

Club Support on Facebook

Got lost in the ether last night after the site crashed, but here are the stats for each senior club's most popular Facebook page - feel free to correct me if I've undercounted anyone.

1. Shamrock Rovers 21,214
2. Galway United 6,311
3. Sligo Rovers 6,300
4. Cork City 5,971
5. Bohemian FC 4,001
6. Derry City 3,958
7. Finn Harps 3,333
8. Dundalk FC 2,889
9. St. Patrick's Athletic 2,758
10. Waterford United 1,604
11. Drogheda United 1,437
12. FC Carlow 1,425
13. Shelbourne 1,329
14. Limerick FC 1,323
15. Bray Wanderers 1,329
16. Wexford Youths 1,118
17. Tralee Dynamos 964
18. Galway United Supporters' Trust 668
19. Mervue United 628
20. Athlone Town 435
21. Salthill Devon 407
22. Monaghan United 394
23. Longford Town 310
24. Cobh Ramblers 197
25. Fanad United 96
26. UCD FC 92
19/12/2011, 8:34 AM
Sam_Heggy

Harps have a few pages but the 2 most popular are: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001939661152 with 3333 fans.

and the official page http://www.facebook.com/groups/244304709451/ 2268 followers.
19/12/2011, 9:04 AM
cornflakes

Carlow have a new page, they have 1425 followers on this one
19/12/2011, 9:20 AM
Macy

Not sure what their numbers are, but the official Longford one is recent enough (tail end of the season), and there's several unofficial ones that were there in the meantime.
19/12/2011, 10:45 AM
Mr Maroon

I never realised we had the second highest.
19/12/2011, 12:28 PM
Lim till i die

Limerick have about eleven thousand different pages on the go.

There's definitely one with the maximum 5000 "Likes" (or something, I don't do Facebook)

Tis all about as relevant as a forum discussion anyway. :)
19/12/2011, 12:51 PM
adamd164

This settles everything so - Galway qualify for the Europa League, UCD are relegated to the Leinster Senior League and Carlow beat Shels in extra time. Why bother with the season now?
19/12/2011, 12:52 PM
Charlie Darwin

Looking good, UCD.
19/12/2011, 1:12 PM
David BOHie

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...C/297690502228

UCD have over 1,000 here
19/12/2011, 1:45 PM
foxx92

Bray should be ahead of Limerick
19/12/2011, 2:43 PM
ahmcd

Bray Wanderers have 4,250.
Also, on your list, Bray should be 13th, not 15th, but they should really be 5th.

http://www.facebook.com/?sk=nf#!/BrayWanderersFC
19/12/2011, 7:43 PM
KevB76

This is the Limerick FC "friends" page, with 4986 friends.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.p...00001737532055

The one on your list is the "like" page
20/12/2011, 1:00 AM
ger121

If only some of them would come to matches on a Weekly basis, we'd all be doing much better.
20/12/2011, 2:04 AM
Terry

sligo really love rounding numbers
20/12/2011, 1:00 PM
askmehoop

the only one close to the mark i.e fans who attend games, is UCD.
20/12/2011, 2:46 PM
Dunny

Yes, while 21,214 fans attend Shams games..:)
20/12/2011, 3:12 PM
culloty82

In fairness, I never claimed that the number of likes had any bearing on club attendances, only when social media is a vital part of online marketing, just thought it might be useful to show which clubs were higher or lower relative to their on-field standing.
20/12/2011, 3:17 PM
Dodge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dunny

Yes, while 21,214 fans attend Shams games..:)

in fairness that backs up his point...
20/12/2011, 4:41 PM
Rasputin

Does Leeson get to keep that Galway page after the split?
20/12/2011, 4:56 PM
askmehoop

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dunny

Yes, while 21,214 fans attend Shams games..:)

which is why i put the 'ONLY' one which comes close to the mark. Keep up at the back
20/12/2011, 5:01 PM
Mr Maroon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rasputin

Does Leeson get to keep that Galway page after the split?

GUST set it up and ran it, but have decided to stop using it now and create a new page.
21/12/2011, 4:36 AM
bullit

Quote:

Originally Posted by culloty82

In fairness, I never claimed that the number of likes had any bearing on club attendances, only when social media is a vital part of online marketing, just thought it might be useful to show which clubs were higher or lower relative to their on-field standing.

Depends on the kinda social media you are into i s'pose.
When i want some news from a certain club i go to their twitter or their club site.Failing that, I would then go to a third source(here or google) and then, and only then would i go to Facebook.
Put twitter followers into the equation or most popular websites and then you might get a more equal answer to the question.
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