Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Tokyo Sexwhale on April 22, 2015, 08:44:33 PM
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There's a pretty interesting interactive map on The Guardian's website that purports to show which clubs are most followed by geographical region; with a more detailed analysis in the UK.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/22/premier-league-clubs-most-followed-twitter-world
Obviously, I had a look at the Villa in their locality; and apparently our strongest area of support is....
West Bromwich East - 22.24% Villa!
Top 10:
1. West Bromwich East 22.24
2. Perry Barr 21.17
3. Erdington 17.48
4. Hall Green 15.48
5. Solihull 15.36
6. Yardley 15.29
6. Hodge Hill 15.29
8. Sutton Coldfield 14.65
9. Meriden 13.60
10. Edgbaston 13.09
10. Selly Oak 13.09
I was shocked that the percentages were so low - even allowing for the fact that Twitter isn't necessarily representative. What's even more shocking is that Liverpool have higher or similar percentages of support in a number of "our" key areas (11-15%); with Man U fans a few percentage points behind them.
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Great Barr?
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I fail to understand why Erdington has only circa 4 times the percentage of Villa fans as Barnet, the constituency where my younger son lives. I can't say I've seen many Villa fans on the occasions I've walked along Golders Green Road since September last year! Seems flawed to me.
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It tells me people who use twitter a lot are wankers.
Ok, it doesn't but I just wanted to get that in.
:)
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I can't find anything about how they identify whether a tweeter is a fan of the club; someone who hates the club and tweets about it; or is a non-Premier League fan that tweets a lot about the "big teams".
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May be they do it on "followers" of official club Twitter accounts or something similar, and make a ridiculous assumption that a) all football supporters have Twitter and b) you support that team if you follow the clubs Twitter account.
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It must be based on tweets, hashtags and so on. All this goes to show is which clubs dominate media stories and discussions. I'd imagine the legendary One Direction, according to Twitter, have a gazillion times more followers than every football club in the world put together.
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Yardley would be higher if me and AD could be arsed with Twitter!
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I suppose it keeps someone in work doing these surveys but surely there more be something for them to do that's more beneficial to society.
Besides, isn't Twitter a communication medium for the exclusive use of twats?
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I suppose it keeps someone in work doing these surveys but surely there more be something for them to do that's more beneficial to society.
Besides, isn't Twitter a communication medium for the exclusive use of twats?
Yes. Yes it is.
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I suppose it keeps someone in work doing these surveys but surely there more be something for them to do that's more beneficial to society.
Besides, isn't Twitter a communication medium for the exclusive use of twats?
More a medium for people living in the 21st century, not those living in the past. Or old.
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It's complete bollocks but I've still copied and pasted it to my olbiyun mates 😃
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Great Barr?
Yes I'm very surprised that Great Barr and Kingstanding don't appear on that list.
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Great Barr?
Yes I'm very surprised that Great Barr and Kingstanding don't appear on that list.
Are they electoral wards/constituencies? For instance, Kings Heath is within Hall Green.
Shocking about Liverpool numbers being comparable. Too many gloryhunters in Brum.
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If I was a glory hunter, social media is exactly the way I would source all kinds of rubbish to post on my Facebook page.
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I like Twitter, there are morons on there but it's like anything in life
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West Bromwich East? Great Barr or maybe Handsworth?
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Looks like Leicester have taken Walsall South with a massive 36% on the swingometer.Must be the Pearson effect- it's always been a latent East Midlands hotbed ! ;)
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Could be remarkably inaccurate. It says Ireland is 2.56% Villa, and my office alone is 4.16% Villa. However, if it was just a % of those interested in 'soccer', it'd be more like double that. I think, yardstickly-speaking, Ireland is probably 10% Villa.
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I suppose it keeps someone in work doing these surveys but surely there more be something for them to do that's more beneficial to society.
Besides, isn't Twitter a communication medium for the exclusive use of twats?
More a medium for people living in the 21st century, not those living in the past. Or old.
Isn't everybody living in the 21st century? Or do you have access to time travel?
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It's complete bollocks but I've still copied and pasted it to my olbiyun mates 😃
no prizes for guessing why villa has most hashtags and tweets emanating from west Bromwich than any other west midlands area 😄
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We should do a how many football fans use Twitter poll? I think the % would be pretty small. But saying that I heard a stat the other day that 80% of people in the UK now have smart phones so it would appear I am in the 20% minority.
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The media would have you believe everyone uses social media...I've worked in IT for years, had a smart phone for years, I've had Facebook for years (but don't use it), I only actually downloaded Instagram yesterday (and won't ever use it) and don't have Twitter or any inclination to start using it. Social media has its uses (if I was an event promoter then I'd be all over it) but for me its for people who don't know how to shut the f**k up even when they're on their own...I won't even start on couples posting love messages to each other on Facebook when they're actually sat in the same room...WTF is that all about?!
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I didn't even know West Bromwich east was even an area, but I'm guessing they tweeted a lot about us after suffering those 2 defeats..
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If I was a glory hunter, social media is exactly the way I would source all kinds of rubbish to post on my Facebook page.
I did this to a Liverpool glory hunter last Sunday. Every Facebook post related to Villa's win, was shared with everyone I know, but with his name tagged into it. He got a LOT of messages, which is nice because a) he's a twat, b) he's a 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' fan and c) he's a stereotypical Policeman.
I felt it very childish to do, but I loved it at the same time.