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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Handsworth Wood Villa on November 18, 2011, 07:50:23 PM
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Villa charge past 300,000 followers on official Facebook page (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2519792,00.html)
That's enough to sell out Villa Park 7 times over!
Comparison to other clubs' Facebook pages
Man U - 20,387,705 likes
Arsenal - 8,005,696 likes
Chelsea - 7,717,734 likes
Liverpool - 7,452,863 likes
Man City - 1,297,135 likes
Spurs - 860,733 likes
Villa - 300,349 likes
West Ham - 208,104 likes
Newcastle - 203,122 likes
Everton - 189,383 likes
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Man City - 1,297,135 likes
Doesn't that just say it all about a certain brand of football "fan"
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652 (https://www.facebook.com/handv)
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It says the to celebrate the club have created a Fab wallpaper we can download.
FAB !
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It says the to celebrate the club have created a Fab wallpaper we can download.
FAB !
I hate how they overuse that word on the OS.
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Why are west ham do popular? They've mostly been shit since I started watching football ~1993
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Why are west ham do popular? They've mostly been shit since I started watching football ~1993
Big catchment area in East London and Essex?
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i am surprised Arsenal have more followers world wide (i dont do facebook so i assume the figures are world wide) than Liverpool
So if we have potentially 300,000 fans why the feck do we struggle to fill VP?
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i am surprised Arsenal have more followers world wide (i dont do facebook so i assume the figures are world wide) than Liverpool
So if we have potentially 300,000 fans why the feck do we struggle to fill VP?
Hitting a "Like Button" is a lot easier than getting to a game.
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i am surprised Arsenal have more followers world wide (i dont do facebook so i assume the figures are world wide) than Liverpool
So if we have potentially 300,000 fans why the feck do we struggle to fill VP?
Hitting a "Like Button" is a lot easier than getting to a game.
Of the many mutual friends of mine that have 'liked' this, most of them are young girls who don't like football.
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Some of the people on Facebook who comment on the Villa OS News are truly stupid.
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Why are west ham do popular? They've mostly been shit since I started watching football ~1993
Because according to Alf Garnett they won the World Cup in 1966.
Either that or when you sign up, the directors send you a pack of "special programmes" in a plain unmarked envelope.
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There are a lot of people on facebook.
There are a lot of stupid people.
I wouldn't read too much into it.
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It says the to celebrate the club have created a Fab wallpaper we can download.
FAB !
Delph?
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Thunderbirds?
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Diamond White? the official site is run by retired tramps.
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20 million behind the mancs, this is the modern world.
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It says the to celebrate the club have created a Fab wallpaper we can download.
FAB !
I hate how they overuse that word on the OS.
Bring back "gear", that's what I say.
BTW I like the advert for the facebook site on the Villa Park hoadings. There, I've said it.
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300,000? Fuck me, we'll never fit 'em in.
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Birmingham City - 27,389
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That number will be reducing pretty rapidly.
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400,000 and counting... (http://www.facebook.com/avfcofficial)
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Hurrah!
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How many have small heath got?
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How many have small heath got?
Currently at 30,267 pathetic joke that they are.
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How many have small heath got?
Currently at 30,267 pathetic joke that they are.
Albion only have 12,133 (http://www.facebook.com/westbromwichalbionofficial)
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So, the city and facebook are ours.
Do we win a prize or something?
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Might have known TRS-T would rush on to tell us that someone, anyone, is worse than small heath. In West Brom's defence, they haven't got the internet in the Black Country. Or electricity.
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How many have small heath got?
Currently at 30,267 pathetic joke that they are.
Albion only have 12,133 (http://www.facebook.com/westbromwichalbionofficial)
Yes and they're pathetic as well :-)
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I'm surprised Smethwick haven't got more, as their fans would have you believe that everyone loves them. They're probably too busy being wacky and loyal to piss about on Facebook.
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Well its a frikkin pity a few of `em don`t turn up at the games now and again. While we`re on the subject, NO WAY was there 32000 at the QPR game.
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It says the to celebrate the club have created a Fab wallpaper we can download.
FAB !
I hate how they overuse that word on the OS.
If some of the responses they get on there were in the form of letters, they would be permanently in court. There is some right dross on there.
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In the space of a month or so we have added 100,000? At that rate we'll be well over a million by the end of the year. With the relative lack of media exposure and Champs League football we must be the non-glory hunter's club of choice.
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Premier League Facebook Table (number of 'Likes' on Facebook)
1. Manchester United - 22,139,832
2. Arsenal - 8,756,454
3. Chelsea - 8,472,314
4. Liverpool - 8,093,372
5. Manchester City - 1,762,226
6. Tottenham Hotspur - 980,486
7. Aston Villa - 401,209
8. Newcastle United - 225,171
9. Everton - 203,001
10. Fulham - 62,947
11. Queens Park Rangers - 48,906
12. Stoke City - 41,107
13. Sunderland - 38,887
14. Blackburn Rovers - 32,125
15. Swansea City - 28,305
16. Wolverhampton Wanderers - 27,254
17. Norwich City - 18,458
18. West Bromwich Albion - 12,136
18. Wigan Athletic - 7,004
20. Bolton Wanderers - 3,175
Just outside the Sky 6 then.
Not bad.
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Well its a frikkin pity a few of `em don`t turn up at the games now and again. While we`re on the subject, NO WAY was there 32000 at the QPR game.
There won't have been. Attendances are tickets sold, so it assumes all season ticket holders turn up to all matches.
I was watching the Arsenal Blackburn game on Saturday and was really surprised at how many empty seats there were.
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Well its a frikkin pity a few of `em don`t turn up at the games now and again. While we`re on the subject, NO WAY was there 32000 at the QPR game.
There won't have been. Attendances are tickets sold, so it assumes all season ticket holders turn up to all matches.
I was watching the Arsenal Blackburn game on Saturday and was really surprised at how many empty seats there were.
Do Arsenal not understand that the attendance is the number of people who attend on the day?
If we wanted to know the number of tickets sold we would ask...
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Well its a frikkin pity a few of `em don`t turn up at the games now and again. While we`re on the subject, NO WAY was there 32000 at the QPR game.
There won't have been. Attendances are tickets sold, so it assumes all season ticket holders turn up to all matches.
I was watching the Arsenal Blackburn game on Saturday and was really surprised at how many empty seats there were.
Do Arsenal not understand that the attendance is the number of people who attend on the day?
If we wanted to know the number of tickets sold we would ask...
That's the way everyone does it, not just Arsenal.
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Well its a frikkin pity a few of `em don`t turn up at the games now and again. While we`re on the subject, NO WAY was there 32000 at the QPR game.
There won't have been. Attendances are tickets sold, so it assumes all season ticket holders turn up to all matches.
I was watching the Arsenal Blackburn game on Saturday and was really surprised at how many empty seats there were.
Do Arsenal not understand that the attendance is the number of people who attend on the day?
If we wanted to know the number of tickets sold we would ask...
Go on, you find out how many there were in any ground, at any match.
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Well its a frikkin pity a few of `em don`t turn up at the games now and again. While we`re on the subject, NO WAY was there 32000 at the QPR game.
There won't have been. Attendances are tickets sold, so it assumes all season ticket holders turn up to all matches.
I was watching the Arsenal Blackburn game on Saturday and was really surprised at how many empty seats there were.
Do Arsenal not understand that the attendance is the number of people who attend on the day?
If we wanted to know the number of tickets sold we would ask...
Go on, you find out how many there were in any ground, at any match.
The turnstiles are electronic, can't be beyond the realms of possibility to count the number going through on match day.
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Well its a frikkin pity a few of `em don`t turn up at the games now and again. While we`re on the subject, NO WAY was there 32000 at the QPR game.
There won't have been. Attendances are tickets sold, so it assumes all season ticket holders turn up to all matches.
I was watching the Arsenal Blackburn game on Saturday and was really surprised at how many empty seats there were.
Do Arsenal not understand that the attendance is the number of people who attend on the day?
If we wanted to know the number of tickets sold we would ask...
Go on, you find out how many there were in any ground, at any match.
The turnstiles are electronic, can't be beyond the realms of possibility to count the number going through on match day.
Of course it is possible, but everyone reports tickets sold, all clubs.
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Well its a frikkin pity a few of `em don`t turn up at the games now and again. While we`re on the subject, NO WAY was there 32000 at the QPR game.
There won't have been. Attendances are tickets sold, so it assumes all season ticket holders turn up to all matches.
I was watching the Arsenal Blackburn game on Saturday and was really surprised at how many empty seats there were.
Do Arsenal not understand that the attendance is the number of people who attend on the day?
If we wanted to know the number of tickets sold we would ask...
Go on, you find out how many there were in any ground, at any match.
The turnstiles are electronic, can't be beyond the realms of possibility to count the number going through on match day.
The clubs know how many are in there, but they never make the figure public.
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Well its a frikkin pity a few of `em don`t turn up at the games now and again. While we`re on the subject, NO WAY was there 32000 at the QPR game.
There won't have been. Attendances are tickets sold, so it assumes all season ticket holders turn up to all matches.
I was watching the Arsenal Blackburn game on Saturday and was really surprised at how many empty seats there were.
Do Arsenal not understand that the attendance is the number of people who attend on the day?
If we wanted to know the number of tickets sold we would ask...
Go on, you find out how many there were in any ground, at any match.
The turnstiles are electronic, can't be beyond the realms of possibility to count the number going through on match day.
Of course it is possible, but everyone reports tickets sold, all clubs.
Tbh, it doesn't bother me, at most only I reckon only around 500-1000 tickets that are bought by people for Villa are unlikely to attend, so the figure is going to be fairly accurate.
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Well its a frikkin pity a few of `em don`t turn up at the games now and again. While we`re on the subject, NO WAY was there 32000 at the QPR game.
There won't have been. Attendances are tickets sold, so it assumes all season ticket holders turn up to all matches.
I was watching the Arsenal Blackburn game on Saturday and was really surprised at how many empty seats there were.
Do Arsenal not understand that the attendance is the number of people who attend on the day?
If we wanted to know the number of tickets sold we would ask...
Go on, you find out how many there were in any ground, at any match.
The turnstiles are electronic, can't be beyond the realms of possibility to count the number going through on match day.
Of course it is possible, but everyone reports tickets sold, all clubs.
Tbh, it doesn't bother me, at most only I reckon only around 500-1000 tickets that are bought by people for Villa are unlikely to attend, so the figure is going to be fairly accurate.
You'd be surprised.
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Tbh, it doesn't bother me, at most only I reckon only around 500-1000 tickets that are bought by people for Villa are unlikely to attend, so the figure is going to be fairly accurate.
I reckon it is sometimes more than that.
The block I sit is entirely season ticket holders, they're hard to get seats, and frequently this season I reckon 25% of the St holders haven't been there.
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Half a million Villans on Facebook! (https://www.facebook.com/avfcofficial)
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Half a million Villans on Facebook! (https://www.facebook.com/avfcofficial)
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What a pity more of them don't turn up on a Saturday.
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Premier League Facebook Table
1. Manchester United - 24,127,835
2. Arsenal - 9,800,095
3. Chelsea - 9,573,163
4. Liverpool - 9,007,160
5. Manchester City - 2,410,572
6. Tottenham Hotspur - 1,185,569
7. Aston Villa - 500,010
8. Newcastle United - 258,123
9. Everton - 226,897
10. Fulham - 80,109
11. Queens Park Rangers - 70,329
12. Sunderland - 46,533
13. Stoke City - 45,646
14. Blackburn Rovers - 40,155
15. Swansea City - 38,365
16. Wolverhampton Wanderers - 30,454
17. Norwich City - 25,852
18. West Bromwich Albion - 15,491
19. Wigan Athletic - 10,240
20. Bolton Wanderers - 6,090
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Premier League Facebook Table
1. Manchester United - 24,127,835
2. Arsenal - 9,800,095
3. Chelsea - 9,573,163
4. Liverpool - 9,007,160
5. Manchester City - 2,410,572
6. Tottenham Hotspur - 1,185,569
7. Aston Villa - 500,010
8. Newcastle United - 258,123
9. Everton - 226,897
10. Fulham - 80,109
11. Queens Park Rangers - 70,329
12. Sunderland - 46,533
13. Stoke City - 45,646
14. Blackburn Rovers - 40,155
15. Swansea City - 38,365
16. Wolverhampton Wanderers - 30,454
17. Norwich City - 25,852
18. West Bromwich Albion - 15,491
19. Wigan Athletic - 10,240
20. Bolton Wanderers - 6,090
Well done you.
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I'm not on Facebook. I feel so guilty. If I could just be arsed to join up and persuade 685,560 friends to do likewise, we'd be in the top six.
Sorry Handsworth Wood Villa. Sorry everyone. I've let you all down.
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I'm not on Facebook. I feel so guilty. If I could just be arsed to join up and persuade 685,560 friends to do likewise, we'd be in the top six.
Sorry Handsworth Wood Villa. Sorry everyone. I've let you all down.
Your just not a 'proper fan' are you?
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I'm not on Facebook. I feel so guilty. If I could just be arsed to join up and persuade 685,560 friends to do likewise, we'd be in the top six.
Sorry Handsworth Wood Villa. Sorry everyone. I've let you all down.
I've got facebook and I can't even be bothered to 'like' us or become a fan of us, or whatever you're supposed to do to be added to that list. This may make me Satan.
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Not to brag about how good a fan I am but not only do I "like" villa on Facebook, I also follow avfc official on twitter
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True Villa fans are members here (http://www.facebook.com/handv).
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True Villa fans are members here (http://www.facebook.com/handv).
Well by those numbers the place will be empty today.
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Why are west ham do popular? They've mostly been shit since I started watching football ~1993
Big catchment area in East London and Essex?
what has being shit got anything to do with supporting a football team?
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Premier League Facebook Table
1. Manchester United - 24,127,835
That's a lot of glory(hole) hunters in this world.
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Premier League Facebook Table
1. Manchester United - 24,127,835
2. Arsenal - 9,800,095
3. Chelsea - 9,573,163
4. Liverpool - 9,007,160
5. Manchester City - 2,410,572
6. Tottenham Hotspur - 1,185,569
7. Aston Villa - 500,010
8. Newcastle United - 258,123
9. Everton - 226,897
10. Fulham - 80,109
11. Queens Park Rangers - 70,329
12. Sunderland - 46,533
13. Stoke City - 45,646
14. Blackburn Rovers - 40,155
15. Swansea City - 38,365
16. Wolverhampton Wanderers - 30,454
17. Norwich City - 25,852
18. West Bromwich Albion - 15,491
19. Wigan Athletic - 10,240
20. Bolton Wanderers - 6,090
no blose then ... they do have internet in prison these days
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Premier League Facebook Table
1. Manchester United - 24,127,835
2. Arsenal - 9,800,095
3. Chelsea - 9,573,163
4. Liverpool - 9,007,160
5. Manchester City - 2,410,572
6. Tottenham Hotspur - 1,185,569
7. Aston Villa - 500,010
8. Newcastle United - 258,123
9. Everton - 226,897
10. Fulham - 80,109
11. Queens Park Rangers - 70,329
12. Sunderland - 46,533
13. Stoke City - 45,646
14. Blackburn Rovers - 40,155
15. Swansea City - 38,365
16. Wolverhampton Wanderers - 30,454
17. Norwich City - 25,852
18. West Bromwich Albion - 15,491
19. Wigan Athletic - 10,240
20. Bolton Wanderers - 6,090
no blose then ... they do have internet in prison these days
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The big font hurts.
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The big font hurts.
There you go.
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The big font hurts.
There you go.
Thank you, much better.
And I prefer that to There She Goes, find it too overrated.
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We just need a few more internet nerds to "like" Villa and we'll be challenging for Facebook Champions' League.
If I'd known before how easy it is to support a team I wouldn't have bothered wasting my money travelling all over to watch the Villa play for the past several decades.
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"My Facebook Page ! My Facebook Page ! Is Bigger than This ! Is Bigger than This ! My Facebook Page is Bigger than This. Its got some Nerds and some Saddos. My Facebook Page is Bigger than This !"
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One million and counting... (https://www.facebook.com/avfcofficial)
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One million and counting... (https://www.facebook.com/avfcofficial)
Judging by what most of them write on that Facebook page, we would be better off without them. Load of bollocks anyway.
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One million and counting... (https://www.facebook.com/avfcofficial)
Be still my beating heart.
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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
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I actually unliked them because the people on there are fucking idiots, I'm actually convinced that a few are noses & boggies fans taking the piss. However I am pleased we've hit the one million mark
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Not that it means anything whatsoever as it's all bollocks, but it's almost pleasing to see we are so far head of Newcastle and Everton. Also pleasing was just how far behind Man City are from Liverpool.
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Have they already done the millionth 'liker' competition results? Was kind of relying on that to see a home game..
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Not that it means anything whatsoever as it's all bollocks, but it's almost pleasing to see we are so far head of Newcastle and Everton. Also pleasing was just how far behind Man City are from Liverpool.
The most telling thing is that, without the sudden winning of the lottery a few years back, Man City would be well down that list.
Fucking glory hunters. I hate them.
Come the revolution, they're the very first up against the wall.
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Does this actually mean anything?
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Does this actually mean anything?
Only to the troll.
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Not that it means anything whatsoever as it's all bollocks, but it's almost pleasing to see we are so far head of Newcastle and Everton.
Especially as its in a 3 year period when we have been doing so badly.
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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 enter our competition (https://www.facebook.com/avfcofficial?sk=app_517776618255108) on Facebook.
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What's your point caller?
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This is EVEN BETTER than the time we got into the Deloitte Top Twenty.
I have tears in my eyes thinking about how I am part of such a momentous moment in our history.
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This is EVEN BETTER than the time we got into the Deloitte Top Twenty.
I have tears in my eyes thinking about how I am part of such a momentous moment in our history.
My proudest moment as a Villa fan was when Randy sent us all that letter boasting how proud they were to hit the Deloitte Top Twenty, and how that meant things were ace.
There aren't many club owners who'd be sufficiently stupid to write a letter to season ticket holders to lift spirits and not mention footballing ambition once.
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This is EVEN BETTER than the time we got into the Deloitte Top Twenty.
I have tears in my eyes thinking about how I am part of such a momentous moment in our history.
My proudest moment as a Villa fan was when Randy sent us all that letter boasting how proud they were to hit the Deloitte Top Twenty, and how that meant things were ace.
There aren't many club owners who'd be sufficiently stupid to write a letter to season ticket holders to lift spirits and not mention footballing ambition once.
I must admit to having paid to have my Deloitte Top Twenty letter framed and it now has pride of place in the khazi*. I believe that despite this being the clubs aim to stay in the top twenty we're already lagging down in the high twenties. Oh well it was fun whilst it lasted, maybe I should put our 7th place in the Facebook followers league in its place.
*This is a joke.
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Not that it means anything whatsoever as it's all bollocks, but it's almost pleasing to see we are so far head of Newcastle and Everton. Also pleasing was just how far behind Man City are from Liverpool.
The most telling thing is that, without the sudden winning of the lottery a few years back, Man City would be well down that list.
Fucking glory hunters. I hate them.
Come the revolution, they're the very first up against the wall.
Before Chelsea? I'm not joining your revolution.
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"Almost 80% of our Facebook fans come from outside of the United Kingdom."
Ah.
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However we just need 4% at VP every week but where are they?
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So a carbon free ground and 1 mill FB likes, how 2013 .
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However we just need 4% at VP every week but where are they?
2% now.
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I pity the poor sods who have to moderate that Page.
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I bet 88% of the likes are Small Heathens, they're obsessed with us you know.
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Enjoyed that, thanks HWV.
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Two million virtual followers is nothing when you consider that Small Heath get at least 200,000 through the gate at every home match.
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Two million virtual followers is nothing when you consider that Small Heath get at least 200,000 through the gate at every home match.
Didnt they take 2 million to Wemberlee for the Leyland Daf?