The Football League According to Twitter

THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE netvoucherrcodes ACCORDINnG TO TWITTER These days, having a healthy social presence is important. It's no good winning IL countless cup finals if you haven't got any Twitter followers to brag to. With this in mind we decided to compile our own personal Twitter League to find out who would come out on top if Twitter followers equated to league points. So take a look below and see where your team ranks... BIG SURPRISE ARSENAL TOP PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal may not have won a trophy in over 8 years, but they top our Twitter league table with over 2.5 million followers! Clubs Followers Arsenal 2,522,353 2 Chelsea 2,416,750 Liverpool 1,778,900 I COMPLETELY LOST IT ! Man City 1,009,995 Tottenham Hotspur 528,400 That's what bite-happy Luis Suarez said after sinking his teeth into Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic. The all-you-can-eat bust up occurred after an altercation between the two players following a botched penalty by Suarez. Proof that you really shouldn't play on an empty stomach. 6 0 Man United 469,618 Newcastle United 257,395 Everton 214.855 West Ham 190,538 FELLAINI CHARITY CHALLENGE 10 Aston Villa 181,220 11 Fulham 144,126 12 Sunderland 142,326 Earlier this year Marouane Fellaini dyed his iconic curly hair silver. The Everton midfielder challenged supporters to raise £25,000 for the club's official charity, Everton in the Community. Unfortunately for Fellaini's fuzzy do, the money was raised and the silver hair dye whipped out... 13 Swansea City 131,541 14 Norwich City 123,959 15 Southampton 120,627 16 Stoke City 118,242 17 West Brom 84,000 18 Cardiff City 49,119 #PHILJONESFACE 19 Crystal Palace 46,265 .trended worldwide because of the many funny faces he pulls whilst playing for Manchester United. He has been likened to Beaker out of the Muppets. 20 Hull City 38,449 PLAY OFF JOY FOR PALACE CHAMPIONSHIP Clubs Followers QPR 131.319 2 Wigan 101,717 Reading 90,982 WINNERS 2013 CRYSTAL PALAC Nottingham Forrest 60,342 Having 30,000 Watford fans boo 39-year-old striker Kevin Phillips is apparently just what he needed to bring Crystal Palace to play off victory. On hearing the synchronized moaning, Phillips kicked a winning penalty, bringing his team into the Premier League. Boo-rilliant. Birmingham 45,634 Bolton 44,443 Sheff Wednesday 41,098 Blackburn 40,931 Leeds 40,099 JOEY BARTON TWITTER STORM 10 Leicester 37,016 DROIT AU BUT 11 O Derby 35,411 Joey Barton was loaned off to French club Marseille, following his crazy sending off at City whilst playing for QPR. This didn't stop him from causing controversy, turning to Twitter to label the QPR players "maggots" after their Premier League relegation. Nice. #lovelyman 12 Brighton 27,245 PALL 13 Blackpool 26,242 14 A Doncaster 25,493 15 A Middlesborough 25,248 16 Millwall 25,153 17 GOLDEN BALLS 22,784 Charlton 18 Huddersfield 21,854 In 1995 David Beckham made five appearances for Preston whilst on loan from Manchester United. During his month long stint with the Lancastrians he scored two goals including one from a corner kick. Impressive stuff. See where Preston lie in League One below... 19 Ipswich 20,911 20 Watford 18,476 21 e Bournemouth 16,644 22 Burnley 16,041 23 a Barnsley 15,098 24 Yeovil 8,080 DERBY DAY RIVALRIES SCORE Manchester City 1.0m 470k Manchester United Man United may have got one over on Man City by winning the Premier League back but who is more popular on Twitter?! Everton 214k 1.7m Liverpool Arsenal 2.5m 528k Tottenham Blackburn 40k 16k Burnley Blackpool 26k 12k Preston Bristol City 22k 13k Bristol Rovers Sheff Wednesday 41k 26k Sheff United Aston Villa 181k 45k Birmingham Cardiff 19k 131k Swansea West Brom 84k 65k Wolves Portsmouth 31k 120k Southampton Fleetwood 9k 1k Morecambe REST OF THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE LEAGUE ONE LEAGUE TWO Clubs Followers Clubs Followers Wolves 65,369 Portsmouth 31,046 2 Sheff Utd 26,206 2 9 AFC Wimbledon 15,674 Coventry 23,700 Plymouth 14,096 Bristol City 22,326 2 Bristol Rovers 13,839 Bradford 18,368 Northampton 12,841 Swindon 17,497 . Southend 12,315 Peterborough 15,122 Oxford Utd 12,292 Brentford 14,355 ** Exeter 11.698 Notts County 13,365 9. e) Chesterfield 11,286 illi. 10 Tranmere 13,083 10 Burton 10,789 11 Preston 12,439 11 Cheltenham 10,703 12 Leyton Orient 11,356 Hartlepool 10,655 13 CO Newport Carlisle 10,675 13 9,509 14 Shrewsbury 10,518 14 Fleetwood 9,259 15 MK Dons 10,159 15 York 9,071 16 H Crawley 10,084 16 Bury 8,650 17 Gillingham 9,760 Wycombe 8,492 18 Colchester 9,709 18 Scunthorpe 8,213 19 9,703 19 O Accrington Stanley Walsall 7,650 Crewe 9,577 Mansfield 7,548 21 Rotherham 8,498 21 Torquay 6,729 22 Stevenage 8,331 Rochdale 6,233 23 Oldham 7,603 23 Dag & Red 5,399 24 Port Vale 7,356 24 Morecambe 1,232 PREMIER LEAGUE FANTASY HI CURRENT US RETIRED Thanks to Twitter, ex-players can keep their head in the game long after they've hung up their boots. Our Fantasy Football Twitter League takes a look at where current and retired players would rank if their number of followers were to go head-to-head. While today's players come out on top follower-wise, pit them against the retired league and it'd make for a very interesting game. Both teams set out with a 3-4-3 formation and 5 subs. CURRENT PREMIER LEAGUE XI De Gea Players Followers GK De Gea 2,084,323 DF David Luiz 1,195,932 Rio Ferdinand David Luiz Ashley Cole DF Rio Ferdinand 4,470,956 4 DF Ashley Cole 995,891 Lucas MF Lucas 797,460 MF Juan Mata 2.222,875 Juan Mata Eden Hazard MF Eden Hazard 1,284,879 David Silva MF David Silva 1,451,246 ST Robin Van Persie 3,113,843 10 ST Wayne Rooney 6,711,218 Wayne Rooney Van Persie Aguero 11 ST Aguero 4,102,665 GK Szczesny 501,030 DF Kompany 938,073 TOTAL: 35,212,11B ST Hernandez 1,915,425 MF Samir Nasri 1,553,838 ST Luis Suarez 1,872,459 RETIRED PREMIER LEAGUE ELEVEN Van Der Sar Players Followers GK Van Der Sar 489,662 2 DF Gary Neville 1,313,330 Gary Neville Gareth Southgate Lee Dixon 3 DF Gareth Southgate 148,116 DF Lee Dixon 237,493 MF Robbie Savage 1.127,848 Robbie Savage MF Matt Le Tissier 246,183 Le Tissier Ruud Gullit MF Ruud Gullit 280,264 MF Patrick Viera 468,899 Patrick Viera ST lan Wright 644,093 10 ST Michael Owen 2,158,564 Michael Owen lan Wright Van Nistelrooy 11 ST Ruud Van Nistelrooy 806,956 GK Peter Schmeichel 354,171 DF Graeme Le Saux 40,380 TOTAL: 9,246,254 ST Andy Cole 89,239 MF Dietmar Hamann 304,572 ST Robbie Fowler 536,484 TORRES FLOPS HE'S LIONEL MESSI HE'LL TUWEET WHEN HE WANTS Not only has it taken a while for Benitez to get the best out of Torres at Chelsea, his Twitter career has also been a massive flop, scoring only one tweet since October 2011. A barren spell for any striker? Despite this he still has 916,000 followers, it's unconfirmed if the majority of these are still The world's greatest player scores an impressive 1,600,234 followers despite being a bit rubbish when it comes to tweeting. He might have scored 91 goals in 2012 but his tweeting record is shocking notching up only one tweet. Liverpool or Spain fans though. OWEN HITS BACK AT TWITTER TROLLS Following a tweet about a recent Stoke Vs Man City game, an injured and absent Michael Owen received a torrent of abuse asking how he'd contributed to Stoke's success. In response, he tweeted a picture of his trophy cabinet featuring Premier League Medals, European Player of The Year Trophies and more gold cups than you could shake a football boot at. Touché, Michael. TOP 5 WORST AWAY KITS OF THE 2013/14 SEASON ACCORDING TO FANS TWEETS Patchy burgundy for Villa? Electric yellow for Stoke? Joey Barton inspired denim for Marseille? Not every football kit is as easy on the eyes as Liverpool's home threads. Here are some of our favourite away kit faux pas... macrfin bet365 GUFX 金 道 |INTER SPORT O dafabet Standard Chartered ШНАТ ШERE THEY THINKING The worst kit has to be the Liverpool away kit. Looking like something off Space Invaders, Warrior have had a shocker with this design for the Reds, to the dismay of the fans. CHAMPIOns LEAGUE TEAMS AND BALLON D'OR ACCORDING TO TWITTER How do the Europe All Star team stack up? We have made a team out of the top followed players who play in Europe. No room for any goalkeepers here, I wonder how they would get on after 90 minutes?! BALLON D'OR XI Players Followers Cristiano Ronaldo 19,759,728 Kaka 16,026,436 3 Neymar 7,614,611 Rooney 6,706,089 Iniesta 6,402,257 Pique 6,322,335 Cesc Fabregas 5,348,793 Puyol 5,033.765 Xabi Alonso 5,001,958 10 Rio Ferdinand 4,445,697 11 Aguero 4,075,685 TOTAL: 86,700,457 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TOP 16 TEAMS We have selected the top 16 followed clubs, which played in last year's Champions League, See how the teams fair on Twitter below... JEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Clubs Followers Barcelona 9,431,731 2 Real Madrid 8,168,198 Galatasaray 2,877,178 Arsenal 2,506,558 Chelsea 2,389,493 Fenerbahce 2,227,816 AC Milan 1,236,141 Man City 1,007,299 9. PSG 701,051 10 Juventus 660,849 11 O Manchester United 469,618 12 Bayern Munich 467,962 13 BYB Borussia Dortmund 421,920 14 H Valencia 281,821 15 O Ajax 246,228 16 Zenit 191,929 BAYERN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNERS Robben scored in the last few minutes of the Champions League final to beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 and claim the Champions League trophy.. But the champions of Europe are mid-table in the Twitter league. TWITTER LEAGUE MEDIOCRITY DO YOU FOLLOW YOUR TEAM? Sources: www.8bit-football.com www.twitter.com for football codes and deals visit massive thanks to www.folos.im www.premierleague.com www.skysports.com www.football-league.co.uk www.uefa.com Bbit-faatball.cam netvouchercodes @8bitfootball Stats correct at date of creation