Are Premier League Clubs Scoring A Social Media Own Goal?

THE TWITTER TEAMSHEET 2011 David De Gea @D DeGea Samir Nasri Followers: 296,775 Luis Suarez @nanas08 @luis16suarez Nani @luisnani Joey Barton @joey7barton Followers: 591,184 Followers: 473,870 Followers: 364,833 Followers: 611,247 NANI ARTO Robin Van Persie @Persie_Official Followers: 625,915 Michael Owen @themichaelowen Followers: 709,232 Sergio Aguero @aguerosergiokun Followers: 1,047,599 Jack Wilshere @jackwilshere Followers: 911,172 Emira Wayne Rooney @waynerooney Followers: 1,647,609 Rio Ferdinand @rioferdy5 Followers: 1,535,811 *Stats taken on October 10, 2011, 12.00 PM ROONEY PREMIER SOCIAL MEDIA LEAGUE TEAM Wayne Rooney is the most followed player in the Premiership POS. POINTS #1 CHELSEA 262 LIVERPOOL 237 3 ARSENAL 235 CHAMPIONS 4 MAN CITY 232 TOTTENHAM 225 Chelsea claim FOOTBALL the football social CLUB ASTON VILLA 217 media title EVERTON 211 MAN UNITED 207 NEWCASTLE UNITED 207 MAN UNITED MANCH 10 SUNDERLAND 190 UNITED United languish in mid table, despite having 19 million facebook fans 11 WOLVES 185 12 STOKE 184 13 NORWICH 172 14 WBA 172 15 FULHAM 170 KREME OF THE CROP 16 WIGAN 169 17 QPR 161 De Gea is Twitter's 18 BLACKBURN 157 top goalkeeper 19 BOLTON 125 SWANSEA 122 20 The Big 5 of Man United, Man City, Liverpool, facebook. Chelsea and Arsenal have more Facebook followers than the rest of the league combined 15 Imllu LEWISPR For further comment, please follow: #LEWISPREMSM or email [email protected] www.lewispr.com www.facebook.com www.twitter.com/lewispruk October 2011 in Millions