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Manchester United Facebook Page passes 20 million

Just after a year after coming into existence, the biggest Facebook fan page in British football has passed the 20 million benchmark.

‘The Most Engaging’ Premier League Clubs on Facebook – Week 2

Following on from last weeks table that gave a first glimpse of what the new “Who’s Talking About This” number that Facebook now gives on every Page on the platform, here is a look at the last week and how it has changed.

The most ‘engaging’ EPL football club on Facebook is……Norwich City!

After looking at the basic ‘whos talking about this’ number from Facebook in my last post, here I’ve dug a little deeper and listed the EPL football clubs with the best engagement rates! where did your team finish?

Which Premier League club is the most talked about on Facebook?

With the brand new introduction of the ‘whos talking about this’ function on all Facebook Pages as from last night, I thought that I’d put together a Premier League table. Here it is…

Facebook changes and what they mean

Last week Facebook held its annual F8 conference where it announced a raft of changes that will come into effect in the coming weeks. Here’s a quick look at what is worth taking note of.

Facebook Row at Wembley – England v Wales

Last night saw my friend and fellow social media advocate Daan and myself invited to Wembley to watch the England v Wales Euro Championship qualifier. What was the social media twist you may ask….

IPC Releases Social Media Guidelines for London 2012 Paralympic Games

Yesterday saw the International Paralympic Committee release their guidelines on the use of Social Media during the games in London next year. In a refreshing change to the normal reaction to new technologies, especially those that affect communication, they are encouraging athletes to maximise its use.

Fan generated content is the key to sports social media

Having blogged about how sports and teams can use social media for a while now, the most surprising thing I have noticed has been the lack of fan generated content used by sporting bodies and institutes.

20,000 tune in for 1st ever FA Cup game live on Facebook

1,149 people turned up to the stadium in Ascot (a great result for the club) and over 20,000 people tuned in to Facebook to watch the game online. This could have been seen as a gamble by the FA and Budweiser UK as this had not been tried before

Indesit to Launch Football Social Media Campaign

Indesit has appointed We Are Social to manage its global social media activity for its sponsorship of four European teams, including Arsenal and AC Milan.