Source: Liverpool_Echo
Liverpool FC tops Facebook and Twitter leagues online
* FOLLOW the ECHO's LFC news on Twitter here[LNB]LIVERPOOL FC has gone top of the league - but only in cyberspace.[LNB]The club's huge global fan base has rocketed it to the top of the Facebook table.[LNB]The Reds' official Facebook page is celebrating crashing through the 1m fans barrier.[LNB]The website shows LFCTV videos and hosts discussion boards.[LNB]In a staggering display of the club's popularity, it is thought the site has more fans than the rest of the official Premier League sites put together.[LNB]In the real world, the Anfield club is sixth in the Premier League, nine points off the pace.[LNB]Nevertheless, LFC's community manager Matt Owen, who runs the Facebook site, is also toasting another social networking success - the club's Twitter feed has almost three times as many followers as its nearest rivals.[LNB]More than 55,500 loyal fans catch up with LFC news using the micro-blogging site, which allows users to post messages of up to 140 characters.[LNB]Elsewhere in the Premier League, Arsenal has around 17,400 followers and Chelsea has more than 17,500.[LNB]Everton, which tweets at twitter.com/YourEverton, has around 2,100 followers.
