100 Most Influential UK Football Tweeters
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With the help of our friends at Peer Index, Coral have unveiled a definitive list of the 100 most influential tweeters in UK football.
To compile the list each person is assigned a PI-score; an influence score in the context of the Football Twittershere.
To create our list we crunched approximately 10bn tweets and looked at more than 100m accounts on Twitter. We’ve excluded corporate accounts and those belonging to football players.
Find out who made the list below –
1. Tim LoveJoy
@timlovejoy
Ex Soccer AM, man on the telly
Followers – 666822
Peer index – 87
2. Uber Football Fact
@UberFootFact
Bringing you the latest unknown football facts from around the globe
Followers – 279604
Peer index – 86
3. Phil Mcnulty
@philmcnulty
Chief football writer BBC Sport
Followers – 319835
Peer index – 86
4. Tony Barrett
@TonyBarretTimes
Merseyside football writer for The Times
Followers – 212844
Peer index – 85
5. Oliver Holt
@OllieHolt22
Chief Sports Writer Daily Mirror
Followers – 305977
Peer index – 85
6. Dan Walker
@mrdanwalker
BBC presenter and all rounder
Followers – 348996
Peer index – 85
7. Michael Cox
@Zonal_Marking
A website about football tactics
Followers – 14274
Peer index – 85
8. Dan Roan
@danroan
BBC Sports Editor
Followers – 224804
Peer index – 84
9. John Cross
@johncrossmirror
Daily Mirror Football Correspondent
Followers – 204836
Peer index – 84
10. Frank Lampard UK
@FrankLampardUK
Frank Lampard fan site
Followers – 207187
Peer index – 84
11. Matt Craig
@MattHDGamer
YouTube Video Maker FIFA Video Producer 🙂
Followers – 266871
Peer index – 83
12. Adrian Durham
@talkSPORTDrive
TalkSport Peterborough and divider of opinions
Followers – 223952
Peer index – 83
13. Daniel Taylor
@DTgaurdian
Chief football writer for The Guardian
Followers – 168526
Peer index – 82
14. Bryan Swanson
@skysports_bryan
Chief News Reporter for Sky Sports
Followers – 319888
Peer index – 82
15. David Conn
@david_conn
Writer and columnist for the Guardian
Followers – 78738
Peer index – 81
16. Miguel Delaney
@MiguelDelaney
Football writer for ESPN, Independent on Sunday, Irish Examiner, Blizzard.
Followers – 52227
Peer index – 81
17. Ian Abrahams (Moose)
@BroadcastMoose
TalkSport reporter extraordinare
Followers – 144089
Peer index – 80
18. Terry christian
@terrychristian
Broadcaster,Musicologist,TV presenter,writer
Followers – 59965
Peer index – 80
19. Ian Darke
@IanDarke
Football commentator for BT Sport in UK and for USA
Followers – 102968
Peer index – 80
20. Iain Macintosh
@iainmacintosh
ESPN Mirror Football and Co-Author of ‘Football Manager Stole My Life.’
Followers -62886
Peer index – 80
21. Callum
@Calfreezy
Youtuber 🙂
Followers -213490
Peer index – 80
22. Jim Boardman
@JimBoardman
The Anfield Wrap and Mirror Football
Followers -53479
Peer index – 80
23. Peter Reid
@reid6peter
Football manager, pundit and retired player, who is currently with Mumbai City.
Followers -107755
Peer index – 80
24. Mark Ogden
@MOgdenTelegraph
Daily Telegraph Northern Football Correspondent
Followers -99728
Peer index – 79
25. Tom
@FourFourTom
Danny Welbeck enthusiast
Followers – 103510
Peer index – 79
26. Martin Lipton
@MartinLipton
Daily Mirror Chief Football Writer
Followers – 63657
Peer index – 79
27. John Hartson
@JohnHartson10
Former Welsh international and pundit
Followers – 214115
Peer index – 79
28. Philippe Auclair
@PhilippeAuclair
Football writer and broadcaster, French football expert
Followers – 88765
Peer index – 79
29. Barney Ronay
@barneyronay
Guardian sports writer
Followers -45542
Peer index – 79
30. Jacqui Oatley
@JacquiOatley
Football presenter BBC Sport and ITV, host of late kick off
Followers -86879
Peer index – 79
31. Marcus Chown
@marcuschown
Writer. Books include What a Wonderful World We Need to Talk About Kelvin
Followers – 24092
Peer index – 79
32. James Sutton
@thejamessutton
Actor/Glamour Model. Obsessive LFC fan
Followers – 126095
Peer index – 77
33. James Buckley
@James_Buckley
Inbetweener and Palace fan
Followers – 247742
Peer index – 77
34. Scott
@R_o_M
Manchester United blogger. The Republik of Mancunia
Followers – 50631
Peer index – 76
35. Man United FC Fans
@ManU_FCFans
Latest Man United news
Followers – 50631
Peer index – 76
36. Owen Gibson
@owen_g
Guardian chief sports correspondent
Followers – 29958
Peer index – 76
37. Amy Lawrence
@amylawrence71
Football writer. The Guardian and Observer
Followers – 42007
Peer index – 76
38. Nick
@ManUnitedYouth
Tweets about MUFC/youth football plus occasionally other sports and random nonsense.
Followers – 58151
Peer index – 76
39. tim payton
@timpayton
Sports communications for work and Arsenal fan
Followers – 42855
Peer index – 76
40. The Stebie
@ThoseScouseLads
‘They’re the most annoying Liverpool account by far’
Followers – 38596
Peer index – 76
41. Michael Gooner
@MickTheGooner
100% Arsenal Game of opinions
Followers – 59794
Peer index – 76
42. Luke
@MrSlapYourself
London football
Followers – 27433
Peer index – 75
43. Sam
@samuelJayC
Arsenal. European football.
Followers – 49425
Peer index – 75
44. John Challis
@biengboycie
Boycie and Arsenal fan
Followers – 41545
Peer index – 75
45. Darren Fletcher
@DFletcherSport
BT Sport Football Commentator Fletch and Sav
Followers – 62590
Peer index – 75
46. Sam Matterface
@sammatterface
Football commentator and Presenter. talkSPORT / ITV Sport
Followers -94654
Peer index – 74
47. George Riley
@georgeyboy
presenter commentator voiceover host
Followers – 31101
Peer index – 74
48. Julien Laurens
@LaurensJulien
French football journalist based in London working for Le Parisien RTL BT Sport and ESPN
Followers – 39666
Peer index – 74
49. Andy Mitten
@AndyMitten
United We Stand ed since ’89. Write for The National FourFourTwo M.E.N Yahoo/Eurosport ESPN Esquire
Followers – 59874
Peer index – 74
50. David McDonnell
@DiscoMirror
Daily Mirror Manchester Football Correspondent
Followers – 37521
Peer index – 74
51. Everton Aren’t We?
@EvertonArentWe
Independent Everton website. News & views
Followers – 27144
Peer index – 74
52. Andrew Bloch
@AndrewBloch
Group MD and Founder of Frank PR Marketing Magazine’s PR Agency of the Year
Followers – 29302
Peer index – 73
53. Phil Hay
@PhilHayYEP
Yorkshire Evening Post’s chief football writer covering Leeds United
Followers – 40062
Peer index – 73
54. David Jones
@DavidJonesSky
Sky Sports Premier League presenter: Saturday Night Football
Followers – 65313
Peer index – 73
55. Craig Norwood
@CraigNorwood
Press Photographer. Tweets covering Manchester United First-team Reserves & Academy
Followers – 65025
Peer index – 72
56. Tom Williams
@tomwfootball
London Sports Correspondent for @AFP mainly reporting on English football
Followers – 29201
Peer index – 72
57. Neil Custis
@ncustisTheSun
Football writer for The Sun newspaper covering Manchester United + Man City.
Followers – 46711
Peer index – 72
58. James Olley
@JamesOlley
Chief Football Correspondent for the London Evening Standard
Followers – 70881
Peer index – 71
59. David
@TekkaBooSon
Chelsea FC Torres and JMac.
Followers – 15237
Peer index – 71
60. Chris Wheatley
@GoonerTalk
Football writer. Contributed to @IndyFootball @MirrorFootball @talkSPORT & @bbc5live. Views on Arsenal
Followers – 47373
Peer index – 71
61. ian herbert
@ianherbs
Sportswriter at The Independent Independent on Sunday
Followers – 37369
Peer index – 70
62. Lee Ryder
@lee_ryder
The Chronicle’s Chief Sports Writer and NUFC multi media journo
Followers – 46090
Peer index – 70
63. Paul Sarahs
@PaulSarahs
Freelance football journalist/commentator. Commentary: @talkSPORTLive @UEFAcom
Followers – 14386
Peer index – 70
64. John Brewin
@JohnBrewinESPN
Football writer at ESPNFC
Followers – 19029
Peer index – 70
65. Tom Adams
@tomEurosport
Deputy managing editor at Eurosport-Yahoo! Formerly ESPN Setanta Sky Sports
Followers – 17413
Peer index – 70
66. VUJ #WeGoAgain
@TheVujanic
Presenter @Copa90 / Facing trial at the Hague for crimes against 140 characters
Followers – 48368
Peer index – 70
67. Kristian Walsh
@Kristian_Walsh
Liverpool ECHO sports journalist
Followers – 28267
Peer index – 70
68. Connor
@ConnorwilsonLFC
Love football me you know! Boxings not bad either
Followers – 13645
Peer index – 69
69. James Maw
@JamesMawFFT
Writer/Online Features Editor for @FourFourTwo
Followers – 17260
Peer index – 69
70. Manish Bhasin
@_manishbhasin
Presenter of BBC’s Football League Show Late Kick Off & on the Premier League’s global channel. Leicester City fan
Followers – 40618
Peer index – 69
71. Wayne Veysey
@wayneveysey
Chief Correspondent Kevin Pietersen biographer and (some-time) university lecturer
Followers – 53879
Peer index – 69
72. Natalie Pike
@MissNataliePike
MCFC presenter and fundraiser for The Christie charity
Followers – 28238
Peer index – 68
73. Sachin Nakrani
@SachinNakrani
Guardian sports features editor & football writer
Followers – 7933
Peer index – 68
74. Adam Pope
@APOPEY
Sports broadcaster for BBC Leeds 5 Live Final Score & Football League Show
Followers – 26943
Peer index – 68
75. leon knight
@LeonKnight_5
Player coach at Barnton
Followers – 29126
Peer index – 67
76. Paul O Keefe
@pokeefe1
Spurs fan and also the Friday Night Dj man
Followers – 11975
Peer index – 67
77. Daniel Storey
@danielstorey85
Writer for Football365 Sky Sports and others
Followers – 10449
Peer index – 67
78. James Masters
@Masters_JamesD
Sports writer for CNN and The Times as well as several other outlets.
Followers – 6465
Peer index – 66
79. Andrew Beasley
@BassTunedToRed
Liverpool fan/statto/blogger
Followers – 9315
Peer index – 66
80. Walid Arsenal
@1Walid1
Sometimes I wonder if I think about Arsenal too much…then I go back to thinking about Arsenal
Followers – 11776
Peer index – 66
81. Stuart Brennan
@StuBrennanMEN
Manchester City reporter at the Manchester Evening News
Followers -15280
Peer index – 65
82. Michael Bridge
@MichaelBridge_
Sky Sports News journalist and writer of the Official Tottenham Hotspur Annuals
Followers – 19375
Peer index – 65
83. Matthew Ordish
@AnfieldMatt
Everything Liverpool FC
Followers – 46710
Peer index – 65
84. Chris
@ArsenalGriff
Since 1961 man has walked on the moon invented the micro chip & created the internet yet t*ttenham still haven’t won the league.
Followers – 14384
Peer index – 65
85. Darren
@thedevilstweets
ManUtd since 1981 and Occasional contributor to RedNews
Followers – 14088
Peer index – 65
86. Scott Wilson
@Scottwilsonecho
Chief Sports Writer The Northern Echo
Followers – 17058
Peer index – 65
87. Taylor and Besty
@TaylorandBesty
Sometime hosts of the The True Faith Podcast, Watching football in our pants
Followers – 11220
Peer index – 65
88. James Dart
@James_Dart
Editor of @guardian_sport (Digital). Have a YouTube problem
Followers – 14177
Peer index – 64
89. John Percy
@John__Percy
Midlands football reporter for the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph.
Followers – 25973
Peer index – 64
90. David Burns
@bbcburnsy
BBC Radio Humberside morning show presenter and Hull City commentator.
Followers – 14213
Peer index – 63
91. Rob Dawson
@RobDawsonMEN
Football writer at the Manchester Evening News covering Man United and Man City
Followers – 18680
Peer index – 63
92. Seb SB
@premleagueowl
Owner @ Premier League Owl freelance football writer
Followers – 6676
Peer index – 63
93. Michael Graham
@Capt_Fishpaste
Sunderland AFC fan football writer. Occasionally for @TEAMtalk regularly for @footyplace but primarily @RokerReport
Followers – 6859
Peer index – 60
94. Ben Hart
@BenlfcHart
Ben – 18 I like sports Wool Liverpool fan…. Poetry in motion tra la la la la
Followers – 6239
Peer index -60
95. Daniel Sandison
@DanielSandison
Lager, Lager, Lager, Shouting
Followers – 6079
Peer index – 59
96. Tony Scott
@Tony_Scott11
Football Betting Tipster for @LivEchonews Liverpool Echo Football Writer Liverpool lad
Followers – 6418
Peer index – 56
97. Sean
@attwood10
Huge Arsenal fan. Enjoy discussing & debating all things football
Followers – 2994
Peer index – 56
98. Jack Widnell
@jackwfootball
Liverpool. Make Us Dream.
Followers – 8149
Peer index – 54
99. Anthony Mahoney
@AnthonyMahoney3
Man city bleed blue blood love having a laugh
Followers – 7714
Peer index – 53
100. Philip Buckingham
@PJBuckingham
Football writer for the Hull Daily Mail
Followers – 6176
Peer index – 52
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