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Post by djduncanjames on May 12, 2017 11:03:12 GMT
Are there any figures on this anywhere? I noticed mickmills say in another thread about the "hundreds of thousands" of Stoke fans around the world. Which got me thinking, is that accurate? I cant even find how many official club members we have, let alone find any figures to back up that claim. Is a million fans a ridiculous number? Is 200,000 too low? (that would mean roughly 25% of us were at the recent Wembley Semi-final) I honestly have no idea, but you would think Bet365 keep an eye on this type of stuff. Does the recent interest in our Sobhi count?  |
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Post by clarkeda on May 12, 2017 11:06:50 GMT
Are there any figures on this anywhere? I noticed mickmills say in another thread about the "hundreds of thousands" of Stoke fans around the world. Which got me thinking, is that accurate? I cant even find how many official club members we have, let alone find any figures to back up that claim. Is a million fans a ridiculous number? Is 200,000 too low? (that would mean roughly 25% of us were at the recent Wembley Semi-final) I honestly have no idea, but you would think Bet365 keep an eye on this type of stuff. Does the recent interest in our Sobhi count? I reckon Sobhi has increased our 'global following' significantly. Most of them being from Egypt. |
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 11:18:44 GMT
I will always remember having intense and prolonged conversations with the Indian staff working on the maldives about the finer points of Rory Delaps throw in
from then on - I knew, we were a worldwide brand
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Post by djduncanjames on May 12, 2017 11:20:20 GMT
I will always remember having intense and prolonged conversations with the Indian staff working on the maldives about the finer points of Rory Delaps throw in from then on - I knew, we were a worldwide brand I've gotten that too, THe "throw-in" type remonstration from afar when spotted in my stripes |
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 11:28:46 GMT
Used to work with a non football fan, who loved Rory's throw in!
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Post by mouseykanga2 on May 12, 2017 11:50:13 GMT
I must insist that free travel is no good for these supporters 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
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Post by Nowhere Man on May 12, 2017 11:51:35 GMT
Are there any figures on this anywhere? I noticed mickmills say in another thread about the "hundreds of thousands" of Stoke fans around the world. Which got me thinking, is that accurate? I cant even find how many official club members we have, let alone find any figures to back up that claim. Is a million fans a ridiculous number? Is 200,000 too low? (that would mean roughly 25% of us were at the recent Wembley Semi-final) I honestly have no idea, but you would think Bet365 keep an eye on this type of stuff. Does the recent interest in our Sobhi count? I reckon Sobhi has increased our 'global following' significantly. Most of them being from Egypt. Now if only Hughes would give those fans more of what they want to see! |
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Post by mrred on May 12, 2017 11:56:59 GMT
I don't think many of the Egyptian hoard will support Stoke, they just seem to support Sobhi, plus after this season there would be a lot less of them.
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Post by muglump on May 12, 2017 12:00:28 GMT
It depends how you define a fan I guess. More the merrier I say
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 12:28:19 GMT
I came across a forgotten tribe in Tibet on my travels this year . They noticed my stoke top and all of them at once started to sing Hughes out Hughes out 😂😂😂
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Post by hoofmagic on May 12, 2017 17:59:29 GMT
like it......
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on May 12, 2017 18:05:20 GMT
All JCLs all of them!
Preferred when it was 9k attendances losing to Notts County at home!
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Post by mrcoke on May 12, 2017 18:07:05 GMT
Cameron seems to be taking long throws these days, maybe we should sign an American QB to boost the American following.
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Post by duckling on May 12, 2017 19:19:08 GMT
Cameron seems to be taking long throws these days, maybe we should sign an American QB to boost the American following. Cameron has definitely made Stoke a household name among Americans that follow soccer. |
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Post by duckling on May 12, 2017 19:21:08 GMT
I will always remember having intense and prolonged conversations with the Indian staff working on the maldives about the finer points of Rory Delaps throw in from then on - I knew, we were a worldwide brand I think it's impossible to overstate the degree to which Rory Delap made Stoke famous in other countries. |
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Post by PotterLog on May 12, 2017 19:31:02 GMT
I will always remember having intense and prolonged conversations with the Indian staff working on the maldives about the finer points of Rory Delaps throw in from then on - I knew, we were a worldwide brand I think it's impossible to overstate the degree to which Rory Delap made Stoke famous in other countries. What about if I said Rory Delap made Stoke so famous in other countries that there was a picture of the Brit in every governmental office in the world and every nation has changed its official language to Delapese |
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Post by JoeinOz on May 13, 2017 1:25:02 GMT
I think it's impossible to overstate the degree to which Rory Delap made Stoke famous in other countries. What about if I said Rory Delap made Stoke so famous in other countries that there was a picture of the Brit in every governmental office in the world and every nation has changed its official language to Delapese I think you are making that up. |
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Post by Dr Hesham on May 13, 2017 8:03:00 GMT
I agree millions in Egypt are supporting Stoke nowadays but I cant say they are real fan but they are potential fans if Stoke has creative staff to convert them from temporarily supporters into permanent supporters
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 13, 2017 9:39:35 GMT
I agree millions in Egypt are supporting Stoke nowadays but I cant say they are real fan but they are potential fans if Stoke has creative staff to convert them from temporarily supporters into permanent supporters We haven't. What should they be doing? |
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 13, 2017 9:48:04 GMT
Unless we could see oversees shirt sales and tickets then it would be hard to quantify and even then it's barely a true number.
Is social media followers a good indicator? I have no idea tbh.
Man Yoo, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Spurs, Everton and West Ham have over 1m followers on Twatter.
Then there's Southampton on nearly 750k and then us on 720k.
Which is about right really I reckon.
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Post by wapiti on May 13, 2017 17:24:33 GMT
Cameron seems to be taking long throws these days, maybe we should sign an American QB to boost the American following. Cameron has definitely made Stoke a household name among Americans that follow soccer. I'm a Half-Yank (one half having originated from Walton, Stone, Staffs) living in the far NW corner of Washington State, just across the Salish Sea from Victoria, BC. Watching Stoke play the Arse as I type......buggers, Arse just scored. A huge improvement here is that NBC took over EPL broadcasting and show most games on live telly plus highlight shows. Final weekend, they broadcast all 10 games live on their various channels. I do what I can to spread the joy that is Stoke City. Lifetime fan here having seen Stoke play many times......including Sir Stanley. |
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