I am the mole Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 An amateur team that don't have a proper league to play in yet so only play friendlys but have a half a million 'fans' watch them on you tube! http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36991332 they way football or life in general is going more and more people not getting out the house and doing things on line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negan Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Well the person responsible is a YouTuber. So his audience would be fans of his on YouTube. There was a game a while back where the sidemen (YouTubers) played a YouTube star cast. Millions have watched the game, it's no different than when England play rest of the world in the celeb/legends game. Just a bit of fun which raises money for charity. You'd be surprised how much these guys make for putting up a few minute videos every other day. It's mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 KSI, one of the originator's for making FIFA videos on YouTube, is now worth over £3m, it's a huge market. (He's also only 22 & has only been doing it for a few years) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 As the quality of British TV goes down and young people are looking for 'quick satisfaction' on a mobile platform then Youtube will only continue to grow. Although I don't watch Spencer I'm aware of him and fairplay to him and others who have fashioned highly successful careers doing what they love. I probably watch more Youtube than normal TV now though as TV is, bar a few good shows, pretty poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 43 minutes ago, Welcome To The Jungle said: As the quality of British TV goes down and young people are looking for 'quick satisfaction' on a mobile platform then Youtube will only continue to grow. Although I don't watch Spencer I'm aware of him and fairplay to him and others who have fashioned highly successful careers doing what they love. I probably watch more Youtube than normal TV now though as TV is, bar a few good shows, pretty poor. Or old people fail to make anything long term that's satisfying to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Football is about people, shared experiences ... and a beer. YouTube has none of the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 1 minute ago, CotswoldRed said: Football is about people, shared experiences ... and a beer. YouTube has none of the above. Is it? Glad we have someone to universally decide why we all watch football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 1 minute ago, Griffin said: Is it? Glad we have someone to universally decide why we all watch football I could prefix every post with "IMO" if it helps. I won't though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 1 minute ago, CotswoldRed said: I could prefix every post with "IMO" if it helps. I won't though. Not every post, just the ones that state hard 'facts'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderMB Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 These things are popular now, and may be worth a ton of money, but whether they have staying power is another thing. While YouTube isn't about to disappear, if you attach yourself to a medium that represents users with a low attention span or minimal staying power, your million pound brand might be worth much less than that in a few years time. One thing that football has going for it is that it's got staying power. Teams have been around for many decades in some capacity, and it's likely that Bristol City will still be around for a few generations yet. Sadly, most football clubs haven't grasped the Internet, let alone social media, and these kind of experiments are leaving established clubs in the dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie BCFC Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 The guy who does it is Spencer FC- my favourite youtuber captained Spencer FC at the Wembley Cup and win it twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky89 Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 The guy that came up with Hashtag United also recently organised a charity game at Wembley called the 'Wembley Cup' where his team played another YouTuber team - I think it was the highest attended game of the entire weekend in the UK. Times are a changing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selred Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 2 minutes ago, Clarky89 said: The guy that came up with Hashtag United also recently organised a charity game at Wembley called the 'Wembley Cup' where his team played another YouTuber team - I think it was the highest attended game of the entire weekend in the UK. Times are a changing!! The Wembley Cup had 18,000 (brilliant for a Friday night), Arsenal legends vs Milan Glorie (great game which I attended) was near enough a sell out (so around 60,000). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Pretty much all stems from the FIFA playing community - it's an absolutely enormous market. The money these 'YouTubers' make is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negan Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 4 hours ago, EnderMB said: These things are popular now, and may be worth a ton of money, but whether they have staying power is another thing. While YouTube isn't about to disappear, if you attach yourself to a medium that represents users with a low attention span or minimal staying power, your million pound brand might be worth much less than that in a few years time. One thing that football has going for it is that it's got staying power. Teams have been around for many decades in some capacity, and it's likely that Bristol City will still be around for a few generations yet. Sadly, most football clubs haven't grasped the Internet, let alone social media, and these kind of experiments are leaving established clubs in the dust. To be fair "these things" have been popular for nearly a decade and will continue to be popular so long as the Internet is, which lets be fair will always be popular. Imagine a world without the internet *stares into space and shivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty Swallocks Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 A team named Hashtag United makes me cringe nearly as much as a professional football team trying to add hashtags to their kit...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton_fan Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Having watched one of their games the video is superb quality with multiple camera angles, far superior to the amateurish efforts we get with our matches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCANTS-CTID Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Hashtag Utd are Class, seen all there games, there striker Dan Brown is class, makes all the defenders look silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowshed Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 EnderMB a lot of clubs have thoroughly embraced the internet and you tube. Many clubs have their own channels. A positive offshoot is clubs doing training videos for kids. Some coaching videos are better than the real thing as they offer various views of skills, slo mo and can be done at home. Kids really do benefit from on line coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 1 hour ago, SCANTS-CTID said: Hashtag Utd are Class, seen all there games, there striker Dan Brown is class, makes all the defenders look silly. And there speaks the YouTube generation, these guys are the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 6 minutes ago, RumRed said: And there speaks the YouTube generation, these guys are the future. I remember the same thing being said about .com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 2 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said: I remember the same thing being said about .com Should have put the ninja thingymajig in earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderMB Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 16 hours ago, Tuggin over Tomlin said: To be fair "these things" have been popular for nearly a decade and will continue to be popular so long as the Internet is, which lets be fair will always be popular. Imagine a world without the internet *stares into space and shivers Well, Bristol City do have a YouTube and a Facebook account, and they do have some sort of presence on Snapchat, but in terms of a proper social media strategy it seems that this is completely missing. A company needs to do more than hire a social media person and have them sit on Twitter and Facebook all day. They need to maintain an up-to-date website, engage fans in whatever medium they use, and promote themselves wherever possible. Man City is often the example thrown around. Now, bear in mind that their site and social media platform is over five years old. They've been trouncing most football clubs for years, with very minimal changes. These things cost money, but they pay for themselves, and for a club that wants to push attendances and get more fans in the ground, Bristol City do **** all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowshed Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 It is probably unfair, no it is unfair to say Bristol City do **** all, but they are failing to understand a possibility. A youtube video featuring a player demonstrating skills has next to no cost. Some of these channels featuring training videos can have a million plus subscribers. Bristol City were asked why they did not use Jay Emmanuel Thomas to demonstrate his skills, tekkers to kids via youtube. They did not appear to understand the medium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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