Gareth Bale has quickly become a Premier League favourite following a strong start to the season at White Heart Lane.
On the 7th of November Bale put in a truly heroic performance at White Heart Lane, which helped Spurs to a 3-1 over defending Champions Inter Milan.
Bale’s performance has led to much praise throughout the media, including former Inter Milan and Real Madrid star Luis Figo telling Harry Redknapp: “He has killed us twice.”
Current Spurs ace Rafael Van deer Vart proclaimed:
Everyone is scared of him. Maicon is the best right back in the world, but he killed him.”
Bale’s outstanding performance has not only led to him receiving praise from the professionals, but he has quickly shot up as a fans favourite as well. This is illustrated through Bale’s Facebook page, managed and maintained by Sports New Media.
On the 29th of October Bale had 67,488 Facebook fans on his official page, and by the 5th of November Bale had acquired 145,772 Facebook fans. His exceptional growth is continuing and currently (9/11/01) stands at over 180,000 fans.
This means that in the week following Bale’s stunning performance his Facebok page experienced a growth rate of over 115%, and it continues to grow.
This exceptional growth was recognised on all Facebook on the on the 8th of November, when his page was singled out for its exceptional growth for the week
This illustrates how Sports New Media is continually growing, being able to adapt and sustain under drastic changes in its clients followers.
Sports New Media achieves this by ensuring that they generate a continually developing relationship between their clients and their followers, keeping their followers engaged and active in the relationship.
