The Only End Of Season Premier League Awards Voted For By Fans WorldWide
Facebook, overall, is the largest community of sports fans in the world, with more than 650 million people connected to at least one sports page and Soccer is the most popular. The numbers say it all:
- Cristiano Ronaldo is the most liked person on Facebook with 102 million fans
- World Cup 2014 was the most-talked-about event in the history of Facebook (June 12 – July 13, 2014)
- More than 350 million people had 3 billion interactions about the matches during the month-long tournament
Facebook announced the launch of its inaugural Facebook Football Awards. The new awards are the only opportunity for fans from around the world to vote on whom they think has performed best throughout the 2014/15 Premier League season.
Voting will close on Monday 11 May and award winners will be announced at a prestigious ceremony taking place in London on 26 May 2015, to be televised live on BT Sport 1, hosted by Jake Humphrey. The event will also be streamed on Facebook and Mirror.co.uk.
Celebrating excellence on the pitch, the Facebook Football Awards will allow fans a vote to decide who wins individual awards for Player and Young Player of the Year, as well as Best Premier League Club of the Year. Fans are also invited to select a full 11 man line-up in the BT Sport Best XI award, ensuring that the Premier League’s star goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards are all individually recognized for their outstanding club performances this season.
Seven of the nine award categories, which also include Manager of the Year and Content of the Year, are decided solely by votes from fans. The awards also shine a light on the extraordinary dedication of supporters, with the Mirror Football Fan of the Year award highlighting some truly committed fans, the winner of which will be voted on by the public. The evening will see a further two special awards handed out to a club and player based upon their performance on Facebook over the course of the season.
Open to football fans worldwide, anyone with a Facebook account is eligible to vote. Fans can vote via Football on Facebook, Sport on Facebook or through the pages of the awards’ partners: BT Sport and Mirror Football. Every fan has one vote to cast in each category. Voting opens from 07:00h (BST) on Friday 17 April 2015 and closes at 18:00h (BST) on Monday 11 May 2015.
Glenn Miller, Facebook Sports Partnerships said: “The Facebook Football Awards are the only awards dedicated to celebrating the Premier League, where fans around the globe have the power to decide who deserves to win for their performance over the course of the season. That’s what the Facebook Fan Awards are all about. We want to give the millions of football fans on Facebook the opportunity to share their knowledge and love for the game by celebrating the players, clubs and fans they feel deserve recognition.”
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