In the parlance of Twitter conversations in the 21st century, it’s important to know what the hashtags are for the Premier League clubs you’re conversing about on Twitter. To do so correctly will help you broaden your audience to people who search for their news and conversations on Twitter by using the club’s Twitter hashtag.
Interestingly, there is no defined list. Some clubs use more than one hashtag. Some even use one of three. And some clubs use the same ones. For example, both Stoke City and Swansea use #scfc (confusing, eh?). And in the case of Wigan Athletic, if you search for tweets using the #wigan hashtag, you’ll find people tweeting about not only Wigan Athletic, but also Wigan the rugby league club.
So, here are the hashtags for the 20 clubs in the 2011-12 Premier League season:
- Arsenal: #arsenal or #afc
- Aston Villa: #avfc or #villa
- Blackburn Rovers: #brfc
- Bolton Wanderers: #bolton or #bwfc
- Chelsea: #chelsea or #cfc
- Everton: #everton or #efc
- Fulham: #fulham or #ffc
- Liverpool: #lfc
- Manchester City: #mcfc
- Manchester United: #mufc
- Newcastle United: #nufc
- Norwich City: X
- Queens Park Rangers: #qpr
- Stoke City: #stoke or #scfc
- Swansea City: #swans or #scfc
- Sunderland: #sunderland or #sfc
- Tottenham Hotspur: @tottenham or #coys or #thfc
- West Bromwich Albion: #wba or #baggies or #wbafc
- Wigan Athletic: #wigan
- Wolverhampton Wanderers: #wolves
If you have any suggestions of Twitter hashtags that are used that are missing from the above list, please post them in the comments section below.
