Social media was overcome with celebration on Thursday, as sporting fans took to Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to celebrate Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger’s birthday.
FootballFanCast.com led the festivities, as fans of the beautiful game sent their wishes to the man that took this North London giant to the peak of European football.
With over 2000 contributors, #HappyWengerDay achieved a staggering 23.7M in impressions, with 2.4M reach. What is even more remarkable is that this was achieved with an average of only 634 tweets across the day!
Here we take a look at the best posts surrounding this wondrous occasion, as social media celebrated ‘Le Professeur’ …
Oh, didn’t see you there
One of the top contributors of the day, with over 3 million impressions, FootballFanCast kicked off the event with a dedicated day of content devoted to Wenger. This wonderful photoshop gem combined with the hilarious picture achieved good exposure…
Happy 66th Birthday to the one and only Arsene Wenger #HappyWengerDay pic.twitter.com/cBHmace1LR
— Football FanCast (@FootballFanCast) October 22, 2015
Better than all the rest
As the great Tina Turner once sang, he’s simply the best! Wenger has an impressive record that far outweighs his rivals. #HappyWengerDay was especially pleasing for Gunners’ fans, ArsenalMania made over 1 million impressions across the day!
https://twitter.com/arsenalmania/status/657115913569857536
Speaking words of wisdom..
FootballFanCast released some of their favourite quotes spoken by this legend. You won’t find genius advice like this anywhere else. This received over 26,000 impressions alone!
Wenger on Jose Antonio Reyes wanting to move to Real Madrid #HappyWengerDay pic.twitter.com/eK8NojvWEk
— Football FanCast (@FootballFanCast) October 22, 2015
Where’s my pocket
The day also saw many a Wenger-centred vine, celebrating his many battles with the fiend that is the Arsenal team coat.
https://twitter.com/BreatheSport/status/657184664096866305
I’m King of the World!
It wasn’t just Arsenal fans that got involved in the celebrations. This Manchester United supporter saw this as a chance to mischievously take the mick of the boss…
https://twitter.com/TheDrawtyDevil/status/657154661900800000
Come on now lads…
West Ham fans jumped on the micky-taking bandwagon. They hid their birthday wishes amongst an array of heartbreaking moments for the birthday boy…
Happy Birthday Arsene #HappyWengerDay pic.twitter.com/W8JUSO29oL
— Forever West Ham (@Forever_WestHam) October 22, 2015
Giggle, giggle, giggle
And finally, it seemed Wenger was happy with the reaction received on social media, as is shown with this wonderfully tame giggle of his…
Happy Birthday Arsène, will you still be here when you're 70 just to mess with Piers Morgan? https://t.co/iVDPNyqXXd #HappyWengerDay
— Daniel Cowan (@thedanielcowan) October 22, 2015
