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Manchester City
West Ham United have introduced a supporter services account on Twitter [http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2017/january/10-january/hammers-launch-westhamhelp] to directly respond to fans’ enquiries. The new Twitter account, located at @WestHamHelp [https://twitter.com/westhamhelp], will provide a new point of contact for fans who want help
Chicago Fire
Last time round I took a look at how Premier League clubs were using Twitter to celebrate their teams’ goals [https://theonlinerule.com/in-depth/2606-goal-premier-league-twitter/]. It proved popular, and one or two people requested that the same thing be done with the MLS. I’ve waited a short while until
Emirates FA Cup
The Emirates FA Cup is one of the oldest cup competitions in the world. For fans of the top flight teams, the tournament starts at the beginning of January when they play their first games. For lower division teams, however, qualifying starts in August – sometimes before professional clubs have kicked
Arsenal
Footballers often comment that there is no greater feeling in the game than scoring a goal. And we all know that the more goals your team scores the more successful they tend to be in the long run. For a fan, watching your team score is just as rewarding. Clubs
Paralympic Games
With the Paralympic Games just around the corner, organisers have unveiled a unique way to follow the Torch’s relay as it travels to the opening ceremony. Twitter users around the world are being asked to help ‘light’ the flame by including the hashtag #ParalympicFlame in their tweets. The Rio
EFL Cup
Queens Park Rangers have announced the ticket prices for their upcoming EFL Cup tie against Sunderland will be uniquely priced to pay tribute to the club’s League Cup victory in 1967. To mark 50 years since the team triumphed at Wembley Stadium a maximum price of £6.70 per
Olympic Games
The first casualty of the International Olympic Committee’s militant anti-social media stance has been revealed: Athlon Sports writer Jim Weber. During this year’s Olympic Games Jim posted a GIF of American gymnast Aly Raisman’s floor routine on Twitter – which he’d spotted on the front page of
Facebook Live
The PGA Tour has announced two live streaming trials that will begin this week, in a move aimed at making more of the competition available to fans. More than 14 hours of coverage will be broadcast across Facebook Live and Twitter (in an arrangement similar to how Wimbledon [https://theonlinerule.
Burnley
Burnley winger Andre Gray has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association for comments he made on Twitter at the start of 2012. The tweets originally surfaced late last week and featured a number of comments that were alleged to be “abusive and/or insulting and/or improper and/
Now that #Rio2016 has come to an end, the Games’ impact on social media can be analysed to see what kind of impact it had. Twitter have published a helpful data recap which breaks down the top moments from the Olympic Games, as well as the top tweets themselves. The
adidas
adidas is putting the designs of some teams’ third kits into the hands of fans with the launch of Creator Studio. The new platform will allow fans to propose ideas for the third shirts at Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Juventus, AC Milan, and Flamengo. They’ll be able
Bournemouth
Minnesota United have responded after a video of a mistake made during a recent game went viral. During a friendly against Premier League Bournemouth, the NASL side’s goalkeeper Sammy Ndjock gifted the opposition a goal by accidentally throwing the ball into his own net in the 23rd minute. https: