Fulham
As Fulham FC [http://twitter.com/FulhamFC ] announced the appointment of former Bayern Munich coach Felix Magath the man himself was relaying the news to his fans in Germany. A mere ten minutes afterthe news broke on the club’s official website [http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2014/february/14/
Manchester United
The Twitter Q&A has long been the go-to weapon of choice for many football club community managers. The lack of cost and comparative ease at which one can be arranged meant that it was one of the first ways teams began to try and engage with fans. Have
matchday
It takes a brave, brave club to hand over control of its Twitter feed to someone else, but that’s exactly what Southampton did on Saturday 8 February when they gave central defender Dejan Lovren control of the club’s official feed for their match against Stoke. We’ve covered
NFL
The NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee have unveiled the hub of their social media operations for this weekend’s game. The Social Media Communications Centre (SMCC) aims to ensure that all 400,000 visitors will be well catered for if and when they decide to go digital. The venue
SSMI13
When PR and Social Media AgencyUmpf [http://www.umpf.co.uk] announced details of their Sport Social Media Index [http://www.sport.socialmediaindex.co.uk/] we were excited. Eager to find out more we asked Account Executive Tom Scott [http://www.twitter.com/TomScott1]to fill us in… What is
Nicolas Anelka
Top marks to the PR team at Zoopla, sponsors of Premier League side West Bromwich Albion, who have (probably) managed to earn a record number of column inches for a story about not renewing a shirt sponsorship. The issue is with the club’s striker Nicolas Anelka, who made the
Arsenal
As well as having one of the best websites in the Premier League, Arsenal showed their approach to social media is just as revolutionary this morning during their latest Twitter takeover when fans can ask questions of random first team players. Taking part today were Kieron Gibbs, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lukasz
Manchester United
Paddy Power and ‘cheeky’ are pretty much synonymous these days, and as the online betting firm unveiled a waxwork model of Sir Alex Ferguson outside Old Trafford following Manchester United’s 3-1 loss to Chelsea we’ve no doubt it’s an adjective that’ll be thrown their way once
Newspapers
Swindon Town has become the latest club to ban a local newspaper from the ground after a reporter revealed Nile Ranger’s shirt was hanging up in the dressing room. The paper’s chief sports writer Sam Morshead Tweeted at 1:16pm on Saturday 11th January 2014 – a full 45
Blackpool
Blackpool forward Michael Chopra has been fined by the club for posting a derogatory Tweet about the fact only six players turned up for a club training session. The poorly thought out Tweet, which was quickly deleted, has cost the striker over £10,000 and seen him warned about his
Barcelona
FC Barcelona marked the New Year with the announcement that they’d cracked the 50 million fan barrier on Facebook. [http://www.fcbarcelona.com/club/barca-2-0/detail/article/50-million-of-us-on-facebook] As you’d expect the news was delivered with much fanfare and picked up by media outlets the world over but
Premier League
New Year’s resolutions are all well and good at ten-to-midnight on New Year’s Eve, but once sobriety begins to kick in they never seem like such a great idea. This year rather than come up with a host of promises to ourselves that we’re never going to