Newcastle United
National newspapers received a nasty shock this week when they were notified of Newcastle United’s intention to begin charging journalists for access to the team’s playing staff. According to this morning’s edition of the Journal [http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-reveal-plan-make-6394831] the club are
adidas
adidas have started their social media campaign for the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup with the launch of the @brazuca handle, an account from their new ball created especially for the competition. The sports company have promised the account will offer “an alternative take on the game” in their press
Everton
Christmas is all about giving, or so I’m told, and that’s just what clubs up and down the country are doing as they launch their online advent calendars for 2013. The idea of rewarding supporters from the first day of the festive season onward with new or interesting
Fulham
As pointed out by alt-3 Sports, thanks to the sacking of Martin Jol following Fulham’s 3-0 defeat to West Ham yesterday Twitter now has its second ever user who’s also manager of a Premier League club. Rene Meulensteen has taken over first team duties @FulhamFC making him the
NCJ Media
After recent events at Newcastle United [http://prattleblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/28/banning-journalists-what-does-it-achieve/] , Nottingham Forest [http://www.nottinghampost.com/Nottingham-Forest-formally-limit-media-access/story-19699666-detail/story.html] and Port Vale [http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Port-Vale-press-ban-Sentinel-continue-serve-fans/story-20000377-detail/story.html] you could be forgiven for thinking football clubs have lost the plot. For a
Mike Ashley
This past weekend has brought news of football journalists finding themselves barred from doing their job. Why? For doing their job. On Sunday after Newcastle’s defeat to Sunderland journalists from three local newspapers were stopped from asking questions of manager Alan Pardew. The ban came about after coverage of
Paddy Power
When Paddy Power’s marketing team attack any subject controversy is never too far away. The announcement that they’d teamed up with leading gay rights charity Stonewall for an anti-homophobia campaign was no different. According to Paddy Power’s websiteRight Behind Gay Footballers [http://blog.paddypower.com/2013/09/
Premier League
Is popularity the best measure of success? Maybe in some cases, but in the world of social media it’s fraught with problems. Following on from my last blog [http://prattleblog.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/how-to-measure-the-quality-of-a-clubs-social-media-output/] , I decided to look at the follower numbers of Premier League clubs in
measurement
Last night I stumbled into a Twitter conversation involving Sean Walsh [https://twitter.com/walshybhoy], Steven Cole [https://twitter.com/schtevey], Daniel Maurin [https://twitter.com/D_Maurin]andTom Chaplin [https://twitter.com/MrTomChaplin], the genesis of which wasthis blog post [http://www.socialpundit.co.uk/blog/english-premier-league-clubs-on-social-media-growing-7-every-month/] by Social
Louis Saha
Is this another Twitter first? We’ve had signings, we’ve had new contracts and today we’ve seen a professional player announce his retirement after a series of tweets from the ex-Man United and Fulham striker Louis Saha. > Want to thks all managers,all staffs,all teammates,all
Arsenal
Missing the beautiful game? Sick of preseason? Don’t worry, the lads and lasses on Twitter have you covered. The football may have stopped, but community managers are still working hard to ensure that fans are as engaged as they possibly can be during the off-season. Here are five of
Newcastle United
So that’s that then. Joe Kinnear is Newcastle United’s new Director of Football and the word ‘crisis’ is yet again being chucked around to describe another episode of high farce that has unfolded on Tyneside. A fair assessment? I’d say so. Not only is it a crisis,