SMEPL
[http://prattleblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/socialmedia.png]The beginning of a new Premier League season doesn’t just mean the return of hours of inane punditry from ex-professionals in dodgy designer shirts. No, it also marks the return of the Social Media Premier League (which, due to my
Euro 2012
Viktor Yanukovych has a problem. On the eve of Euro 2012, a tournament his country is set to host with its next door neighbours Poland, his government have become pariahs amongst other European nations due the treatment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/
England
So it seems that the Football Association have got their man. Roy Hodgson is expected to be the named the new England manager within 24 hours, however the reception has been mixed. With members of the press and support certain that Harry Redknapp was set to get the nod some
PFA
The end of season PFA Awards usually play host to a few baffling announcements. Last night was no different however it wasn’t the presence of a thoroughly mediocre player in the Team of the Year that had fans scratching their heads, it was something much more sobering. Sheffield United
Michael Owen
A lot is written about the impact that the uptake of Twitter amongst members of the footballing fraternity has had, but has it really changed the game for your regular fan? I spoke to two supporters – Mark [http://twitter.com/mark2606] and Joe [http://twitter.com/joe_bloghead] – to see
Liverpool
[https://prattleblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/2511501676_fcae8f1d0f_m.jpg] Photo by Shaun Wong It’s been a busy month at Anfield. Liverpool, who came out near the top of the social media Premier League table [https://prattleblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/the-social-media-premier-league-table/] , have set out to cement
Late Kick Off
The BBC’s Late Kick Off North East & Cumbria aired a fantastic piece on the use of Twitter in football last night. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01dh35n/] The Mirror’s Simon Bird speaks very well about the implications, especially from a journalist’s point of view, but
QPR
If you were watching BBC2 late on Sunday night (and let’s be honest, why wouldn’t you be?) you may have stumbled across The Four Year Plan [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2006869/], a rather entertaining piece of film highlighting the unmitigated disaster that was Flavio Briatore’s tenure
Newcastle United
[http://prattleblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/stjpic.jpg]Photo by Akuppa On Saturday there was a funeral. A handful of Newcastle United supporters laid the name St. James’ Park to rest [http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/north-east-news/2012/02/26/mock-funeral-protest-at-removal-of-st-james-signs-79310-30409397/] . Opinion was divided – some thought it was
Klout
Last week I wrote a very short post about whether it mattered if Premier League football clubs were any good at using Twitter and I decided that it doesn’t [http://prattleblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/does-it-matter-how-premier-league-football-clubs-use-twitter/] . The basis for this conclusion was that the loyalty of your average
Newcastle United
A lot has been written about footballers on Twitter, mainly due to the antics of one Joey Barton, but not much is said about how football clubs use the platform. In the Premier League 19 out of the 20 teams have an official Twitter presence ( the name of club without
Kenny Dalglish
There’s being fashionably late and then there’s turning up several days after the party has ended, and by deciding to comment on the Luis Suarez case [http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/dec/20/liverpool-luis-suarez-patrice-evra] in the final week of January I definitely fall into the latter