Arsenal
New season. New players. New kits. New line-up graphics. For some of us, it’s the latter that we watch out for when the first round of games are about to kick off. In previous seasons I’ve looked at how clubs have been celebrating goals on Twitter in both
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
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
Manchester City
Manchester City are breaking yet more new ground by becoming the world’s first football club to organise and host a hackathon. #HackMCFC will take place over the weekend of 29-31 July at the club’s Etihad Campus, with teams competing for a £10,000 cash prize and “money can’
automation
Following on from experimenting with messaging apps by launching on WhatsApp, Manchester City have today announced that they have become the first team in England to offer a bot on Facebook Messenger. They promise that the bot will give supporters a “City perspective on the latest news and topics surrounding
Arsenal
To celebrate the eighth anniversary of its launch, Twitter created a tool that reveals what each account’s first ever tweet was [https://discover.twitter.com/first-tweet]. On the day of Twitter’s 10th anniversary we thought it was about time to update our original post to reflect the 20
Manchester City
In what we think is a footballing first – and certainly a Premier League first – Manchester City have established a WhatsApp group for fans to subscribe to. The channel will be offering “behind-the-scenes pictures, videos, quizzes and chat on all things City”. Initially it’ll be limited to the first 5,
Capital One Cup
This year’s Capital One Cup final was tweeted about more than 1 million times following the Football League’s approach to social media in the build up to the day. Fans were able to generate their own personalised #ShirtOfSupport ahead of the final, which contributed to the game attracting
Arsenal
New data released by Twitter in the past week has seen Arsenal’s fans crowned as the most active on the network. And Danny Welbeck’s winning goal against title-rivals Leicester City on 14 February has become the most tweeted about moment of the current season so far. Welbeck’s
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Manchester City have completed a consultation with their fans that will see the club change their badge in the near future. Over the past few weeks the club has spoken to all of its Cityzen [http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Club-news/2015/November/Club-badge-update/1448378145] members through a questionnaire
Apple Watch
Earlier this week Apple revealed the release date of their long-awaited wearable tech offering: the Apple Watch. Demand is expected to be high for the company’s first original product since the iPad came onto the scene in 2010, and consumers can purchase it on 24th April. The announcement has
City Woman
Manchester City have marked International Women’s Day by launching a brand new section of their website. According to the site, City Woman will bring female fans of the Blues exclusive behind-the-scenes content, interviews, competitions and more. The club have also launched an accompanying Twitter account,@CityWoman_MCFC [http://twitter.