On Wednesday night, while most UK football fans were watching and tweeting about Chelsea’s last gasp victory over Benfica in the Europa League final, a small corner of the country was tweeting relentlessly about a house party in Ponteland. When Sammy Ameobi posted pictures on his Instagram account [http:
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Earlier this week I published a post looking at the attitude of Newcastle United fans towards the club’s use of Twitter [http://prattleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/newcastle-united-fans-have-their-say-on-clubs-twitter-use/] . The results didn’t make good reading. The main criticisms included that the near constant stream of spammy links to
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Newcastle United supporters – a passionate bunch Luddites may disagree, but it’s pretty apparent that digital communications is now the front line when it comes to fan engagement for football clubs. The Premier League is a world wide brand and online means messages can be disseminated around the globe in
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[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
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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
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Photo by Darrel Birkett There’s been some debate over whether Newcastle United will be successful or not when it comes to selling the naming rights to St. James’ Park (sorry, I can’t bring myself to call it the Sports Direct Arena) in time for the 2012-13 season. Many