IT & Technology
Manchester City set Premier League first with Twitter initiative
Fri 3rd Feb 2012 | IT & Technology
Manchester City has agreed a partnership with American company Mass Relevance that will see it become the first Barclays Premier League club to harness Twitter to enhance fans’ matchday...
Manchester City Launch City Fan Cam
Wed 25th Jan 2012 | IT & Technology
Manchester City Football Club has become the first Premier League team to create virtual avatars of their superstars Mario Balotelli, Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko and Samir Nasri as part of a new...
Southampton Football Club enters augmented reality
Thu 22nd Dec 2011 | IT & Technology
Southampton FC has become the first club in The Football League to take advantage of the very latest in mobile technology, with a new marketing campaign allowing loyal fans to show their support using...
Investment in Wi-Fi infrastructure to take engagement to next level
Wed 30th Nov 2011 | IT & Technology
Wi-Fi investment by football clubs is fostering significant growth in their social networking options, according to Nigel Tatlock, CEO of digital rights specialist Atlas Premium Brands. Tatlock,...
Arsene Wenger behind technology plan
Fri 25th Nov 2011 | IT & Technology
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger would welcome goal-line technology being brought into the game - and wants it introduced sooner rather than later. Nine systems are being tested by a FIFA-employed authority...
Fifa At Rochdale FC To Test Goal-Line Cameras
Thu 24th Nov 2011 | IT & Technology
Fifa representatives are visiting Rochdale FC's home ground to see whether a camera system in the goals can tell referees for certain whenever the ball crosses the line. Spotland, home to the League...
Manchester United to unveil global social strategy
Tue 1st Nov 2011 | IT & Technology
Manchester United has appointed SapientNitro as its global digital agency, to handle its digital strategy, digital marketing communications and online experience according to Brand Republic. The...
QPR aim to set fundraising record
Wed 12th Oct 2011 | IT & Technology
On the 15th October, former QPR centre-half and fans’ favourite Steve Wicks will return to his former Club to support the QPR in the Community Trust with its biggest fan appeal of the season....
Man City and YouTube Join Forces
Mon 10th Oct 2011 | IT & Technology
Manchester City Football Club have become the first Premier League Club to sign a content deal with the video sharing giant, YouTube. The commercial deal will enable the club to control their...
Middlesbrough introduce new ticketing facility
Tue 27th Sep 2011 | IT & Technology
Middlesbrough Football Club are giving fans purchasing a seat online the option to print tickets from their home or office computer, in a new facility from ticketing partner Ticketmaster. The...
Football League Launches Android App
Wed 21st Sep 2011 | IT & Technology
The Football League today announced the launch of their Official Clubs’ Android App for the 2011/12 season, allowing fans to keep in touch with their team wherever they are and whatever they are...
Yahoo! and LMA announce renewal of online media partnership
Tue 20th Sep 2011 | IT & Technology
Yahoo! and the LMA have announced the renewal of an online media partnership that will see video and print content from some of the biggest names in football management published across Yahoo!’s...
Sheffield United launch money saving website for fans
Wed 14th Sep 2011 | IT & Technology
Sheffield United Football Club has launched BLADESXTRA.COM - a new website designed to showcase money saving offers exclusively for Blades fans. BLADESXTRA.COM will provide fans with the opportunity...
Football League Appoints Business Development Manger (Digital)
Wed 7th Sep 2011 | IT & Technology
The Football League has moved to strengthen its digital business with the appointment of Simon Eaton as Business Development Manager (Digital). Eaton was previously employed at ITV Commercial for five...
AudienceView extends partnership with The FA and Wembley Stadium
Thu 1st Sep 2011 | IT & Technology
AudienceView Ticketing, a leading provider of advanced and flexible ticketing services to venues worldwide, announced today that The Football Association (FA) will continue to leverage the company's...
Rangers’ Facebook Page Reaches 200,000 Fans
Wed 24th Aug 2011 | IT & Technology
Rangers Football Club has topped the SPL with the champions' official Facebook page now reaching 200,000 Light Blues fans as it adds to its communications networks. The total means Rangers enjoy the...
Come on you greens!
Tue 23rd Aug 2011 | IT & Technology
The search is on for the devoted football fan likely to travel the most miles by road following their club this season. Their reward will be a free LPG conversion for their car – which means...
Liverpool FC revamp online video offering
Tue 23rd Aug 2011 | IT & Technology
StreamUK is working with Liverpool Football Club to completely revamp its video delivery. The solution is built on the Stream Media Platform and brings multi-platform compatibility, asset management...
Corby Town lead the way with App launch
Thu 30th Jun 2011 | IT & Technology
Appy days for Corby Town as club launch product on Apple and Android platforms Blue Square Bet North side Corby Town have launched their new smart phone app on Apple and Android platforms, and in...
PROZONE & AMISCO join forces to advance sports performance analysis
Tue 21st Jun 2011 | IT & Technology
Amisco and Prozone, announce a strategic agreement to become a global industry leader in sports data and performance analytics. Sport Universal Process (SUP), the owners of Amisco and Prozone Sports...
Manchester City invites ALL ITS fans to lift the FA Cup
Tue 31st May 2011 | IT & Technology
New Augmented Reality website app makes dreams come true for Blues fans Thanks to an innovative Augmented Reality app on the Club’s website www.mcfc.co.uk - now all Blues fan from Manchester to...
Premier League calls for introduction of goal-line technology
Mon 23rd May 2011 | IT & Technology
Goal-line technology could be introduced for the 2012-2013 season according to Premier League chief executive, Richard Scudamore. Scudamore told BBC Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek programme: "We'd like it...
SCIFIT’s new Intelli-Fit console now available on all products
Fri 1st Apr 2011 | IT & Technology
SCIFIT is a leading supplier of inclusive and specialist cardio exercise equipment both in the UK. Several models have been IFI accredited at Stage 2 and further SCIFIT models carry the medical device...
Hawk-Eye near agreement with FIFA over goal-line technology tests
Mon 14th Mar 2011 | IT & Technology
The final frontier for goal-line technology could be upon us – with Hawk-Eye hoping to start trials in the Barclays Premier League next season. On March 5, FIFA decided that it would allow...
Manchester United most followed football club on Facebook
Fri 11th Feb 2011 | IT & Technology
Real Madrid and Barcelona may be top of the tree when it comes to revenue generation, but in terms of Facebook followers Manchester United are no.1. Having arrived late on the social media platform...
Accrington Stanley play with latest tech!
Mon 31st Jan 2011 | IT & Technology
Accrington Stanley players and staff spent an afternoon with local company Clever Boxes using some of the latest tablet and cloud technology. Based in Clayton-Le-Moors, Clever Boxes invited down...
Chelsea offer upgraded mobile app
Tue 21st Dec 2010 | IT & Technology
Chelsea Football Club has linked up with Perform to launch Chelsea TV through an upgraded version of the Barclays Premier League club’s existing mobile application. Originally available to fans...
Everton Launch New Blackberry App
Wed 15th Dec 2010 | IT & Technology
Everton Football Club has launched a new mobile application for Blackberry users. The release means the Club now offers a range of mobile products which is unparalleled among Premier League clubs -...
England 2018 launch second phase of social media campaign
Tue 23rd Nov 2010 | IT & Technology
As the decision day to who will host the World Cup in 2018/2022 draws closer, England 2018 launched the second phase of its digital campaign this week. Football fans on social networking site Facebook...
Man Utd global popularity continues to grow
Tue 2nd Nov 2010 | IT & Technology
Manchester United’s global popularity shows no signs of wilting after they celebrating gaing their 4 millionth ‘fan’ on facebook this morning. The club who were initially slow to...
Irish FA launch Facebook game
Wed 13th Oct 2010 | IT & Technology
The Irish Football Association has launched its first online game on its Facebook page, in a bid to find new ways to interact with fans. It is a ‘keepy-up’ game, created by consultancy...
Man Utd over take Liverpool in facebook popularity
Wed 15th Sep 2010 | IT & Technology
Manchester United’s official Facebook fan page has become the fastest growing of any sports team in the world, registering almost 2.4m fans within two months of being set up reports The...
How Football Playing Robots Have the Future of Artificial Intelligence at Their Feet
Mon 13th Sep 2010 | IT & Technology
The new Premier League season is underway and in Madrid the World Cup celebrations are barely over, yet according to research in WIREs Cognitive Science the world’s best players may soon be...
BT and the Football Foundation launch Communicating for Success
Mon 6th Sep 2010 | IT & Technology
Communicating for success (CfS) is an exciting and innovative partnership between BT and the Football Foundation using the power of football to tackle digital exclusion and improve communication...
Premier League looks for Social Media Partner
Tue 31st Aug 2010 | IT & Technology
The Premier League is on the look-out for a digital agency to manage its social media presence as a way of increasing its interaction with fans according to campaignlive.co.uk. There is currently the...
FIFA.com attracts quarter of a billion visits
Wed 14th Jul 2010 | IT & Technology
FIFA’s digital media team is celebrating the success of its web based platforms during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after revealing that the FIFA.com website attracted more than a quarter...
Firms take advantage of Goal-Line Technology debate.
Wed 30th Jun 2010 | IT & Technology
Specsavers launched an advertising campaign playing on the calls for goal-line technology in football following England’s 4-1 World Cup defeat. The high street optician chain has launched a...
Football grips the Internet as 2010 FIFA World Cup™ occupies nearly an hour a day of the average European’s online time
Tue 29th Jun 2010 | IT & Technology
As the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ grips the planet and moves into the final 16, FIFA.com, the world’s official football website reveals that the average internet user is now clocking up 55...
FL INTERACTIVE APPOINTS NEW ADVERTISING AGENCY
Tue 25th May 2010 | IT & Technology
FL interactive (FLi) – the digital arm of The Football League – has appointed Hi-Media as its Official Advertising Sales Partner. Hi-Media will co-ordinate advertising across the entire...
Accrington Stanley FC announce their new online retail and ticketing box office.
Tue 25th May 2010 | IT & Technology
Accrington Stanley in partnership with the online ticketing giant See360, have unveiled their new online retail and ticketing box office. The deal will enable Accrington Stanley to open up the...
Three clubs receive awards from Football League interactive (FLi)
Wed 21st Apr 2010 | IT & Technology
Representatives from FL Interactive - the digital arm of The Football League - have presented Nottingham Forest, Hartlepool United and Crewe Alexandra with their share of £50,000 after each won...
ESPN AWARDED MOBILE RIGHTS FOR BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE IN UK
Tue 6th Apr 2010 | IT & Technology
ESPN are delighted to announce that they have been awarded the exclusive mobile highlight rights to all 380 Barclays Premier League matches per season over the next 3 seasons. The rights will allow...
F.C. Business launches a new blog page
Tue 23rd Mar 2010 | IT & Technology
We are proud to announce the inclusion of our new blog page on this website. Here we will rant and rave about the football industry. Its ills and its joys, but mostly it will give you the chance to...
ARSENAL.COM WINS BEST SPORTS WEBSITE AWARD
Tue 16th Mar 2010 | IT & Technology
Arsenal.com has been named Best Sports Website at the 2009 UK Website of the Year awards. The Gunners' official club website received the highest average rating for content, design and navigation in...
Nike introduces 2010 national team kits made from 100% recycled plastic bottles
Fri 26th Feb 2010 | IT & Technology
Jerseys worn in South Africa and available at retail made from 100 percent recycled polyester, diverting 13 million plastic bottles from landfills Many of the world's leading players, including...
Darren Bent quits Twitter to focus on Sunderland’s Premiership campaign
Thu 18th Feb 2010 | IT & Technology
Football’s most famous ‘tweeter’ has gone silent. Darren Bent, Sunderland’s £10m striker has apparently stopped using the social networking site as he concentrates on...
BBC Launch iPhone app for World Cup
Thu 18th Feb 2010 | IT & Technology
The BBC has announced it will launch an application on the iPhone that combines the BBC Sport website and 5Live radio ahead of the World Cup. The free application will include live commentary and...
Arsenal and Sony launch Arsenal TV Matchday
Wed 3rd Feb 2010 | IT & Technology
In the coming weeks Arsenal and Sony will bring to supporters a world first – a video stream of match content direct to fans’ Sony Playstation Portable(PSP) and PSP Go at their seats...
Sky to broadcast game in 3D
Thu 28th Jan 2010 | IT & Technology
Sky TV will broadcast the world’s first live 3D sports event when it shows the Premier League game between Manchester United and Arsenal on Sunday. Nine pubs in London, Edinburgh, Dublin and...
Tottenham Hotspur & Perform launch new iPhone App
Mon 25th Jan 2010 | IT & Technology
Featuring live audio commentary, video, extensive live stats and news feeds Barclays Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur and digital sports specialists Perform have today announced the...
Burnley's FA Cup 4th round tie to be streamed live on the internet
Fri 8th Jan 2010 | IT & Technology
Burnley’s FA Cup fourth round tie away to Liverpool or Reading will now be streamed live on the FA website. The game, at either Anfield or the Madejski Stadium, is to be shown live on TheFA.com...
