Carlsberg is continuing its celebration of 30 years of Liverpool FC sponsorship and its continuation of the ‘Forever Fans’ platform with a six-part series of mini-films from by The Network partners Worth Your While and Drive Studios – with fans ...
Read More »Ray Parlour dons creative director mantle for Arsenal
Arsenal went into the World Cup break top of the Premier League – uncharted territory for a few years now – and a considerable bonus, no doubt, for the launch of its Retro kit-based clothing line. Accordingly it’s signed up ...
Read More »Nike has its moment too as England “lionesses” win Euros
England’s “lionesses” duly delivered, winning the 2022 Euros and validating some at least of the hype heaped upon them by sponsors, brands rowing in on the tournament and broadcaster the BBC. Fair do’s, the men’s team haven’t won anything in ...
Read More »Real Madrid tops sponsored Instagram super league
Football is the gift that keeps on giving – to players, their agents and relatives anyway – although the clubs themselves seem to teeter on the brink much of the time. Instagram is yet another source of revenue – Man ...
Read More »Does FIFA 22 actually leave the real game behind?
“You have to be in it to win it” they used to say. Maybe you have to be a knowledgeable gamer to make sense of adam&eveDDB’s launch film for EA Sports’ FIFA 22. Now with “hypermotion” which seems to mean ...
Read More »ESL collapses as dozy dozen retire to lick their wounds
That didn’t take long did it? Plans for the European Super League are in ashes as the six English clubs involved – Arsenal, Manchester City, Man United, Chelsea, Tottenham and Liverpool – scramble for the exit as the football (and, ...
Read More »European Super League is a PR disaster – might it turn out to be a giant bluff?
It’s not often that the world’sd biggest commercial operators come together in a new venture that – to us ordinary mortals – looks like one the biggest PR disasters in business history. But that’s what the football giants who have ...
Read More »BT backs FA Playmaker’s bid for more diversity in football
Football in the UK is (almost) back – did it ever go away? – and the Football Association, supported by BT, is launching a Playmaker scheme aimed at signing up 100,000 grassroots volunteers to help out and make involvement in ...
Read More »Premiership paranoia is back with Paddy Power’s ‘Spygate’
The Premier League is gearing up for a rapid restart (with or without Lionel Messi) but certainly with Leeds United, promoted from the Championship. Leeds were never exactly noted for their, um, Corinthian spirit and a couple of years ago ...
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