Tottenham finally land their man: Adebayor joins from Manchester City - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
Tottenham have announced that they have finally managed to agree terms on a transfer to sign
Emmanuel Adebayor from Manchester City. The Togolese marksman has signed a permanent contract with
the north London outfit, and becomes Andre Villas-Boas' third summer addition after the arrivals of
Jan Vertongen and Gylfi Sigurdsson.
Tottenham finally land their man: Adebayor joins from Manchester City - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
Tottenham have announced that they have finally managed to agree terms on a transfer to sign
Emmanuel Adebayor from Manchester City. The Togolese marksman has signed a permanent contract with
the north London outfit, and becomes Andre Villas-Boas' third summer addition after the arrivals of
Jan Vertongen and Gylfi Sigurdsson.
France and England draw, Ukraine beats Sweden in a thrilling match at Kyiv's Olympic Stadium, in
front of a delirious home crowd.
Russia aims to defeat Poland in Warsaw in the day's big match:
12 June 2012 Group A More » Greece 18.00 Czech Republic Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA) –
Stadium: Municipal Stadium Wroclaw, Wroclaw (POL) Group A More » Poland 20.
Fabrice Muamba may never play again for Bolton or the England set-up, but his triumphant
return to the Reebok Stadium last night was something out of a fairytale.
When he collapsed with a cardiac arrest on the field during the Tottenham v Bolton F.A. Cup tie on
the 17th March, a whole nation feared the worst.
Say NO to the Glazers IPO - click here to help MUST The nation may well basking in a golden glow
from "Team GB's" stunning success in the London Olympic games - it is turning into a very special
year - but for followers of Manchester United, we still don't know if Ferguson's summer signings
will live up to the fans expectations.
English Premier League side Manchester United have announced a seven year shirt sponsorship with
Chevrolet. Details on the deal have not been disclosed but its expected to be around $30 million
per season.
Chevrolet will be the club's fifth shirt sponsor. The previous sponsors were Aon (2010-14), AIG
(2006-2010), Vodafone (2000-2006), and Sharp Electronics (1992-2000).
Coming to Old Trafford from 2014, a symbol of the successful US car bailout
Man Utd's US connections payoff again. The commercial behemoths of the Premier League have
Chevrolet lined up to take over their jersey sponsorship from 2014 replacing AON for the next seven
years. Financial details of the deal are sketchy and it appears to have cost Joel Ewanick, GM's
global chief marketing officer his job.
It has been announced today that from 2014/2015, Chevrolet will replace Aon as United's shirt
sponsor, signing an undisclosed seven year deal.
"This is a fantastic, long-term deal for the Club," said United's Commercial Director,
Richard Arnold. "We have been partners with Chevrolet for only six weeks, but already they have
produced some fantastic ideas that will benefit both the partnership and our 659 million followers
around the world.
Football clubs social media ranking in July 2012, showing the number of Twitter "followers" and
Facebook "likes" (official club accounts). FC Barcelona top the league, ahead Real Madrid and
Manchester United.
Football and social media can be more closely correlated than perhaps we realise. Whilst we
don't care so much what they say, the fact we now have the option to hear our idols has helped
bridge the gap between fans and footballers like never before.
Players from across the globe take to social network sites – mainly Twitter – to express
anger, rage, happiness, exchange "banter" with their celebrity ‘mates' & ultimately boost their
profile even further, with our very own Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) a prime example of this.
Football and social media can be more closely correlated than perhaps we realise. Whilst we
don't care so much what they say, the fact we now have the option to hear our idols has helped
bridge the gap between fans and footballers like never before.
Players from across the globe take to social network sites – mainly Twitter – to express
anger, rage, happiness, exchange "banter" with their celebrity ‘mates' & ultimately boost their
profile even further, with our very own Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) a prime example of this.
The largest global football follower survey ever conducted has today named Manchester United the
world's most popular club, with 659 million followers worldwide. The survey was carried out by
leading...
Believe it or not there was a time when there were only one or two live football matches shown per
season on television. Even when I started following football properly in the very late 80s, you
would only get a maximum one game per week on television in the form of ITV's ‘The Big Match,'
with Elton Welsby (remember him?
After a successful career that included stints at Manchester United and Real Madrid, Ruud van
Nistelrooy has announced his retirement. Nistelrooy will likely be considered one of the greatest
strikers ever with over 300 goals scored and top goalscorer awards in multiple leagues. He recently
finished this past season playing for Malaga and helped them finish in fourth to earn a UEFA
Champions League spot.
It's the last "Funny Feeling Friday" of the season. This season brought you some of the greatest
ever calls including Peter Odemwingie in February, and many others as chronicled by our
spelling-challenged friends and followers on Twitter: @NickyButt with his ... Continue reading →
Alright, I'm not going to take this post into an explanation on how valuable Twitter is. The
real time ability for celebrities, companies, politicians and rebels alike to communicate with
their fans and followers in mass has dramatically changed the way we consume news and content.
Saer Sene (right) has been the 7th best player in MLS this season according to the Castrol
Index. (Photo: Tony Biscaia/RevsNet)
A quick glance at the MLS Castrol Index might reveal a bit of a surprise in the overall top ten:
New England Revolution striker Saër Sène. Sene, who is in a bit of a scoring drought with just
one goal since the end of May, currently ranks seventh – down from fourth last week – in the
"Official Performance Index of Major League Soccer".
With this being my first post on Dynamo Theory, allow me to introduce myself and give you a
quick background on the Ordinary Orange Fan. I've partnered up with Dynamo Theory and will provide
you with a weekly look inside the Mexican soccer league, La Liga MX. I am a Dynamo season ticket
holder and maintain a website covering the Dynamo at www.
U.S. international Clint Dempsey is coming off the best year of his career, scoring 23 goals in
all competitions for Fulham and finishing as the Premier League's joint fourth best scorer (17
goals). It's a good time for reflection on all he's accomplished in his 29 years and a Twitter user
helped him remember back to the days before he was an internationally known footballer by sharing
an old yearbook picture and quote.
One day, my son will be old enough to ask me about this game... and I will tell him that as it
happened, as I witnessed the greatest performance in a final of a major international tournament of
all time - that he was there beside me, sound asleep.And that one day, he will hopefully share a
similar moment with his own son.
Whether we like it or not, social media is impacting the world of football on a more regular
basis – proven by the Advertising Standards Authority's (AAS) decision to ban the Nike
"#makeitcount" campaign on Twitter after Rooney's recent "tweetvertisements".
More and more people are concerned that footballers and celebs alike are cashing in on
Twitter.
¿Quienes son los jugadores de la Eurocopa más con más seguidores? ¿Cuál sería el equipo
ganador según los seguidores de sus jugadores? ¿Cómo sería el equipo ideal según el número de
seguidores de cada futbolista? Todas estas preguntas son respondidas en la siguiente
infografía.
La selección española ostenta no solo el título de campeona del mundo, sino que puede
presumir de ser la más aclamada en Twitter: si sumamos el número de fans de cada uno de sus
jugadores, superan los dieciocho millones y medio de seguidores.
A simple goal creates joyous, unforgettable memories for a new generation.
Speaking of joy, we just passed 40,000 followers on Tumblr. Thanks, you're all amazing.
Remember you can also find us on Twitter and Facebook. (GIF via)
The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque is being "hit" from all sides with
harsh criticism from fans, followers, insiders, media & every Spanish Tom, Dick & Harry who watched
the Italy Group C opener & has an opinion. The man is obviously on the defensive today &
attempting to rationalise the reason he decided to leave the Spanish starting 11 without a true
forward, a Number
Roy Hodgson's England Euro 2012 campaign could do with some 'Devine Intervention' or so some of
Paddy Powers Facebook followers have been telling them.
So Paddy Power did the only thing they could. Build a 100ft tall replica of Rio's "Christ the
Redeemer" statue with Roy Hodgson's head on it by the White Cliffs of Dover.
To celebrate signing Harry Redknapp to our Euro 2012 roster, Betfair ran a Q&A that gave
followers of @BetfairSports the chance to ask the questions THEY WANTED.
So the big kick off is imminent. The 2012 UEFA European Football Championships are upon us just
so soon after the domestic seasons in Europe's major leagues have come to a close. It only seems
like yesterday when Fernando Torres scored the winning goal in the final of the 2008 tournament to
secure Spain their second Euro triumph with a 1-0 over Germany.
The city of Madrid is about to be visited by 1000s of ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & FC BARCELONA followers
as both are to play the Final of the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) tomorrow at the "Vicente Calderon
Stadium" (Home of Atletico de Madrid). At.Bilbao - FC Barcelona. A huge game to officially close
the Spanish Football season with plenty of angles & stories in play: At.
"All together. Go for the Cup". That is the name - "war cry" - of ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO in this
video that the Club has just posted up on all the social media channels.The motive is to warm-up
the Bilbao followers & build up the atmosphere for this Fridays SPANISH CUP FINAL ( Copa del Rey
Final ) against FC BARCELONA at the Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid.
Found this pic that I thought may interest all the global Football readers & especially REAL MADRID
followers. It´s one of the very latest team photos of the SPANISH LEAGUE Champions for season
2011-2012. Team photo: Real Madrid CF season 2011-2012 Top L to R: Pepe, Ramos, Xabi Alonso,
Khedira, Benzema & Cristiano Ronaldo.
With Arsenal not playing this midweek, Lukas Podolski decided he'd been in London for a while now and really ought to see some of the sites. The Germany international hopped into a black cab and got the driver to take him to some of the capital's main tourist sites. At each stop, Podolski jumped out [.
As you may have heard, there was a rather significant computer outage that affected flights as
the Seattle Sounders were trying to get to Trinidad on Tuesday for their match against Caledonia.
With the team stranded in some airport, Brad Evans fired up the old Twitterview and asked his
followers to quiz Bryan Meredith, who seemed only too happy to play along.
To many followers of the game, this one included, it is doubtful whether Kenny Dalglish was ever
really the man that Fenway Sports Group (FSG) wanted in the first instance given their penchant,
and the sounds that came out of ...
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Up until this week, the forthcoming launch of the new soccer channel beIN SPORT had little
relevance to die-hard followers of English football in the United States. All that has changed this
week with the news that beIN SPORT has ...
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Premiership Talk is pleased to announce that it is giving away an amazing prize to one lucky
reader! Kevin Macdonald's new film Marley makes it's way to DVD and BLU-Ray on August 7th,
and Premiership Talk is giving away a copy of the movie to one lucky reader.
Marley has been described as the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and
legend, from his early days to his rise to international stardom.
Cristiano Ronaldo vs Online Football Fans: A Live Football Skills Challenge - originally posted
on Soccerlens.com
Last year Castrol EDGE presented Ronaldo Tested to the Limit, an award-winning documentary that
showed the Portugal and Real Madrid forward showcase his strengths in a series of captivating
challenges in the most scientific examination of a player ever undertaken.
This weekend, the Houston Dynamo will open the 12th soccer specific facility in the league, BBVA
Compass Stadium. In honor of the event, today's post will focus on the Dynamo. Before we get to
the stadium, the team has just announced a new partner. The team's new official energy partner is
Direct Energy.
