Tag Archives: football

United we Tweet

Posted on July 5, 2012 by weltchmedia

Guest post by Ben Mayhew, Torquay United fan and renowned blogger “Greenwich Gull”, on his experiences of using social media to cover lower-league professional soccer.

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Bluebirds in red – a sad day of brand confusion for Cardiff City

Posted on June 6, 2012 by weltchmedia

Graphic designer Dave Hopkins sees “brand confusion” in the new badge and red kit to be worn by his beloved Cardiff City, the “Bluebirds”.

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Super Bowl – social media’s biggest, but not necessarily best

Posted on February 6, 2012 by weltchmedia

So, as expected, last night’s Super Bowl XLVI was the most Tweeted US event ever. At its peak, the American football finale was generating 12,000 Tweets per second! By most measures, it’s the biggest annual sports event in the world … Continue reading →

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Tell me why I do like Mondays – football on TV

Posted on August 29, 2011 by weltchmedia

There was a time when football, in its various guises, was generally something for the weekend. But the long-running success of a US TV show has made football at the start of the week something of a global media phenomenon.

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How a Super League shock played out in social media

Posted on July 31, 2011 by weltchmedia

Among all the codes of football, rugby league seems to produce more than its share of off-field controversy – and this week’s jaw-dropping announcement of the new Super League licences was played out in real-time through social media.

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The Canadian Football League and Twitter: a fan’s perspective

Posted on April 26, 2011 by bawlfbomber

Guest blog by Jerry Iwanus (Twitter:  @bawlfbomber)   Bawlf, Alberta, Canada Recently, Weltch Media posted an excellent piece about the many different kinds of “football” found in the world.  The reason the article is excellent, in my view, is because someone … Continue reading →

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You’re a football fan? Well, it is a great game(s)

Posted on February 20, 2011 by weltchmedia

So you’re a football fan? Which football? Here’s our quick dash through the great games that share the name.

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In sport, sometimes more is less

Posted on December 30, 2010 by weltchmedia

For fans of international sport, these may appear to be the best of times. Top-level international competition seems to be taking place all the time. But is that actually a good thing?

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Sporting heroes? Yes, they do exist

Posted on November 18, 2010 by andrewweltch

The word “hero” is used all too freely by sports journalists – usually wrongly. But there are real heroes in sport, and one candidate for that description was in Cardiff last night – former Zimbabwe cricketer Henry Olonga, who publicly … Continue reading →

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Why are sports bosses so scared of social media?

Posted on August 25, 2010 by andrewweltch

England’s cricketers are the latest professional athletes to face the prospect of a ban from social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. It seems a drastic measure, and one which will upset the many followers of players such as Graham Swann and Kevin Pietersen, but sports organisations do seem particularly scared of social media. Continue reading →

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