Today is probably the most frenetic day in British football with the summer transfer window shutting at 11pm tonight.  Millions of pounds (and Euro’s) will be shelled out by clubs who find themselves in desperate need of reinforcements to see them through until at least the January transfer window.

Of course we are going to see the likes of Tottenham Hotspur (aren’t they always involved in last minute activity?), Stoke City, Queens Park Rangers (now they have some money to spend under Tony Fernandes), Sunderland, Newcastle and Arsenal (of course) being linked with every player imaginable.

Although fans, managers and players all moan about it being unfair and having to pay inflated fees because of the last second rush to get players in.  But we still live it don’t we!  Is there anything better than watching the BBC Sport website or flicking the TV on to watch SkySports News and their over-hyped countdown with reporters based at every training ground, stadium and hospital (for the medicals).

We saw an explosion of interest in January as Twitter came into its own with #DeadlineDay being a top trend.  Liverpool was mentioned 301,169 times during the month as they spent almost £50m on two major signings in Andy Carroll and Luis Saurez.

So who is going to come out of today with a big grin and who is going to rueing their luck in the last day gamble?  And how is the best way to follow all the action?

BBC

The BBC are running their #BBCFootball tag so that you can follow the gossip and breaking deals with their reporters on the ground.  They have also amalgamated all their news into one feed on their website with SportsDay Live – Transfer Deadline Day.  You can also follow the reporters directly on Twitter to catch the news as it happens – why not set up a list of these guys and watch as the deals unfold before your eyes…..

Paul Plunkett

John Sinnott

Phil McNulty

David Ornstein

Juliette Ferrington

Dan Roan

Howard Nurse

Chris McLaughlin

Ian Dennis

SkySports

Sky will be running their news as it happens mainly through their 24 hour a day TV channel SkySports News.  They also have their website which not only has confirmed news but also has an interesting crowdsource area where all rumours gathered from members of the public are shown (usually something like “I just saw Ronaldo getting off a train in Stoke” or similar).  You can catch up with these in the Rumour Room.

The main feed on Twitter for the channel is going to be the SkySports News official account.  They have also put together a list on Twitter where you can follow their reporters/presenters and get breaking news straight from the horses mouth (so to speak).  Their main people are;

Rob Parrish

Pete Fraser

Mark Buckingham

Pete O’Rourke

Bryan Swanson

Ed Chamberlain

Georgie Thompson

Other Links

Of course there are more ways to follow what is happening but the main action today is easily going to be on Twitter.  The record for the most number of tweets per minute has recently been broken ay the MTV Music Video Awards by the news of Beyonce’s pregnancy with 8,868 tweets per second being achieved.  Can today surpass it?  With more people joining twitter every day then these records are going to continue to be shattered.

ITV appear to be taking a slightly more reserved approach with the news being shown on their website and news through the official channel of @itvfootball

You can also follow any number of journalists who will be covering the days events (and having a very late night);

Oliver Kay

Paul Hayward

Ollie Holt

Dan Silver

Guillem Balague

Ian McGarry

Have fun watching the day of transfers – I know many players are excited to see what happens (those not involved in the action but watching on TV) and I will be glued to the set after work this evening whilst watching Twitter on my iPad.  The full multi-screen experience!