Tag "Football"
The Battle for Seventh? No Thanks
The Guardian’s ever-excellent David Conn’s report on Monday that the Premier League is proposing to introduce a play-off for the final Champions League place is the sort of story which gets people talking from the boardroom to the pub.
3 Powerful Players
According to a Sport+Markt survey, Sportswear brands adidas, Nike and Puma are the most recognisable football sponsors in the top five European markets. Nike, adidas and Puma all will play a key marketing role on the pitch during the FIFA World Cup 2010. Indeed, with 12 teams qualified for the event, adidas is leading the way, followed by Nike with 9 teams and Puma with 7 Federations attending…..
Interview: adidas Marketing Director Gavin Cowley on the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa
Karl Lusbec interviews adidas Marketing Director Gavin Cowley to get his views on the first FIFA World Cup in South Africa; on the marketing activations, competition and also on how the World Cup will contribute to the social and economic development of the country.
Deadline Day – Worth the Hype?
In the end, transfer deadline day actually proved quite busy this year with Adam Johnson signing for Manchester City, Robbie Keane joining another of his boyhood clubs and my own team, West Ham, signing three strikers in a day. But for much of the time the day was looking like yet another damp squib with TV hosts and bloggers everywhere searching for even the smallest of deals to report on. It was during one of these quiet moments while running a deadline day “online chat” on my own website that I began to realise how silly it has all become.
Who Coaches the Coaches ?
Following my recent post on the National Football Centre, a serious issue is raised regarding the future development of English coaches. I would suggest that we have decent coaches and many young , enthusiastic coaches. I have observed them in Academies and club community schemes. I have also seen many cases of good practice at the grass roots level. Player centred coaches who crave further development but find the current system cumbersome and expensive.
The National Football Centre, St Georges Park – White Elephant?
The F.A. is of course bidding for a world cup and appears to have done a ‘U’ turn when they have had little interest since 2005. David Sheepshanks, has always been a supporter and the centre played a big part in his manifesto to become Chairman of the F.A. Time has seen Sir Trevor’s view change from skeptic to champion, he was not in favour when the project was mothballed. Having been one of the originators of the project and member of the National Football Centre Ltd Board and succeeding Howard Wilkinson as project leader I am of course delighted at this turnaround