Archive for the ‘Footballers Gone Twitter’ Category
After Sunderland’s James McClean closed down his Twitter account over a controversy about a tweet identifying his favorite song by Irish band The Wolfe Tones—it’s about the IRA—manager Martin O’Neill spoke out about the evils of the social media service and lamented the loss of that old fashioned communication device, …
Twitter handles are all the rage, and if you don’t have one, you’re a dork (our is @kckrs. We are not a dorks). The microblogging service-cum-social network is the in way to pimp your brand, be it new technology, energy drink, or football club. Melbourne Hearts is a football club, …
From Unibet via Mashable, here is a veritable truckload of information about footballers, football clubs, and Twitter. There’s a comparison of Twitter popularity and transfer value, a who’s trending (the name in the top spot rhymes with “Bessie”), some numbers comparing club follower count to attendance, something about Manchester United …
Earlier today, in a fit of pique over being labelled a prevaricator by The FA, Ashley Cole let fly with an inadvisable tweet using an inadvisable hashtag that called The FA, as a collective body, a vulgar name for a female body part. The people of Twitter rabbled violently, the …
Brad Friedel is still Tottenham’s number one goalkeeper, despite the threat posed by new signing Hugo Lloris. Retired France keeper Fabien Barthez thinks Lloris should be Spurs’ number, and said as much. Friedel is none too pleased, and took to Twitter (naturally) to let fly with a response.
It’s part of an analyst’s job to occasionally espouse opinions which aren’t wholly popular. Once in a while, someone’s going to take exception to something you’ve said. Alexi Lalas did that, criticizing Philadelphia Union midfielder Freddy Adu. And then Adu got twitter beef.
Female footballers will become the first professional athletes in the UK to bow to the unending march of twitter into all aspects of our lives, and put their twitter handles on their shirts. One player from each of the eight teams in the UK’s highest women’s soccer league will wear …
As part of Nike’s “Make It Count” campaign, United’s Rio Ferdinand and Arsenal’s Wojciech Szczesny will wear special boots embossed with their respective Twitter handles when Arsenal hosts Manchester United this weekend.
I’m almost positive that this is exactly what the people behind Twitter envisioned when the created the phenomenon. Footballers tweeting each other penis jokes. Photo to follow.
We’ve got quite the trifecta for you here, kids: a footballer being weird, “unique” celebrity baby names, and twitter. Peterborough United’s Gabriel Zakuani is such a fan of the social network, he’s named his new son “Trendy.”
Here’s Houston Dynamo defender Bobby Boswell tweeting a photo and cracking a joke at teammate Corey Ashe’s expense. Corey is short, in case that wasn’t clear. h/t @thebencrook
These are the facts: 1. There are A LOT of people (read: potential buyers of Cristiano Ronaldo-brand stuff) in China. 2. Twitter is blocked in China because it’s China and that’s what China does. 3. Marketing to those potential buyers of Cristiano Ronaldo-brand stuff would be easier if there was …
In a move that can only be described as either “really stupid” or “really really stupid,” Liverpool striker Nathan Ecclestone is now under an investigation from his club following a tweet that implied the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, were an inside job.
Stuck on the bench (injured? I can’t keep up) with Man United, Michael Owen has been reduced to tweeting pictures of his kitchen table and declaring what’s on it “the biggest challenge of his life.”
If you’re American, live in America, or have any inkling of what goes on in the big American sports, you can’t help but have a chuckle at way English football is sloppily straining to get a grip on Twitter. It’s like a movie night showing of Inception at your neighborhood …
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