FA looking for new ‘Carling Cup’ sponsor

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FA looking for new ‘Carling Cup’ sponsor The Carling Cup has lost its sponsor and the Football Association is going to be looking for a new one to pick up a sponsorship deal after this current season. Molson Coors will be ending their fourteen year association with the cup and will not be sponsoring it again once this season has finished. The League may have trouble finding a sponsor because they are having to do so at a time when most clubs are not really too interested in the Carling Cup.

Greg Clarke is the chairman of the League and has said, “This is the first time in a long time that one of the major cups in the UK is open for sponsorship. We are hoping that the market will respond well to the news that there is a sponsorship deal available. This cup will have a great appeal for sponsors because British football is now being broadcast in 150 countries around the world. We are very grateful to Molson Coors for the valuable work we have done with them over the last fourteen years; it has been a very positive partnership.”

Molson Coors commented, “It has been a great opportunity for us to work with the Football League and we are very proud of what we have been able to do as partners. Despite the contract being up we are continuing to talk with the League about the future of the cup. In the mean times we are still the sponsors for the cup for this season and we are working our hardest to make it the best competition yet and look forward to the upcoming fixtures.”

FootballScores.com keeps you up to date with all the action

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A new website: FootballScores.com is making it possible for fans of the game to keep up with their favourite team where ever they are. The launch of FootballScores.com is going to mean that football fans from all over the globe will know how their chosen team are doing.

The website allows people to log on and follow the scores from any fixture in the world. It takes the major scores from the games player in all major events in every country. Whoever you chosen team is FootballScores.com is sure to have their statistics.

From Wales to Vietnam, FootballScores.com brings you up to the minute information about goals scored at all cup and league level games anywhere. If your team is playing a match somewhere, you will be able to find live information about it on the website.

Before the match you can also log onto FootballScores.com for all the latest information and statistics on the game that is about to be played. The site will also give you an idea of who is expected to win the game by giving live odds from some of the UK’s best known bookmakers. The website also has information about all the latest player signings and will have information about players statistics from around the world. FootballScores.com is the perfect companion to the sport.

To check out the latest football scores and stats, visit http://www.footballscores.com.

Real Madrid Football Club

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Real Madrid Football Club Real Madrid Football Club is a multi-sports entity based in Madrid, Spain.  Founded on March 6th1902 under the name “Sociedad Madrid Foot-Ball Club”, it participates in the Primera Division of Spain and is one of the teams that has never fallen. It was appointed by FIFA as the Best Club of the twentieth century by readers of FIFA World Magazine in December 2000.  According to the annual ranking conducted by the IFFHS clubs, in 2002 it was named the best soccer team.

Statistically, the club has more titles in Spain than any other and at the same time is one of the most successful and recognised clubs in the world.  It was the first winner of the European Cup (now Champions League UEFA) and the club has won it more times than anyone else with nine championships.

It has won 5,000 official trophies, 75 of them recognized by the UEFA.  Real Madrid was as a founding member of the Association of European Clubs (formerly G-14), an international organization that brought together the most important and influential clubs in Europe.

There are two historic rivals, Athletico Madrid and FC Barcelona, whom Real face in “The Classic”, this being one of the biggest rivalry games in football mundial.  It is one of 4 unique professional clubs in Spain (with FC Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna) whose ownership of the club rests with its members, which total more than 85,000.  It is also one of the most popular clubs around the world.

It is one of the sporting bodies with the greatest market value and one that gets more revenue annually.  They are worth an estimated €951 million (£640 million/$1.285 million) and they have won €351 million (£236 million/$474 million).   They have developed different sports such as wrestling, baseball, volleyball and tennis.  The basketball team participates in the top flight of in Spain, the ACB and is the club with the most titles of FIBA.

SportsDirect.com invites you to discuss your ultimate football team

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SportsDirect.com invites you to discuss your ultimate football team

SportsDirect.com invites you to discuss your ultimate football team

All football fans have what they think is the ultimate dream team, their selection of 11 of the greatest players who they feel, should they combine, will be capable of winning every cup and title available to club football. For those fans who live, breathe and talk football, you can now talk to like-minded fans in the Facebook page created by SportsDirect.com, the top UK retailer of football boots

The team from SportsDirect.com have opened up a discussion forum for anyone who wants to create their ultimate dream team. Unlike other dream team competitions, this time can include any footballer who has ever lived, so you can have George Best playing with Wayne Rooney if you want to. Once you have chosen your star team, you can tell the world about them with World XI.

The editor of 4 4 2 magazine, David Hall, recently logged on and told SportsDirect.com which 11 players he would have on his team, and why. His team was packed with legends of the game such as Booby Moore who, according to Hall, could read a game so well he could play entire matches in the rain without getting his kit dirty. Other inclusions are Sir Bobby Charlton, Zinedine Zidane and Deigo Maradona.

This is certainly a dream team to be reckoned with, and that’s just the start. If you reckon you can put together an even better line up, then get yourself onto www.facebook.com/SportsDirectUK . Discuss your team with others and have your own World XI featured on this official Facebook page.

 

 

New anti-sectarian law up in the air

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New anti-sectarian law up in the air The SNP has confused football fans over the new law proposals that will eliminate sectarianism. The law means that the singing of some football chants will become illegal, while the singing of others will not. The Scottish Community Safety Minister is Roseanna Cunningham and she has said that, “Songs that can potentially cause public disorder are the ones that we want to stop. Police officers are going to be the ones making the decisions on the street about which songs may cause public disorder.”

Critics have said that the law will just create confusion as people will not be sure which songs are a criminal offence and which are not. The implementation of the law has been delayed after comments by Ms Cunningham that the singing of ‘God Save the Queen’ could be illegal.

Tom Devine a leading academic drew the comments from Ms Cunningham after he asked her to clarify the law saying that in its current state, “It could make this whole area of Scottish law into nothing more than a joke.”

Ms Cunningham further said, “This Bill does not suggest that any offensive behaviour would become illegal. It only covers offensive behaviour that the reasonable person would see as being able to cause violence. To think it could cover all offensive behaviour is just absurd, and besides, we simply do not have the space in our jails.”

The Scottish Labour justice spokesperson is Tom Kelly and he has said of the comments made by Ms Cunningham, “Those attending football matches need to know what is, and is not, allowed. We cannot have some arbitrary law; it is just going to leave people confused. This is just a complete shambles; it’s just leaving us with more questions than we have the answers to.”