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FIFA 2010 World Cup qualifying website review - Scotland
During the course of this year's World Cup Qualifiers, I've been looking at the FA websites of the countries that England have been playing. With it being an international friendly night, inspired by a comment from 'Uncle Wilco', I thought I'd look at the website of one of the other 'Home Nations'. Earlier in the year, when the Scottish FA were consulting with their fans over whether the expense of bringing Argentina to play in Glasgow was worth it,...

Read the full post - Published November 19, 2008 in 2010 World Cup, Football, Web - No comments yet   Add your comment 

FIFA 2010 World Cup qualifying website review - Belarus
With two consecutive emphatic wins behinds them, the English FA must be feeling confident at the moment that the national team will reach the 2010 World Cup Finals. I've been reviewing the FA websites of the countries competing with England in Group 6 of the European qualifying competition. So far I've looked at England, Andorra and Kazakhstan, and I reviewed the Croatian FA site during Euro2008 in the summer. Today, with England facing Belarus in Minsk, I've turned my...

Read the full post - Published October 15, 2008 in 2010 World Cup - No comments yet   Add your comment 

FIFA 2010 World Cup qualifying website review - Kazakhstan
As England progress through their Word Cup Qualifying group, I've been reviewing their FA website and those of their opponents. I won't actually be getting to see England's sold out match against Kazakhstan today as I'm actually in Gelsenkirchen for the deciding final round of the World Speedway Championship. That, however, hasn't stopped me trying to get to grips with the Kazakh website. Kazakhstan The Kazakh team has been torn between East and West since they became affiliated to...

Read the full post - Published October 11, 2008 in 2010 World Cup, Football - No comments yet   Add your comment 

FIFA 2010 World Cup qualifying website review - England
England started their attempt to qualify for the 2010 South Africa World Cup at the weekend, with an away game against Andorra. Tonight, they face what is expected to be by far their toughest test in the Group 6, an away match in Zagreb, Croatia. Although I can't say I fancy the Ukraine, Belarus or Kazakhstan away matches much either. During the course of the qualifiers, I'm going to be reviewing the websites of the FAs opposing England. However,...

Read the full post - Published September 10, 2008 in 2010 World Cup, Football, Product review, Web - 1 comment so far   Add your comment 

FIFA 2010 World Cup qualifying website review - Andorra
England begin their attempt to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa today, with an away game against Andorra, held at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona. Cue the "there are no easy matches in international football" cliche. England will be trying to qualify from Group 6 which, alongside Andorra, features Croatia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. It has all the hallmarks of a group which England will struggle in, and which they will be berated for by a...

Read the full post - Published September 6, 2008 in 2010 World Cup, Football, Product review, Web - No comments yet   Add your comment 

2008 Olympic "Spambush" marketing
'Ambush marketing' at major sporting events has become a prevalent phenomena in the 2000s, affecting the Olympics despite the incredibly complex sponsorship rules drawn up by the IOC. The 2002 Winter Olympics saw Sprint running a snowy campaign that associated the brand with sponsoring 'everything fast, new, and really quite amazing', whilst during the 2004 Athens games, beer Miller ran a campaign proclaiming victory in an Athens-based taste test. Athens, Georgia, mind you, but Athens nevertheless. And who can...

Read the full post - Published July 19, 2008 in 2010 World Cup, Football, Olympics, Web - 2 comments so far   Add your comment 

The lowest ranked UEFA teams should have to pre-qualify for World Cup and Euro Finals
I'd hate to come across as a bitter England fan who has been brooding about their failure to qualify for Euro2008, but I am, and I have. My brooding wasn't helped when I realised that if my ticket application for Euro2008 had been successful, in the summer I would be going back to Salzburg to watch my adopted homeland of Greece twice. I've also been brooding about the way the European section draw works out for the next tournament. Sports...

Read the full post - Published December 4, 2007 in 2010 World Cup, Football - 2 comments so far   Add your comment 

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