This time of year enables you to look back at the previous 12 months and of course ahead to the new one.
2015 saw 98 live games attended, a personal record.
Of those 98, highlights would probably have to be Warrington Town’s Doodson Sport Cup final triumph over Farsley on penalties at Edgeley Park; a first visit to Braehead Arena to see the Clan ice hockey team take on Manchester Storm; and a very hot-tempered rugby league Championship season opener between Leigh and Bradford.
Instagram is the fastest growing social network, but so far, it has presented more frustrations than opportunities for someone in the sports marketing space.
Friday November 7th, 2014. A date that will be forever remembered as the day Warrington Town FC firmly put themselves on the footballing map.
This year saw me witness two things I never even dreamed of – a FIFA World Cup live and my hometown club, Warrington Town, in the FA Cup proper.
My sporting year started on January 11th, the latest I’ve first attended a live game in a calendar year since 2007.
Part of the challenge of being active on social networks, is managing your time on them efficiently so they don’t become a hindrance to every day work.
On the face of it, 2009 wasn’t a bad year. I graduated from the University of Central Lancashire with an upper second class honours degree in Journalism and pretty much walked straight in to a job at Fast Web Media, which evolved in to my first full time job. Widnes won a cup final too.
The explicit segregation of football fans was something that surprised me when I started watching Football League games last season. My only previous live football experience before last season had been at Old Trafford and Goodison Park, where I just figured that owing to the large stadiums, the away fans would all want to sit […]
