The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown has hit sport hard – I take a look at how different sports in the UK are dealing with the issue and where they’re at in terms of restarting.
Football
JDG kicks-off with Evo-Stik League
We are delighted to have agreed a deal to provide a football news and results service to the Evo-Stik League.
This will see JDG provide daily content and editorial development to the official Evo-Stik League website, as well as operating the league’s results service on each and every match day, including the distribution of results and information to the national press.
Love Premier League joins JDG stable of sites
JDG Sport has secured investment to launch a new in-house publication, Love Premier League.
Searching for football’s content business model
In the ever increasing battle to successful monetise quality content, Trinity Mirror has launched a couple of paywalled football sites.
Hashtag United, an example of effective modern branding
Hashtag United is an amateur football club formed in March 2016 by YouTube personality Spencer Owen, and it’s taking the football world by storm.
Why football clubs are investing in eSports
Over the past weeks and months eSports seems to be attracting attention in terms of sponsorship from football club’s, with West Ham getting the ball rolling earlier on in the year.
Being part of a winning team
Our hometown club Warrington Town secured the most prestigious league title in their history and with it promotion to the seventh tier of the football pyramid at the weekend.
Helping Football Manager set a world record – #FM100 challenge
JDG answered an SOS from the National Football Museum to take part in their #FM100 challenge – a Guinness World Record attempt involving the Football Manager Touch 2016 game.
Featured in the museum’s ‘Pitch to Pixel: The World of Football Gaming’ exhibition, the challenge involves 100 different managers playing the game on the same save, for at least an hour each, over 100 days.
