@stategame
-
Chelsea & Sauber F1
“It’s not about just finance. It is about engagement, because at the end of the day the whole commercial world has changed. It is about engagement of that fan base.”
(Source: Yahoo!)
-
Raul, who scored almost a goal every other game for Schalke in the Bundesliga last season, joins Qatari club Al Sadd on a one year deal.
-
Without a dream in my heart…
-
…without a love of my own.
-
Abu Dhabi celebrates
“For a lot of the people here, they say that they didn’t even follow the Premier League until Manchester City was bought by the Abu Dhabi group,” reported CNN’s Leone Lakhani in Abu Dhabi, “so you can imagine they’ve been extremely happy with the results the entire year.
“It elevates the country’s emergence as a major sporting power.”
-
Andy Carroll dressed as a warrior
-
Cost of watching football rising 3.5 times faster than rate of inflation
The cost of following football is close to an all-time high with inflation for fans running at over 11% a year – 3.5 times the rate for the economy as a whole, according to Virgin Money’s Football Fans’ Index
Increased costs for match tickets and replica kit, combined with the rising cost of watching football on television, have helped to send the total cost of the Virgin Money basket of football goods to £112.87 – the second highest since Virgin Money began tracking costs for fans in January 2006.
(Source: uk.virginmoney.com)
-
Barcelona total payroll for the 2011/2012 season - $217,014,221
(Source: Yahoo!)
-
Men have two strong passions - football and nightlife
-
Chelsea & Sauber F1
“This is an innovative partnership that will see a football club link up with an F1 team like never before, bringing together two of the world’s biggest sports and uniting our fans.”
-
This is a good wink from football and cinema and it’s smart
-
Cardiff City could rebrand from blue to red
Cardiff City are considering a rebranding which could mean a change of colour and a significant cash injection, BBC Wales Sport understands.
This may involve the team playing in red instead of their traditional blue.
The club’s Malaysian investors believe red is a more dynamic colour for marketing in Asia, as well as of more national significance in Wales.
(Source: BBC)
-
Juve’s Giorgio Chiellini plays keepy uppy with a giant M&M
-
The Forbes Football Rich List 2012
- 1. Manchester United - $2.235bn (£1.396bn)
- 2. Real Madrid - $1.877bn (£1.17bn)
- 3. Barcelona - $1.307bn (£816m)
- 4. Arsenal - $1.292bn (£807m)
- 5. Bayern Munich - $1.235bn (£770m)
- 6. AC Milan - $989m (£615m)
- 7. Chelsea - $761m (£473m)
- 8. Liverpool - $619m (£385m)
- 9. Juventus - $591m (£367m)
- 10. Schalke 04 - $587m (£365m)
(Source: BBC)
Page 1 of 8
