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Leading bookmaker Paddy Power has struck a deal with Football FanCast which will see it become the website’s exclusive online betting partner.
The firm, which provides competitive odds across a huge range of popular sports from both its own retail outlets in the UK and Ireland and its website www.paddypower.com, will be offering exclusive betting markets and generous Money Back Specials and promotions to Football FanCast readers.
Paddy Power will also be providing all Football FanCast readers with a free £20 bet when they open an account online and stake their first £10.
The Premier League encounter at St Andrew’s on Saturday 6th November between Birmingham City and West Ham ended 2-2 and although the match was a draw, FootballFanCast.com ran out as winners!
Here is footage of the Hammers’ unsuccessful late penalty appeal as Jean Beausejour appears to tug the shirt of Lars Joacobsen, with FootballFanCast.com having pride of place on the advertising hoardings.
FootballFanCast.com is becoming a regular fixture at the St Andrew’s stadium in Birmingham and were on the advertising hoardings once again in the fourth round of the Carling Cup on Tuesday night as Premier League outfit Birmingham City hosted League One club Brentford.
The match was certainly a gripping one, with the scores level after extra time as Birmingham’s Kevin Phillips scored a last gasp equaliser at the end of 90 minutes. The Blues eventually went to win 4-3 on penalties to progress to the fifth round of the tournament.
As part of Snack Media’s investment deal with Sports Revolution and Chris Ingram, the brands of Snack Media and FootballFanCast will become much more visible to football fans with exposure in and around Premier League stadia. This extra exposure to Premier League fans came into action at St Andrews on Saturday.
On Saturday 27th September FootballFanCast.com was given time on the electronic advertising hoardings around St Andrews for the Premier League match between Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic. The match ended 0-0, but that doesn’t take away from the excitement of the opportunity and even though the teams couldn’t find the net in 90 minutes, FootballFanCast.com well and truly scored in the Premier League!
Snack Media are pleased to announce that they have agreed an investment deal with Sports Revolution and Chris Ingram. The deal will give Snack Media and its network of sites, including flagship brand Football FanCast exposure to Sports Revolution’s instadia media. It will be the first independent fansite to be advertsied during Premier League matches.
See Press Release below:
Sports Revolution Drives into Digital with Snack Media
September 2010: Sports Revolution, the largest media rights owner in UK football stadia, is expanding into the social media arena with a 40 percent acquisition of sport fansite new media company, Snack Media (www.snack-media.com).
If there’s one thing that the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be remembered for it is the Vuvuzela. While the action on the pitch may not have reached the high standards we expected it to, the fans continued to make plenty of noise in the stands. No World Cup match was complete without the sound of a swarm of bees that is made by the Vuvuzelas and over the course of the tournament it’s something we all got used to. They may have added to the atmosphere at the games but were they a detriment to viewers back home?
In a time when the majority of people are having to be more frugal with their money than ever before due to the global economic downturn, the excessive money that Premier League players are being paid seems even more out of touch with reality. The highest paid Premiership players are being paid hundreds of thousands of pounds in wages every week, but is this required for the Premier League to hold its status as the best league in the world and fend of competition for La Liga and elsewhere?
The second most-capped England international in the history of the game and the man who has saved England’s bacon with his free-kicks many times over the years, David Beckham was cruely ruled out of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after getting injured playing for Serie A team AC Milan. David Beckham was looking to play at his fourth consecutive World Cup but it wasn’t to be for the former England captain.
