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Cybersports have today announced the launch of their much anticipated Striker Superstars BETA. This is the next stage of the Unity based browser games and reveals new and eagerly awaited features such as Pro Coaching, Inventory and Shop as well as the friends and grouping function.

During the past year, the Cybersports team have been working very closely with Unity Studios, Denmark to create this browser-based game and bring it to the masses. Striker Superstars delivers a a great gaming experience that is truly browser based and has simplified access. The addition of the new grouping feature gives players both the ability to organise their teams and also play with and against their friends.

Your performance is measured by a number of key statistics which are stored against your player profile. Your player rating is promoted to the masses across theStriker Superstars leader boards which give other users to compare their performance against yours.

Striker Superstars is free to play and delivers fluid game play through its use of fully motion captured character player animation. Unlike many casual games out there, Striker Superstars is a significant step-up from your usual browser based gaming experience.

Malcolm Clark, CEO of CyberSports, said

“Striker Superstars makes multiplayer virtual football accessible to the widest possible player-base. What the team have managed to deliver in a browser is unbelievable – a fast real-time multiplayer sports game.

“Gamers are becoming more sophisticated and demanding and are moving on from turn-based games which involve very little true competition or collaboration with their friends. They want a richer and more compelling real-time experience which they can share.

“Striker Superstars is the next generation of ‘social games’, where games become truly social and are not just called that because they are hosted on a social network.”

• · Dedicated, global social media app & website for football fans
• · Crowd sourced content & match updates for every club in every major league worldwide
• · Upload pictures & videos, follow friends, comment live on the game

Andy Gray hooks up with new crowd powered social network SharetheMatch

The new social network app dedicated to football, Sharethematch, are delighted to announce that the latest name they have on board is Andy Gray, the Scottish footballing legend. Gray has said of the app that he loved it from the outset and immediately realised its potential. He added that is was a kind of Facebook for football fans and that he was able to interact with fans across the globe via photos, videos and words.

The aim of Sharethematch is to give football supporters around  the world their very own network on which they can share their news, gossip and passion for the beautiful game. Through their website and FREE to download app Sharethematch is harnessing the power of crowd sourcing by allowing fans to freely share their images, video and opinions as well as letting them comment on managers, officials, referees and players.

Those who use Sharethematch will be able to check into any football ground, meet up with their friends and then interact with other fans from anywhere in the world to comment on the game, all while the match is being played.

Sharethematch lets the most important people in football – the fans – speak. With a constant feed of up to the minute gossip and opinion from fan powered news and professional journalists, Sharethematch is bang up to date throughout the week; giving footy fans instant access to the latest news and views wherever they are – globally.

Sharethematch gives fans an opinionated and irreverent spin on all the week’s news from all the clubs with National sports press agency Sportsbeat/News Associates. With more reporters than any other UK-based media outlet around grounds Europe-wide each weekend, from the parks to the Premier League, its news team brings expertise and debate to Sharethematch’s lively mix.

Rob Sloman, Editorial Director for Sharethematch said: “We are taking football into the next phase of the social media revolution. We can give fans the opportunity to follow football from the 90 minutes of the game to the day to day lifestyle of a fan.”

Visit www.sharethematch.com to register for free or download the app from the iTunes appstore.

Once the lights have been switched on, it is safe to say that the Christmas shopping frenzy is about to begin. To help out those who are seeking gifts for football fans, the leading retailer of  football boots SportsDirect.com have rounded up all the most sought after football related items and put them all on their website, and are selling them on their website at SportsDirect.com’s famously low prices.

Starting from the bottom, one of the big must haves this Christmas are the new Adidas F50 football boots which include the ingenious miCoach. These have been described as football boots with brains, as the speedpod within the soles of the F50′s can track speed, distance, and so much.

These are the most technologically advanced football boots yo can get, and they will be available on the SportsDirect.com website for less than £200 from December 2^nd.

Gloves are always a winter favourite, and goalkeeper gloves from SportsDirect.com are definitely a Christmas favourite. SportsDirect.com have got a massive collection of goalie gloves from as little as £2, so you can save money whilst they are saving goals! Team themed gloves are available online like Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool, as well as branded favourites like the adidas Response and Fingersave gloves.

If you’re football fan is more of a watcher than player, you can give them a blast from the past to support the lads with the collection of retro football shirts available from just £12. The range includes the popular Manchester United 1999 champions league final shirt, Tottenham Hotspur 1961 home shirt and the Arsenal 1988 home shirt; all available to order online today.

Whatever your football fan needs, get them what they want this Christmas by logging on to www.SportsDirect.com. Check out all the latest offers and deals on Facebook and Twitter too!

England Shirt’s are cheapest at Online at SportsDirect.com!

Consumers are benefiting from a price war that is taking place between JJB Sports and internet retailer SportsDirect.com. The retailers are fighting for consumers by offering significant discounts on the new England shirt.

JJB Sports is known for offering great prices and it was no surprise when they listed the shirt on their website for the price of £9.99 and they claimed that this was the cheapest it could be found anywhere. However, the giant retailer, SportsDirect.com quickly took away that title and started offering the shirt for an incredibly low, £9.

The shirt is being offered by both these stores as an internet only price and now is the perfect time to buy one ready for the England match happening this Friday. Families will also welcome the price tag as it is going to be something that will make for an affordable Christmas present.

The England shirts can be ordered whilst stocks last and are currently available in a huge range of sizes, you can also choose to personalise your shirt with MYiD printing, so you can wear the name of England legends such as Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole whilst supporting the lads this weekend.

Wherever you’re watching the game, save money on your shirt at www.SportsDirect.com! You can also keep on top of all the latest deals and competitions on the official Facebook and Twitter pages.

Mirror football phone app

The latest Mirror Football app for the iPhone app is now much improved and is completely free for the 2011/2012 season. It can now be personalised and includes a new global fan blog.

MirrorFootball.co.uk has announced that it is launching a new and updated version of its popular football app for the iPhone, and it is packed with new and innovative features to coincide with the new 2011/2012 football season. The best news of all for football fans is that they will be able to get the app for free from all the Apple global apps stores, which will give even more fans access to Mirror football.

This app further builds on the success of the MirrorFootball.co.uk website (which in June 2011 had 3.8m users. Source: ABC) The app now allows users to personalise the homepage with a bookmark for their favourite club in the Premier League. It also gives access to club specific news, live match trackers which give minute by minute results and extensive photo and video-led content, as well as the new global fan blog facility.

The app gives footie fans instant access to a unique 24/7 news service which can be accessed anytime anywhere and there is also a wealth of exclusive pieces offering the opinions from both award winning writers and footballing legends. These include the transfer expert Darren Lewis, Oliver Holt, Robbie Savage, Mark Lawrenson and Martin Lipton.

Users can leave their comments on the articles and also send them onto their friends as well as publishing them on Facebook and Twitter.  The new global fan blogs are great for those fans who follow football in other countries, and they can read analysis of games by bloggers in Spain, Italy, France, South America and MLS.

Key App Features

• FREE to download
• 24/7 breaking football news
• Personalise your homepage to your club
• Live up-to-the-minute match tracker
• Latest scores, results, fixtures and tables
• News & reports for all Premier League clubs
• Insights from award-winning columnists
• Real fans view from global bloggers
• Share stories with friends via Facebook and Twitter
• Videos of press conferences and interviews
• Read the top stories offline

Chris Ellis, Managing Director, Digital – Nationals Division, said: “We’re really excited to be launching the updated Mirror Football App for the new season. As well as adding a whole new raft of content to cover foreign leagues, we’ve made the app totally free so that many more iPhone and iPod Touch fans will have real-time access to the latest football news, opinion, results and fun that MirrorFootball.co.uk is known for. We’re also offering users more and more interactivity around video, social media and comments, making this the most compelling football app you can download.”

Consumers can find the app on Apple’s app store by searching for ‘Mirror Football’; customers in the UK can also get it by texting FOOTBALL to 67800 or find the app on the Apple app store at http://bit.ly/mirrorfootballapp, plus a trailer showing the app can be viewed at http://youtu.be/egq42pHZLCA.

Controversial goal line decisions should become a thing of the past and no longer be a feature of the game after the current Premier League season. According to Richard Scudamore, Chief Executive of the Premier League, modern technology will be brought in before next year’s season.

Scudamore has vowed to deliver and improve standards both on and off the football field. Goal line technology trials will continue through the year, according to the International Football Association Board, the association which controls the rules of the game. Sepp Blatter, the FIFA president has always opposed the use of technology but has now been forced to reconsider and an introduction is realistic in the forthcoming year.

Players do their utmost to score or prevent goals and fans become hoarse in their vocal support. Goals can make or break a player or managers career. The technology is accessible and it is important to be fair to all. If allowed the Premier League would put the technology in place immediately.

A select committee report on the future of football will shortly be delivered. But the report creates a degree of negativity after the inquiry had heard evidence from a number of witnesses including former FA chief executive, Ian Watmore and ex-chairman Lord Triesman, who focused on the poor rapport between the Premier League and the FA.

Scudamore cannot agree English football is broken and in need of saving. The Premier League has had a very good year and despite the poor showing in South Africa and the 2018 World Cup disappointment, English football goes from strength to strength. The FA needs to deal with the issues.

A unique penalty shoot out was held on 22^nd March in London to promote the new boot shoot app for the iPhone from Hyundai. Taking part in the shoot out where the football legends John Barnes and Ian Rush.

Carly Cole, the fitness instructor and WAG acted as referee for the event, which had the ex Wales and England players going head to head before the two nations competed against each other in a European qualifier game on the 26^th March. The two players hadn’t been on the same pitch since the FA Cup Final in 1996.

Barnes and Rush competed in a  live recreation of the new app, trying to score as many goals as they could. There were no goal nets however, the target was the boot of a Hyundai i20. They were fiercely competitive, and took shots from distance of 20 and 10 yards.

The new Hyundai Boot Shoot app, which features the very latest technology to give a realistic 3D in-stadium feel, allows players to score points by flicking footballs into the open boot of a Hyundai ix35. As the game advances, additional points can be scored by targeting shots at the body work and windows of ix35’s speeding around on the on-screen pitch.

Available to download for free from Apple iTunes from Saturday 26th March, the app will provide users with details of the Hyundai range as well as allowing them to arrange a test drive through their nearest dealership.

Watch the video from the event