Social Networking, Football Style

All football fans want their opinion heard, whether its serious blogging or just telling your workmate that a goal should have been given offside. Its everyday chat and the lifeblood of millions of people in hundreds of countries.

Social Media is growing apace and with it websites and forums on all subjects where you can converse with people of similar interest. Football has such a huge appeal that there are thousands of sites already up which allow discussion of your favourite teams and the latest action. Many of these sites focus on particular clubs so that the focus is directed at the latest goings on at the club, who is playing that is not good enough, who they should buy next, how terrible the referee was in the last match etc. Unfortunately some of these sites often attract people that think it is clever to swear and name call within their posts so look for a site that is well moderated if you decide to join the fray.

As a fan of a particular club I do tend to visit a few of the sites for my team and read the latest opinions but in general I like to participate in more open discussion so I go to a site that is less focused mostly. If you can find a site with blogs , videos, opinions polls, forums etc it becomes fun and you can become part of the community very easily or even import your own community. Its possible now to bring in your own set of fans for a particular club and set up your own group within a bigger site. If you are a local club without a website you can form your own community within these sites now with your own unique forum and club page set up in minutes. Your club members can build personal pages and even load videos or pictures of the latest match. If your club has communication problems like posting the team for the match at the weekend its absolutely ideal.

I use http://www.thebackofthenet.com but as it has all these facilities and more but there are choices out there that could benefit your club without spending any money. These sites are fun and free to everybody that is interested in football. The content is all contributed by members who are football lovers from around the world and it changes everyday so its a great place to visit. I hope you will go and get involved if you love football.

Chris Archer has been a follower and participant in football for many years. He has forthright views on football and loves to share them. He likes to discuss professional and local football on the social media site http://www.thebackofthenet.com