Ball Street Is Looking For Talent!!

AFR x Ball Street x Ian Wright

It’s a Friday night and there’s one thing on our minds: football. What else? The guys over at Ball Street have invited us, alongside several other blogs, to do what we do best: talk football. Joining us on our very first Google Hangout will be former Crystal Palace and Arsenal striker, England international, Ian Wright.

We’ll be discussing the issues and problems fans and their clubs have to tackle. It’s a broad, but very interesting topic, with plenty of talking points and who knows where it’ll take us.

UPDATE: You can watch the Hangout in full here.

Repping AFR tonight is our man Dom at 8PM GMT. Watch us on their YouTube page and keep up with the project through Twitter @Ball_Street.

So they've built a brand, sold naming rights and corporate packages. But no-one in football got rich on their own. The fat cats would be nowhere without your season ticket money, the shirt on your back and the Sky subscription. Sure, the game needs money. It even needs brands. But part of the game is to be a good sport and look after the game handed down to us by our fathers. Ask yourself: are they playing fair?

Send us your fan video

In true Ball Street style, we need you to ClubTogether with us!!!

During our live transfer deadline show on Monday 2nd September 7.30pm-11.30pm we’ll be featuring videos from our followers and fans about their team’s transfer window.

We’d like 30 seconds on each of the following:

  #DayOfHope

Everyone hopes that their team makes the right deadline day moves – what business would you like to see your team do on deadline day?  This could include players you are being linked with or positions that still need addressing.

  Your window so far

How do you rate the business that your team has done in the window so far?

  What transfer broke your heart?

Tell us about a player leaving your club and why it left you broken hearted.

  Best moves of the summer

What are the signings you’ve been most impressed by?

    PLEASE FILM THE CONTENT SO YOU'RE CLEAR IN VISION, DON'T SIT IN FRONT OF A WINDOW, MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU'RE USING A SMART PHONE, YOU USE IT LANDSCAPE (ON IT'S SIDE) NOT PORTRAIT (NORMAL WAY UP)!

  ONCE YOU HAVE FILMED THE FOUR ANSWERS, PLEASE SAVE THE FILE AND USE A FILE TRANSFER SYSTEM (WETRANSFER IS A GOOD ONE) AND UPLOAD THE VIDEO AND SEND IT TO INTERN@BALLSTREET.CO.UK

VIDEOS BY MIDNIGHT THURSDAY 29th AUGUST PLEASE

What's in a name?

According to the Royal Mail there are only six Ball Streets in the UK, all in North West England.

We didn’t live on one of those but, even though we all come from opposite ends of the country, we grew up on a ball street:  a terraced arena, in footballing heartlands like Glasgow, Manchester, Luton and, er, Wakefield.  Playing the game in its simplest form, where the kerb completed more passes than Iniesta.

That’s where the name Ball Street name from, but behind it lies something much bigger.

Ball Street Job Opportunity

Role:  Ball Street short term paid internship (London)

Start date:  Immediate (August 2013)

  Ball Street is a new football media company that makes original football content for digital platforms.  For additional background, please visit the following links:

http://ballstreet.tumblr.com

https://www.youtube.com/user/Ballstreetchannel

  Overview

We are offering a 4-6 week internship for the right candidate

to work with us on an exciting project.  The role would suit

someone who is keen to get a grounding in sports media with

an exciting start up business and who has a genuine passion

for football.  Tasks may include, but are not limited to,

research, editorial input, video production and office

management.

  Ideal for someone within a reasonable distance of London,

the role will pay the minimum wage (up to £6.19 per hour).

Ideally you’ll have your own laptop but this is not essential.

  Desired experience

Football fanatic with a good understanding of what Ball Street represents

Sound knowledge of existing and emerging social media platforms

Knowledge of the football media landscape and blogosphere

Previous video editing, blogging or writing experience a plus

Solid writing and communication skills

Excellent research skills and a keen eye for detail

Confident telephone manner, energy, focus and ambition

Applications from graduates welcome but not essential

How to apply

Send a CV and covering letter with any relevant examples of football writing or video production by email to clubtogether@ballstreet.co.uk and reference Ball Street Internship in the title.

  We look forward to hearing from you!

Real fans clubbing together

At the weekend we learned a lot about what #ClubTogether is.  It's fans standing up against the status quo.  Fans realising that, to make a difference, we can work together and get the things we want.

In the case of Jack Cox and everyone connected with Bath City FC, it was getting exposure and getting people to #PackThePark to #SaveBathCity.

Jack invited us to City, a club in danger of folding unless they sell the home they have played at since 1932.

@ball_street you guys should come to Bath City on Saturday and experience rival teams #ClubTogether to help a non league club.

January 28, 2013

At Bath, we met fans that are willing to step forward and make a difference; fans that are tune with what football should be.

Jack, a Bristol City fan, started a Facebook page to get fellow Robins to #PackThePark at Bath.  Joining Jack were fans from clubs  across the country - from the Bristol clubs to Luton, Swindon, Plymouth, Tranmere and Chelsea.

What we love about Jack is that he didn’t just stand by and watch.  He didn’t want to accept that a local club should be allowed to die and be ignored by a media focussed on catering to a mass market.  He has tried to connect with people and do something about it.

We started using #ClubTogether because we believe fans of all clubs can change things by working as one.  We have a vision where the league a club is playing in doesn’t determine the quality of insight and coverage that it gets and if we club together we can change things.

But as Jack has shown, #ClubTogether is much bigger than that - use it to tell us what's important to you and your club.

If you want to get involved, then get in touch via twitter  @ball_street,  www.facebook.com/BALLSTREET or drop an email to clubtogether@ballstreet.co.uk.

This was an honour...

Everyone follow @ball_street and check out this video!! bit.ly/451Promo can't wait to watch the show @ianwright0 !!

— Mo Farah (@Mo_Farah) March 26, 2013

Here's the intro to our new show 451 over at www.youtube.com/ballstreet

#BallStreet92

  Ball Street is for all fans, all teams and we will dedicate our following to the record attendance of every team that our twitter following reaches.

Our Header image will change as our twitter following reaches the record attendances of all 92 English League Clubs.

We have already hit a few of these attendances, but live today is Aldershot Town to mark their record gate of 7500.

We would like to thank @UrbanArtCrew who we met on Twitter, for this and many other brilliant ideas.