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Play a game with some footballing legends!

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:52:26 BST

The time has come for Samsung football to offer up another competition. So if your into football, this is a once in a lifetime chance not to be missed!

Just upload an image showing your passion for the game and if you win, you will be playing a game against some great football legends at Stamford Bridge, following in the footsteps of players like Lampard, Terry and Rooney, in a match refereed by an ex-premier league ref!

Do you think you could you be up to the challenge of beating the might of professional footballing legends? Give it a try! As if that wasn't enough of a prize you will also get to put your feet up after the match in the same dugout area used by all the football players of today, and then enjoy a tour around Stamford Bridge Stadium.

When you are completely worn out you will be treated to a three course gala dinner before retiring to bed at the 4* Millennium & Copthorne Hotel Stamford Bridge. You'll also get to take a full football kit away with you and some great memories to last you forever!

For your chance to live the dream just visit Samsung Football and upload your images to show them your passion for the beautiful game.

LG kicks off LOOP’s new football campaign

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:08:08 GMT

LG recently launched a photo sharing site called Loop. To celebrate the launch they have been running competitions - chances to win 8mp LG camera-phones, TV sets, money and even, in January, an extreme sports holiday!

But to keep it interesting you have to prove your worth - competitions are judged by the community, with the winners chosen by a monthly public vote, and you're up against covert Pro sports photographers, such as Nathan Gallagher, submitting their work anonymously to see which the crowd prefer - or if they even notice a difference. For your chance to wreck a professional photographers ego, and win £1,000 to boot submit your match-day photos to Pro v. Joe now!

Meet the Chelsea team and more!!

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:58:38 GMT

Calling all football fans, aspiring players and pretty much everyone else interested in sport! Samsung and Chelsea football club have decided to offer a once in a lifetime prize to a really lucky fan.

The winner will enjoy a money-can't-buy opportunity to meet the Chelsea football team! Yes, you read right...meet the Chelsea players! That's not all either, you will also have the chance to brush up on your skills when you take part in a training session with the coaches and then spend the evening at Stamford Bridge including a tour of the ground!

If this sounds like a competition that you would like to enter (let's face it who wouldn't!!) All you need to do is upload a picture, and your experiences as a fan which display your passion and dedication for the beautiful game! Not exactly much effort for such an impressive and exciting prize!!

So what are you waiting for?! Get your entry secured quick!

Football's Rich List shows up a surprise or two

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:56:36 GMT

So whose hot and whose not?

Well none of us are exactly warm here in the UK at the moment but quite a few football players will be able to pay their gas bills after the football players rich list was made public.

No shock that David Beckham and Michael Owen led the way but people might be a tad shocked to see that Sol Campbell has such a wealth of millions sitting in his bank account. Also Emile Heskey has £12million kicking about? That shocked me.

Robbie Fowler had a decent career but his investments were amongst the best of all the footballers around. He got into the property market in a big way in the late 90s and has made a tonne of money. He even bought a whole road in Oldham with each property valued at around the £20k mark and today they are valued at over four times that amount.

Also they gave a rich list for owners. No huge surprise that Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan is tops with a fortune in the £15bn bracket and that is why Manchester City can afford pretty much whoever they want in the transfer window.

Lakshmi Mittal of QPR is next up with £12.5bn although most fans of the Loftus Road would say that you wouldn't know it looking at the XI on a Saturday afternoon. Lots of investment needs to be made in that squad but over at Stamford Bridge Roman still has £7bn is assets, I could probably live and run a football club on that budget.

The owner of Cheltenham Town is pretty much a billionaire with a £970m and PNE's owner has £900m. Fans of those clubs will probably be wondering why more money isn't diverted towards the club.

I think it shows that come of the smaller clubs actually have the richest owners and shows that having money doesn't necessarily mean success on the pitch.

GB football team moves one step closer to fruition

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:20:52 GMT

The controversial plan to enter a united football team at the Olympic Games in 2012 has been approved in theory by FIFA. The very idea of doing such a thing has disgusted many involved in the world of football, particularly those in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales.

Such individuals believe that entering a united team will prove detrimental to their futures as separate teams competing on an international stage.

However, officials at FIFA have insisted that this would not be the case and that entering a united team would not have any detrimental effects upon the countries involved. The president of FIFA, Sepp Blatter, revealed that officials at the organisation have confirmed that participating as a single team will “not affect the existing individual status of the four British football associations”. Fifa is planning on speaking to the football authorities involved in the plan and they will now have until March to consider the scheme.

One individual who was happy with the announcement from Blatter was Jim Murphy, the Scottish Secretary. Murphy revealed that the announcement will give Scotland “the best of both worlds”, with the protection of the Scottish national team guaranteed and the country’s young players able to take part in an exciting “one-off under-23 Olympic tournament”.

If the plan does become a reality, there will be no shortage of candidates willing and ready to lead the united team. Sir Alex Ferguson is one obvious choice, whilst Fabio Capello has spoken of his desire to manage the team.

Bridge makes move to Manchester

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:19:13 GMT

Last December was filled with speculation about the potential transfers which could occur once the January transfer window opened. Now that the transfer window is firmly open, Premier League clubs have been considering their options and the first major move has seen Wayne Bridge make the move from London to Manchester.

Bridge, a proficient left-back, made the decision to leave Chelsea in order to sign for Manchester City. The official fee has remained undisclosed but it is thought to be in the region of ten million pounds, a price which some believe to be poor value for City.

Wayne Bridge is twenty-eight years of age and joined Chelsea in the summer of 2003. He saw several managers come and go through the gates of Stamford Bridge and the player experienced unpredictable periods of inclusion and exclusion from the team.

With the arrival of Luis Felipe Scolari, Bridge has seemed a less important member of the Chelsea squad and, in order to keep his England ambitions alive, the player decided to make the move to City. He has played thirty-two times for the national side and is keen to add to this tally.

Manchester City have been expected to flash the cash during the transfer window but manager, Mark Hughes, insists that the club is not just blindly buying players. Rather, the manager revealed that he has long admired the ex-Chelsea left-back. Hughes was aware of the player when they were both at Southampton and he is “delighted” to be reunited with him.