New Football Blog Listings Added February 2015

There were no blogs added to the Football Blog Directory listings during February 2015, and none removed, which leaves the total count of football blogs listed on the blog directory at 445.

Football Blog Directory Offers Free Directory Listings For Football Blogs - Spread The Word!

New Blog Submissions Needed!

The Football Blog Directory is on the lookout for football blogs and we would like your help in finding them!

There are currently over 400 blogs, from 6 continents and 21 different countries listed. The blogs cover many different subjects and categories and provide for almost every taste.

There are two main aims of the Football Blog Directory.

The first aim is to provide football fans with a place to find football blogs. Nice and simple. The Football Blog Directory aims to be the place where football fans can come to find a blog on any football subject, any football club and any football league or tournament.

This means that we want as many blogs as possible listed from as many different countries, leagues and clubs. With over 400 blogs already listed, the directory is well on the way to providing an excellent choice of blogs to football readers. We'd like that choice to be even better though.

The second aim is to provide a central location to promote football blogs free of charge. The vast majority of football blogs are a labour of love, written in a blogger's spare time, with no time available for self-promotion. This is where the directory can help.

Football blogs listed on the Football Blog Directory, no matter how big or small they are, share in the joint publicity of being part of a larger blogging community. Blogs are not ordered by size or popularity. Blogs are listed by category and the choice of which blogs to visit and read is down to the visitor.

The Blog Directory also offers free inclusion in the site's RSS feed for listed blogs, which publicises each new blog post from members on the front page of the directory. It also provides a larger archive of recently published posts on the 'Blog Posts' page of the directory.

Listing your blog on the directory not only helps to offer football fans a bigger choice of bogs, but also provides listed blogs with the opportunity of increased visitors and readers.

There are still many clubs not represented and many more subject areas and writing styles to cover and include. This means that there are football fans and readers missing out on your blogs, and that your blog is missing out on potential visitors, readers and subscribers.

As more blogs are listed then more football fans will hear about and visit the directory. This in turn will increase the potential for new visitors to blogs listed on the directory. If you have a blog that is not listed then please visit the submissions page and submit your bog for inclusion:

http://www.footballblogdirectory.co.uk/submissions.php

We need your help in spreading the word about the directory. You can help by mentioning the directory on your own blog, perhaps even including a banner or link, and also by retweeting our links to your followers.

Thank you all for your continued interest in and support of the Football Blog Directory.

Happy Blogging!

400 Football Blogs Now Listed On The Football Blog Directory!

400 Blogs!!
There are now 400 football blogs listed on the Football Blog Directory.
The Football Blog Directory now lists blogs from every continent on the planet, with 19 different countries represented.
There are blogs from every level of football, everything from the World Cup to non-league ground-hopping blogs.
What is more, every link to every blog is checked daily to ensure that all links remain active and live. That means that every blog listed is a genuine, live football blog.

However, there is no limit to the number of blogs that can be listed, and many leagues, clubs, subjects and interests still unrepresented. So if you are the owner of a football blog then why not submit your blog for listing in the Football Blog Directory, and see your blog's visibility and readership increase.
Every blog listed gets it's own page on the directory. a direct link to the blog, inclusion on the member's blogs RSS feed, and the opportunity to promote your blog and blog posts in the site's articles section (along with direct links to your blog posts).
Thank you to everyone who has already submitted a blog for inclusion, to everyone who has contributed articles, and to everyone who continues to visit the Football Blog Directory. It is to all of you that the site owes it's continued success and growth.

New Football Blog Listings November 2014

During November 12 blogs were added to the Football Blog Directory and 10 blogs were removed, bringing the total blog count to 380.

The blogs added during November were;

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		Arsenal Watch arsenalwatch.com/		Link
		Five-A-Side Football Coach Blog fiveasidefootballcoach.com/		Link
		Football Sermons footballsermons.com/		Link
		Football Shirts News footballtshirtuk.com/		Link
		Hitting The Target hitting-the-target.blogspot.co.uk/		Link
		Meeson‘s Opinion meesonsopinions.blogspot.co.uk/		Link
		Nevin‘s Football Musings seannevin.wordpress.com/		Link
		Stoppage Time stoppage-time.com/		Link
		The Football Fan thefootballfan9.wordpress.com/		Link
		The Scottish Fitba Base seanmcangusfootballblog.wordpress.com/		Link
		United Ramble unitedramble.com/		Link
		Value Bet Tips valuebettips.com/		Link

New Football Blog Listings October 2014

During October there were no blogs added or removed from the Football Blog Directory, leaving the total blog count at 378.

Due to other commitments and workload there were no blogs added during October, but in the coming weeks we will continue to work through the backlog of submissions and resume catching up with the blog listings. If you have submitted your blog and it is not yet listed then we hope to have it listed soon.

Many thanks for your patience.

New Football Blog Listings September 2014

During September 4 blogs were added to the Football Blog Directory and no blogs were removed, bring the total blog count to 378.

The blogs added during September were;

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		All About The Football killermcshane.blogspot.co.uk/		Link
		FudbalSrbija fudbalsrbija.net/		Link
		Opinion Football opinionfootball.com/		Link
		The Spurs Blogger spursblogger.blogspot.co.uk/		Link

Endangered Species: Grassroots Football

England, as a nation in the footballing world, may be on the up after a poor World Cup. However, bar the odd Euros win, you never hear about young English talent winning any continental competitions.

I think this starts right at the bottom.

Grassroots football.

Grassroots football is fading away more and more, and with less money being invested in the system where are the footballers of the future meant to come from?

Roughly, and I mean roughly, thirty-four million pounds is invested each year (twelve million from the FA and Premier League respectively and ten million from the government), but is that really enough? Once again, approximately, the Premier League makes around three billion pounds per year from the game we love. That is only around 0.4%.

0.4%!

If the Premier League truly wanted to improve the game they could give grassroots 0.8%, just 0.4%% more. and that would give them an extra twelve million to play with.

So, let's say the Premier League offered that extra tiny percentage to the grassroots development schemes. New training facilities, equipment, school teaching and the list goes on, could be added to the infrastructure of the beautiful game in England at lower levels. Give a child a football and he will play, it's that simple.

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League Status Feedback Requested

Now that we are well into the new football season, we hope that we have everybody's teams listed as being in the correct leagues. However, with so many teams having blogs listed it is difficult to keep up with them all - particularly for non-league and non UK based teams.

If you do come across any mistakes, whether in the league listings or anything else, then please let us know by emailing footballblogdirectory@gmail.com and we will try and correct them immediately.

You can access our league listings in two ways. The first is by clicking the map on the homepage and then clicking down by country until you reach the country and league of your choice. The second is to use the text based listings on the category page.

We appreciate your continued interest and support of the Football Blog Directory.

New Football Blog Listings August 2014

During August 17 football blogs were added to the Football Blog Directory and none were removed, bringing the total blog count to 374.

The football blogs added during August were:

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		90minsfc 90minsfc.blogspot.co.uk/		Link
		Back In ‘92 backin92.wordpress.com/		Link
		Bookies Review bookiesreview.co.uk/		Link
		Boothen End View boothenendview.com/		Link
		Campo Retro camporetro.com/read/		Link
		Chris Punnakkattu Daniel chrispd.de/wordpress/		Link
		Flat Caps ‘N’ Bovril flatcapsnbovril.co.uk/		Link
		Football Analysis football-analysis.blogspot.co.uk/		Link
		Forza Football forzafootball.blogspot.co.uk/		Link
		Is It Just A Game? isitjustagame1.wordpress.com/		Link
		Small Football World smallfootballworld.wordpress.com/		Link
		Talk Football talkfootball.org.uk/		Link
		THBN - Tottenham Hotspur Blog News tottenhamhotspur.blogspot.co.uk/		Link
		The 100 Football Grounds Club 100groundsclub.blogspot.co.uk/		Link
		The Chairman‘s Notepad chairmansnotepad.blogspot.co.uk/		Link
		The Coaching Column thecoachingcolumn.net/		Link
		World Cup Soccer Camps & Clinics Blog worldcupsoccercamps.com/blog/		Link

Is Video the Future, or Are We Going to Live In the Old Fashioned Past?

The wrist watch worn by match officials to aid them with goal decisions

Goal line technology was introduced at all English Premier League grounds at the start of the 2013/2014 season. The technology proved to be a great help to referees, as with the watches and cameras nearly 99.9% of the decisions are right.

To put it simple, cameras are situated around the ground, in the goal, etc. Then if the hawk-eye system installed on the cameras decides that the whole of the ball has crossed the whole of the line, then it simply buzzes and flashes on the officials watches, signalling that it was a goal. This happens in a matter of seconds, and requires no stoppage for technical queries.

However, is it about time that referees are also aided by a 'video ref'? There are endless ways that this could work, even if each team had only 1/2 appeals per game.

If you go around the grounds on England nowadays, all you will hear is moaning about the officials. Sometimes, in fact most of the time, the moans and groans are correct. The refs are not robots, they will not get every decision right!

By simply adding a video referee, teams and angry managers could no longer complain about the decision. In some cases, one bad decision can cause an under pressure manager there job.

The new, and highly successful piece of equipment, vanishing spray

Next to be installed in the footballing world was the simple, but effective, vanishing spray, thus ensuring the wall or set piece taker does not encroach on the position the decision was awarded at. This so far has proved to be highly successful in the English top flight.

Although, the main point of this article is; if we carry on as we are doing, football will turn into a outdated, old sport. The sport itself needs to keep up with other sports, such as rugby and cricket where video referees are frequently asked to give a hand.

So what if there's two more additional minutes at the end of a ninety-four minute encounter, no one would be bothered. Everyone would get there moneys worth, and also, everyone would go home not complaining about that one dodgy decision that cost their team the game.

This is most definitely a thing that has to be looked into in the future. 

A Football Blog A Day For A Year!

That's right! We can now provide you with a football blog for every day for a year, as we now have 365 football blogs listed on the Football Blog Directory.

Anyone mad enough about football to attempt to check out a new blog each day will find a huge variety of blogs now listed on the directory. By far the biggest category on the directory, as you would expect, is general football. There are also many individual club blogs (although some clubs are still yet to be represented) from many levels of the game in many countries. Dig a little deeper, however, and you will find enough quirky subjects and blogs to satisfy any range of interests - provided that interest is football!

The 365th blog listed was The Chairman's Notepad, a blog all about finances, economics and politics within football.

If your blog isn't listed yet then don't worry - there is still room for plenty more. Just fill in the submissions form and get your blog listed.

New Football Blog Listings July 2014

During July 2014, thirteen new blogs were added to the directory, and none were removed, bringing the total number of blogs listed to 357.

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		All Things Stockport County hedgegrower.blogspot.co.uk/		Link
		Analyze Football analyze-football.blogspot.co.uk/		Link
		Back-Post back-post.com/		Link
		Bonus Corner bonuscorner.com/betting-blog		Link
		Club Ninety Two clubninetytwo.blogspot.co.uk/		Link
		Football By Letters footballbyletters.wordpress.com/		Link
		Footyplace footyplace.com/		Link
		For The Gunners Like Me theblogofarsenal.blogspot.in/		Link
		Girl Of The Game girlofthegame.wordpress.com/		Link
		Inside Left inside-left.blogspot.co.uk/		Link
		One Nil Up onenilup.com/		Link
		The Sports Clash thesportsclash.blogspot.co.uk/		Link
		The Villa Blogger thevillablogger.com/		Link