Ultra Posted 22 July 2009 Posted 22 July 2009 Sky Sports Sky Sports' FanZone has always been about providing a voice for fans of the Premier League. And last year we launched a website www.skysports.com/fanzone to give our FanZone commentators a further chance to air their opinions on their clubs and the state of football. Now we want to give that opportunity to everyone... We are looking for one representative from each of the 72 Football League clubs to become a FanZone website correspondent for the 2009/10 season. As a FanZone correspondent, you will write regular blogs to give a fan's eye view of your club - and see them published on www.skysports.com/fanzone. The chosen fans will also need to be available to give their opinions on the key issues and major stories at their club as they happen throughout the season and be willing to create lively debate on the site. Of course you must be able to write, or at least know someone that can dictate for you, and be able to commit to regular blogs during the forthcoming campaign. We want opinionated people who know their club inside out and, as this is FanZone, they need to have a sense of humour! So if you think you're the person to become your club's FanZone correspondent, then get your application in now. Send us a blog with your thoughts on the upcoming season for your club in no more than 500 words. You must also include the following information: Name: Age: Team: Daytime Tel No: Favourite Football moment: We'd also like you to attach a suitable photograph of yourself that you would be happy to be published on skysports.com alongside your FanZone blogs. Send your application to us here at [email protected] with 'FanZone Correspondents' in the subject line. Or click here. We'll be in contact if we think you're up to the challenge. Please note Football League FanZone is internet only and NOT for TV! Go for it!
MPH Posted 22 July 2009 Posted 22 July 2009 I was going to suggest Thracian until it said they needed a sense of humor... just kidding!
Shrenchel Posted 22 July 2009 Posted 22 July 2009 Why don't you do it Ultra? You seem to have a lot of spare time on your hands.
Ultra Posted 22 July 2009 Author Posted 22 July 2009 I'm not that keen on working for Uncle Rupert, especially in an unpaid capacity. And work commitments mean I can't guarantee being available for the whole season.
Flynny Posted 22 July 2009 Posted 22 July 2009 Can we bully Fez into doing it? Every time he writes more than a couple of paragraphs they're transfixing.
C-man Posted 22 July 2009 Posted 22 July 2009 Can we bully Fez into doing it? Every time he writes more than a couple of paragraphs they're transfixing. Yeah I'd love for Fez to get involved. I would send in an application but I can't be arsed, so there's no chance of me being arsed to write a blog each week.
Flynny Posted 22 July 2009 Posted 22 July 2009 Yeah I'd love for Fez to get involved. I would send in an application but I can't be arsed, so there's no chance of me being arsed to write a blog each week. I'm telling myself it's because I'm doing the student paper next year but yeah I'd just end up forgetting and letting the side down. On the other hand if someone at the Foxes trust or someone is probably going to be the only person committed enough and then we'll look like right tits, so suddenly a (very) little bit tempted.
Fez of Mahrez Posted 23 July 2009 Posted 23 July 2009 Thanks for the kind words chaps. I've sent in an application. This was the example blog I wrote for it (figured this is the sort of thing they're after, could always try jazzing it up if by some strange twist of fate I actually get the gig. I think it's a little bit bland but fingers crossed anyway): Swine flu. The credit crunch. How Mark Hughes is going to accommodate his army of flamboyant strikers in just one team. There's a lot to worry about these days. And for Leicester City fans, the worries never cease. Even while strolling to the League One title last season, we were concerned about our strikeforce. Would 33-year-old Steve Howard cut it back in the Championship? Would 32-goal Matty Fryatt prove he could replicate his form at a higher level? Would Paul Dickov spend any less time arguing with the referee? The majority of the team looks solid. Last season we thought we were lucky to have Jack Hobbs on loan. Now we feel even luckier to have him permanently. Wayne Brown added much-needed steel in the final push and he too has returned. Doncaster Rovers won many plaudits for their attractive football in the Championship last season and one of their star performers, midfielder Richie Wellens, swapped the Keepmoat for the Walkers this summer. By and large, City fans seem optimistic about the additions made to the defence and midfield. The striking question remains. There have also been departures, as we bade farewell to fine servants in Australian duo Paul Henderson and Patrick Kisnorbo. Nigel Pearson has been very clear about his plans for the playing staff and it is telling that one of City's best players from our last stay in the Championship has now left with a minimum of fanfare. There has been a stronger focus on promising youth prospects such as Michael Morrison, Andy King and Max Gradel. Our return to the Championship also heralds a return to the City Ground, Pride Park and that rather strange-looking thing in Coventry. Stephen Clemence's last-minute winner at Nottingham Forest in the League Cup two seasons ago stands out as one of the sweetest moments in recent years and there will be many of our players eagerly queuing up to register a similarly special strike this season. Every year we seem to have one last-gasp moment of pure ecstasy - last season we had two in the shape of Gradel's 97th-minute equaliser at Milton Keynes Dons and Howard's bullet header in stoppage time against Leeds. The last word should probably be devoted to Bulgarian international defender Aleksander Tunchev, freshly recovered from a serious injury and ready for the new season - good luck to all our rivals this season, you're going to need it to get past the Tunch! What do you think? Which strikers should Nigel Pearson be looking to sign? Can we win at Forest, Derby and Coventry? And how does Aleksander Tunchev rate in comparison with the best defenders you've seen in a Leicester shirt?
Nick Posted 23 July 2009 Posted 23 July 2009 Thanks for the kind words chaps.I've sent in an application. This was the example blog I wrote for it (figured this is the sort of thing they're after, could always try jazzing it up if by some strange twist of fate I actually get the gig. I think it's a little bit bland but fingers crossed anyway): Swine flu. The credit crunch. How Mark Hughes is going to accommodate his army of flamboyant strikers in just one team. There's a lot to worry about these days. And for Leicester City fans, the worries never cease. Even while strolling to the League One title last season, we were concerned about our strikeforce. Would 33-year-old Steve Howard cut it back in the Championship? Would 32-goal Matty Fryatt prove he could replicate his form at a higher level? Would Paul Dickov spend any less time arguing with the referee? The majority of the team looks solid. Last season we thought we were lucky to have Jack Hobbs on loan. Now we feel even luckier to have him permanently. Wayne Brown added much-needed steel in the final push and he too has returned. Doncaster Rovers won many plaudits for their attractive football in the Championship last season and one of their star performers, midfielder Richie Wellens, swapped the Keepmoat for the Walkers this summer. By and large, City fans seem optimistic about the additions made to the defence and midfield. The striking question remains. There have also been departures, as we bade farewell to fine servants in Australian duo Paul Henderson and Patrick Kisnorbo. Nigel Pearson has been very clear about his plans for the playing staff and it is telling that one of City's best players from our last stay in the Championship has now left with a minimum of fanfare. There has been a stronger focus on promising youth prospects such as Michael Morrison, Andy King and Max Gradel. Our return to the Championship also heralds a return to the City Ground, Pride Park and that rather strange-looking thing in Coventry. Stephen Clemence's last-minute winner at Nottingham Forest in the League Cup two seasons ago stands out as one of the sweetest moments in recent years and there will be many of our players eagerly queuing up to register a similarly special strike this season. Every year we seem to have one last-gasp moment of pure ecstasy - last season we had two in the shape of Gradel's 97th-minute equaliser at Milton Keynes Dons and Howard's bullet header in stoppage time against Leeds. The last word should probably be devoted to Bulgarian international defender Aleksander Tunchev, freshly recovered from a serious injury and ready for the new season - good luck to all our rivals this season, you're going to need it to get past the Tunch! What do you think? Which strikers should Nigel Pearson be looking to sign? Can we win at Forest, Derby and Coventry? And how does Aleksander Tunchev rate in comparison with the best defenders you've seen in a Leicester shirt? Nice work, Fez old son, I hope you get the gig. Keep me posted. (In a non pun sense) N.
Flynny Posted 23 July 2009 Posted 23 July 2009 You're doing it wrong. Where's the quote from Cliff Ginetta? I'm going back to the Mercury.
James. Posted 24 July 2009 Posted 24 July 2009 Good luck Fez, would be brilliant if you got that. What was your favourite football moment?
Fez of Mahrez Posted 24 July 2009 Posted 24 July 2009 Good luck Fez, would be brilliant if you got that.What was your favourite football moment? Favourite football moment: Steve Claridge’s 120th-minute winner against Crystal Palace in the 1995/96 Division One Play-Off Final. 40,000 of us stood in open-mouthed disbelief for a split second. Then we all went completely berserk.
haraven Posted 24 July 2009 Posted 24 July 2009 Good stuff Fez, really innovative and nice writing. You deserve the post! On another note, have we had beer together a few years back at the Counting House?
Fox in a Box Posted 24 July 2009 Posted 24 July 2009 I think it should be the voice of Leicester City Fans Cliff (2 Gins) Ginetta, with Bernie as his stand in.
Fez of Mahrez Posted 25 July 2009 Posted 25 July 2009 Good stuff Fez, really innovative and nice writing. You deserve the post! On another note, have we had beer together a few years back at the Counting House? Thanks, never been to the Counting House though so certainly not me!
Darkzzz_ Posted 27 July 2009 Posted 27 July 2009 Fez could easily become a top blogger. You get the nod from my way.
davieG Posted 27 July 2009 Posted 27 July 2009 Best of luck with that Fez, always an excellent intelligent yet passionate read.
Joe. Posted 27 July 2009 Posted 27 July 2009 For what it's worth I've also done one too, but it would be somewhat like going into the showers with Christoper Samba and comparing sizes.
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