Football’s Trailblazers Make Up Football Business Awards ‘19 Shortlist
The biggest night in the business of football is now on the horizon with the announcement of this year’s hotly anticipated Football Business Awards 2019 shortlist.
A panel of high profile judges have worked their way through hundreds of entries to decide the cream of the crop across 17 categories covering sponsorship, marketing, community, technology, hospitality, CSR and media.
The annual awards ceremony pays tribute to the supporting businesses that assist and enable the success of the game, recognising and rewarding the remarkable off-pitch achievements of the best in the business.
Simon Burton, Co-founder of the Football Business Awards, said: “The awards are now in their eighth year running and becoming more and more difficult to win as we’re seeing the calibre of entries and the level of competition continue to grow.
“We’re lucky to have such a thriving and innovative football business community, without which we simply would not be able to enjoy our national game like we do. It’s important that we reward those organisations who continuously set the bar higher and higher each year.”
In addition fcbusiness will be announcing the finalists of the Reznor CEO of the Year award in the coming weeks.
Gold, Silver and Bronze awards will be presented to winners across each category at a black tie ceremony from 6.30pm on Thursday 28th November at City Central at the HAC in London.
For a full list of judges, categories and for further details, visit www.FootballBusinessAwards.com
The finalists are:
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SPONSORSHIP / PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR English Football League & Mind FC Barcelona & Stanley Black & Decker Leeds United Football Club & Eleven Sports Media Norwich City Football Club & Visit Tampa Bay Portsmouth Football Club & University of Portsmouth Tottenham Hotspur & Hotels.com Vanarama & Prostate Cancer UK West Bromwich Albion & Ideal Boilers
BEST CLUB MARKETING INITIATIVE Birmingham City Football Club Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club Bristol Rovers Football Club Chelsea Football Club Fulham Football Club Leicester City Football Club Norwich City Football Club Southampton Football Club Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club
BEST IN FOOTBALL MEDIA Leicester City Football Club Liverpool Football Club RamsTV – Derby County Football Club Soccer Aid for Unicef The EE Wembley Cup
BEST FOOTBALL COMMUNITY SCHEME – NON PREMIER LEAGUE Bristol Rovers Community Trust Cardiff City FC Community Foundation Derby County Community Trust Fulham Football Club Foundation Sunderland AFC / Foundation of Light
BEST FOOTBALL COMMUNITY SCHEME – PREMIER LEAGUE Albion in the Community Everton in the Community Leicester City in the Community Newcastle United Foundation Saints Foundation, Charity of Southampton Football Club West Ham United Foundation
BEST PROFESSIONAL SERVICE BUSINESS SERVING FOOTBALL Coutts KPMG Advisory KSS Mishcon de Reya (Sports Group) Oaks Consultancy Onside Law Pro-Football Academy Verisona Law
BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN A FOOTBALL CLUB Birmingham City Football Club and Tappit Chelsea Football Club Manchester United Football Club Norwich City Football Club Portsmouth Football Club Swansea City Football Club and Other Media
BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN FOOTBALL (NOT CLUB SPECIFIC) Catapult Imagineear Ltd SeatServe SportSessionPlanner.com StreamAMG
FOOTBALL CLUB INNOVATION AWARD Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club Chelsea Football Club Everton Football Club Manchester United Football Club Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club
FOOTBALL BUSINESS INNOVATION AWARD Cake, Havas & COPA90 Eleven Sports Media – Statzone Elite Skills Arena Seven League & FIFA 2.0. Snack Media / Stream Football Soccer Aid for Unicef StatsBomb
BEST FOOTBALL CLUB HOSPITALITY Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club Everton Football Club Fulham Football Club Walsall Football Club
AGENCY OF THE YEAR Eleven Sports Media MATTA Other Media Seven League WePlay
BEST CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SCHEME Albion in the Community & American Express Everton in the Community Football club “Riteriai” (FK Riteriai) Huddersfield Town Football Club Leicester City Football Club & De Montfort University QPR in the Community Trust, with West London Health Partnership, Hammersmith & Fulham CCG and CommaGB
BEST OPERATIONS TEAM Accrington Stanley Football Club Ashton Gate Stadium Arsenal’s Travel, Events, Supporter Liaison team English Football League Everton Football Club
BEST BUSINESS SERVING FOOTBALL CSM Live Imagineear Nielsen Sports Portview St George’s Park StatsBomb WePlay
BEST NON-MATCH DAY USE OF VENUE Ashton Gate Stadium Carrow Road Emirates Stadium Etihad Stadium Stamford Bridge Tynecastle Park Villa Park
BEST BRAND ACTIVATION INVOLVING FOOTBALL EA Sports & FIFA 19 Ratings Awards Everton Football Club & Rovio FC Barcelona & Beko Liverpool Football Club & BetVictor Manchester City Football Club, Wix & Copa 90 Vanarama & Prostate Cancer UK
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