Month: February 2015

First Citizen of Football

The Irish season kicked off with the second edition of the President’s Cup featuring League of Ireland champions Dundalk and the FAI Cup winners St Patrick’s Athletic in the curtain-raiser to the domestic campaign. The Irish version of the Community Shield was initiated to honour our football-loving first citizen, Michael D. Higgins.

Happy Birthday Bayern Munich

On this day in 1900, members of a Munich gymnast club broke away to form a football team, one that would become among the biggest in the world.

Countdown to Kick-Off

Ahead of the new season, take a behind the scenes look at the official League of Ireland launch photoshoot.

Buffon vs Reus

Ahead of the Juventus vs Borussia Dortmund match in the Champions League, Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and Dortmund midfielder Marco Reus have gone head-to-head in a unique interview. The two PUMA players discussed the game ahead, favourite films, beard growth and whether it is better to win 4-3 or 1-0.

Umbro Velocita Pro – A Closer Look

A closer look at the recently launched Velocita Pro by Umbro. Weighing just 165g, the speed boots are the lightest pair the Manchester based sports company has made to date.

Down at the Copa

The group stage of the 2015 Copa Libertadores is underway with Argentina’s defending champions San Lorenzo getting off to a winning start. Elsewhere, former Man United man Anderson struggled with the conditions while a passionate Sao Paulo derby threw up a wonder goal. Here’s all the best highlights from South America.

Umbro Velocita – Glory For All

KesselsKramer have created an advert proclaiming that glory is not only for the 1% but also for the 99% too, for the Launch of the Velocita boots by Umbro.

Tyrsa – World Food Programme 805 Million Names

French graphic designer Tyrsa teamed up with Swedish typographer Martin Schmetzer to design tattoos of 50 different names tattoed on Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s body which he displayed after scoring against Caen in Ligue 1 in support of World Food Programme, the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.