The Royal Bank Of Ideas

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I have an idea, that i wanted to put for to you.
So here it is

THE GREAT FOOTBALL DEBATE

Every nationallity or country i have travelled to in the past, insist that their home country is the ultimate footballing nation, and even their supported football team is the best in their domestic leagues.

All the hype kicks off at the beginning of the domestic leagues from around the world, with new players arriving at different countries and clubs, whether it be for footballing reason, family, or in this day and age the money, all signal to each of us that these players are here for a reason, and they believe that this country is the place to play.

Examples would be Van Nistelrooy at Real Madrid is Spain, Shevchenko at Chelsea in England, and Patrick Vieira at Inter in Italy.

Maybe the amount of Champions League Trophies that have been won by each nation could determine it?


But i think the fans have something to do with this aswell, their dying passion, knowledge, heart, motivation, dedication and their ability to create an amazing atomsphere at the game is shown very clearly.

So why not let them decide?

THE GREAT FOOTBALL DEBATE could be the ideal place for everyone around the world to talk about football.

Like Flickr the user would have the ability to send the following from their phones. (the mobile is my Digital Device)

Views

Personal Information & preferences- (this would be their account)

Latest news & Gossip

Teamnews

Predictions

Picture from the game, their seat number!, the stadium, the fans, famous pictures (meeting players) their ticket Etc, they could even find out they were sitting next to each other and didn't know it!

Videos of goals, or tricks

Third Eyes- an image or video that not many other people see. The Perfect Picture

Information on previous meetings- stats and statistic

Latest transfer news- on their teams, players etc

Lyrics for Footballing chants for the new supporters

Information on tickets

Traffic information
Information on the local area, Which pubs, restaurants, and hotels are good, this would be brilliant for traveling away supporters, especially those travel from abroad. They can gain information without having to look around the internet.

Information about new upcoming games: this information could provide details of the next game, users could chat with each other, maybe even meet up before the game for a beer, just so this concept of digital communication could become a reality. Fans from the same club or others could discuss their ticket numbers for the next game, resulting in fans finding each other sitting next to them, but knowing a bit more about them, and having something in common with the guy sitting at BLOCK 113, ROW 29, SEAT 619!!!

I think these ways of getting nations in football to communicate in a friendly way may improve national/footballing relationships, and improve the image of friendly rivalry between fans and clubs.

I have researched into this idea, examples of football forums which would be suitable for a small screen device, example would be www.teamtalk.com they have a feature on the right side of their page YOUR SAY, in a small black box, this is an forum where people talk about their team, give opinions and predictions. This would be an example of how the interface would look on a mobile, ok the screen is slightly big, but it shows this wouldn't be hard to implement onto a mobile screen.

there are many sites which have football forums but don't have the capabilities of using a mobile device in conjunction with their site. examples would be

http://www.thefootballforum.net/forums/index.php
http://forum.football.co.uk/
http://www.thefootballforum.co.uk/

Also incorporating another digital device could be an option. Fans could connect to a online broadcast whilst at the game and maybe give a 'Fan Zone' like commentary from the game, other users would be able to find this frequency either on their iPod or mobile and listen to live streaming of the game from a 'Real fan' with heart and passion much better than Andy Grey don't you think?

I think using an digital device for this medium will create a 'LIVE' atmosphere, users can send pics and views, receive other pictures, meet new people, whilst at the game

A footballing community will be created! let me know what you think. please.