Press Resources

Introduction

Welcome to the Spirit of Football Press Resources page. Here you will find a selection of downloadable files which are listed below, as well as descriptions of coverage that this project has already had further down the page.

Downloads

2006 Coverage

Television

Sky Sports News

broadcast Sunday, 11th December 2005

Radio

BBC Radio 4
Guests on Excess Baggage, presented by Sandi Toksvig. Broadcast Sunday, 4th June 2006. You can listen to it on this page in the 2006 blog.

Newspapers

The Guardian (UK)
archived blog entry summarising our 2006 trip

FOCUS (Germany)
Fussball statt olympische Fackel
Battersea Park coverage and anticipation in this archived online entry

Thüringer Landeszeitung (Germany)
article about our project and our proposed visit to the city of Erfurt

Thüringer Allgemeine (Germany)
article about our project and our proposed visit to the city of Erfurt

Internet

BBC World Cup Blog
Seeking Serendipity
we love the comments people left on the blog entry

Guardian World Cup Blog
Coverage of the 2006 launch in this Comment is Free blog entry

Global Game
featured in this football culture blog

2002 Coverage

Television

CNN

interviewed by Tim Lister at Seoul stadium, broadcast Sunday, 16th June 2002

ITN/Carlton

3 minute item about the Battersea Park game on London Tonight

BBC
interviewed by the Six O'Clock News team outside the Opening Ceremony

Radio

African Soccer (unconfirmed)
report of our travels by South African radio station

BBC Radio 5 Live

Friday 31 May, interviewed by Nicky Campbell and Pat Nevin

BBC Radio 5 Live Rated 8th in Simon Mayo's list of Top Ten World Cup websites

Newspapers

Moscow Times
Photo-shoot in Red Square and article

Korea Herald
front page article Saturday, 8 June 2002

The Chosun Ilbo
article in Korean national daily published Sunday, 16th June 2002; feature article published the following Wednesday

The Guardian
featured in back page article published Monday, 17th June 2002

The Brighton Argus
feature article

Western Daily Press
feature article

Internet

FIFA
featured in German version of the Official website

FIFA
featured on Friday, June 7 2002 in their Photo Gallery

Ananova
Coverage of our journey

The Guardian Online
featured on Wednesday, June 12 2002 in their World Cup blog

Rediff Guide to the Net
featured in review of football-related weblogs

This Is Eastbourne
featured in local news section

UEFA
video interview by Mark Tompkins. Click on "Mark Tompkins explores Daejon ahead of Spain's match against South Africa" to see the video.

PlanetGoGo.net
featured in their review of World Cup weblogs