Vauxhall and FAW to Host Social Media First

Vauxhall and the Football Association of Wales will score a social networking first with a live Twitter takeover event next week with Head Coach Chris Coleman.

The newly appointed Wales Head Coach has agreed to become the first Home Nations Manager to answer questions from fans live via Vauxhall's dedicated Wales football Twitter page.

This live Twitter takeover forms part of a series of player and coach live feeds over recent and coming months.

Simon Culley, Vauxhall’s Football Sponsorship Marketing Manager said; "We're very grateful to Chris and the FAW for facilitating this activation. It is a ground breaking opportunity for us to host a live interaction between Welsh football fans and their head coach.

“We have made a significant investment in our digital football platforms and the response to our activity has been very positive from the fans.

“As sponsor of all four Home Nations we are in a very unique position and throughout the campaign we have worked hard to give fans a behind the scenes view of International football.”

Ian Davis, FAW Commercial Manager, commented; “This is a major coup for the FAW and Vauxhall and we are delighted to be able to make it happen.

“As an association we are always looking to innovate and offering the fans a chance to interact with the Head Coach via Social Media is an exciting opportunity for everyone involved.”

The Twitter takeover will take place at the FAW Headquarters at 11am on Thursday 19^th of April, the same day that a group of Welsh football fans get the chance to play in Vauxhall’s Big Pitch game at the Millennium Stadium.

Vauxhall launched their football social media platforms in October 2011 and currently have close to forty thousand followers across all four Home Nations.

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For more information on Vauxhall Football go to http://www.vauxhallfootball.co.uk/

New digital appointment for Macesport

Macesport today announced the new appointment of Hannah Lupton as Account Manager (Digital).

Hannah (22) will be responsible for the continued expansion of Macesport's sports social media portfolio which services over one million followers.

An honours graduate from Nottingham Trent University, Hannah joins the specialist sports agency from Sky Sports News Radio.

She will be primarily responsible for the development of Vauxhall's Twitter and Facebook activation of their Home Nations football sponsorship of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Macesport managing director Paul Mace said: "We are very impressed by Hannah's passion and knowledge for sport allied to a can-do attitude and keen work ethic.

"Our social media division has expanded rapidly over the past 18 months and there is an ever-increasing demand to service our clients' appetite for social media.

"Our client Robbie Savage now enjoys over half a million Twitter followers and is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and vibrant Twitter exponents in the UK.

"We have some great plans for Vauxhall's Facebook and Twitter development and Hannah is integral to those activations."

Hannah - a keen fan of Preston North End - said: "It is a great honour to have the opportunity to be employed by a nationally-acclaimed sports communications agency such as Macesport.

"I love my sport and I love communications.  The chance to be working with such fantastic clients as Vauxhall and their activation of Home Nations Football is a dream come true."

For more information on go to www.macesport.co.uk

Cardiff City Fan wins Savage Night Out

Cardiff City fan Daniel Bacon will enjoy a night out with Robbie Savage after donning a Pinnochio nose and blond wig to impersonate him.

It was all part of the Savage Night competition which took over twitter last week and a celebration for Robbie Savage passing 100k followers on the micro blogging site.

Daniel said it took him by complete surprise when Savage tweeted at him to tell him he had won.

He said: “It was a massive surprise – Robbie has got more than 100,000 followers.

“The video is just about him having a bit of banter.”

Watch the winning video - click here

Robbie, however, got his own back when he called Mr Bacon pretending to be a reporter from the Wales on Sunday.

Listen to the prank call - click here

Oh Yes It's Savage Night - Oh What a Night!!

It's one of the hottest Twitter phemonena of the year.

As a celebration for passing 100,000 followers on twitter Robbie Savage has offered his "tweeps" the chance to win a night out with the man himself!

The #savagenight took over twitter on Friday afternoon and was the top trending topic in the UK.

Followers were asked to tweet the reason why they should win the competition in 140 characters or less.

Thousands of entries were received and the top 12 were chosen to produce mini video clips which were released on Robbie's YouTube channel.

Fans will then decide who deserves to go on the 5 star all expenses paid Savage Night out.

Expect another twitter takeover tonight!!

Watch Robbie's Savage Night video - click here

Read more about the #savagenight phenomenon on the UK Sports Network - click here

Follow Robbie Savage on twitter - click here