Ballstreet - Ball Street

Ball Street is looking for talent

Ball Street is passionate about giving all teams the top six treatment.

To start with we're gearing up to launch our first digital football show, initially focusing on the 92 English league clubs.  Ian Wright will be the co-host and contributions from the fans will be driving our agenda.

As well as this, there are other shows and exciting opportunities in the pipeline, so we are looking for a whole host of aspiring on screen talent to join the team. 

You might already be an established presenter or looking for a break, a podcaster, blogger, YouTuber or a fan who thinks you've got what it takes.  Most of all, you've got to have a passion for football.

Sounds like you?  then get in touch with Ball Street with your credentials.

How to apply?

Using the title "Ball Street presenter" send any show reels or links to your content to ClubTogether@ballstreet.co.uk.

Alternatively shout us on Twitter (@ball_street) or give us a nudge at Facebook.com/BALLSTREET

The heart of football

by Stuart, Ball Street

I was going tell you about Ball Street, however I can’t let events at Ibrox pass without comment.

It’s a tale of self-destruction with a vengeance, true of all parties involved in the toxic cauldron of Scottish football.   But that’s for another day.  Today let me tell you a story about football and the fan.

Rangers are the club of my uncles, two of whom had heart attacks at Ibrox watching the Rangers.  One sadly passed; the amazing medical staff in the ground saved the other, who was the first to take me every other week.

It’s also the club of my late father, who worked on the rebuilding of the Main Stand and salvaged the old wooden seats and fittings to craft a handsome fireplace for his living room.  Every time we went to the back shops, we would occasionally stop by old Jimmy’s to see if he needed any messages.  Only later did I find out that Jimmy was Jimmy Smith, scorer of 225 goals in 234 appearances for Rangers between 1928 and 1946.

I know my history.  I know that a love that’s been shared by generations of my family doesn’t exist on the balance sheet of Sevco 5088.   The club can’t be taken away by liquidation, player departures, rulings or the ill-feeling of others.

A football club lives only the hearts of its fans.   That’s true of any club.  As Kevin Drinkell said recently: “Rangers fans who were supporters yesterday will still be supporters today. That's the bottom line.”

Sure it will be hard to see the likes of Naismith and McCabe grace other arenas - they've lost their chance to be legends - but Ibrox will always have its heroes.  There may well be a succession of journeymen on the horizon who might never have climbed the marble staircase, but among them will be legends that we’ll still talk about in years to come.

Like many others, I’ve long said we should start over in Division Three.  We should take our medicine and let others have theirs.  I’ll look forward to Glasgow derbies with Queen’s Park and trips to Montrose where we holidayed as kids.  And then I’ll be able to tell you more about why every league is a premier league.

Episode 3 of Ball Street's 451 show with Ian Wright.

This is our new YouTube football show with Ian Wright and Jimmy Bullard: 4 Leagues | 5 topics | 1 show.  We'll be covering more than the top 6.

Ball Street is looking for talent!!

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Real fans clubbing together

At the weekend we learned a lot about what #ClubTogether is.  It's fans standing up against the status quo.  Fans realising that, to make a difference, we can work together and get the things we want.

In the case of Jack Cox and everyone connected with Bath City FC, it was getting exposure and getting people to #PackThePark to #SaveBathCity.

Jack invited us to City, a club in danger of folding unless they sell the home they have played at since 1932.

@ball_street you guys should come to Bath City on Saturday and experience rival teams #ClubTogether to help a non league club.

January 28, 2013

At Bath, we met fans that are willing to step forward and make a difference; fans that are tune with what football should be.

Jack, a Bristol City fan, started a Facebook page to get fellow Robins to #PackThePark at Bath.  Joining Jack were fans from clubs  across the country - from the Bristol clubs to Luton, Swindon, Plymouth, Tranmere and Chelsea.

What we love about Jack is that he didn’t just stand by and watch.  He didn’t want to accept that a local club should be allowed to die and be ignored by a media focussed on catering to a mass market.  He has tried to connect with people and do something about it.

We started using #ClubTogether because we believe fans of all clubs can change things by working as one.  We have a vision where the league a club is playing in doesn’t determine the quality of insight and coverage that it gets and if we club together we can change things.

But as Jack has shown, #ClubTogether is much bigger than that - use it to tell us what's important to you and your club.

If you want to get involved, then get in touch via twitter  @ball_street,  www.facebook.com/BALLSTREET or drop an email to clubtogether@ballstreet.co.uk.

This was an honour...

Everyone follow @ball_street and check out this video!! bit.ly/451Promo can't wait to watch the show @ianwright0 !!

— Mo Farah (@Mo_Farah) March 26, 2013

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