Football Business Awards – First Finalists Announced

The first wave of finalists for the brand new Football Business Awards have been announced.

Both the quantity and the quality of the entries has surpassed expectations. Over half of the Premiership and many Football League clubs are involved and there has also been strong interest from abroad with entries from as far afield as Belgium, cheap Italy, Denmark, Russia, Brazil and USA.

The shortlist in 6 categories have been announced – see Finalists.

Those shortlisted so far include the following:

American Express * Arsenal Media Group * Aston Villa Football Club * ATB Games * Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club * Circle Agency * Club Brugge * Colorado Rapids Soccer Club * Continental Tyre Group Ltd * Coritiba FootBall Club * ESPN * Everton Football Club * Harvey & Son (Lewis) * Inter Milan * Kitbag * KSS Design Group * Lindley Venue Catering * Manchester City Football Club * MOC Games * Pinsent Masons * Prozone Sports * Randers FC / Loyal Solutions * redboxdesign group * Samsung Electronics / Swindon FC * SpecialOne / FC Zenit * The FA * Turner Construction Company * UCFB (University College of Football Business) * Vauxhall / Carat Sponsorship * Walker Morris * Wolverhampton Wanderers

The highly respected panel of judges are currently reviewing the entries in the remaining categories and the final list of finalists will be announced on Friday 14th September 2012.

The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony taking place at Chelsea FC on 8th November 2012.

If you wish to reserve a table at the event then please contact sian@footballbusinessawards.co.uk