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Sportshour: The Rise of Fan TV

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The Rise of Fan TV

12/08/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Sportshour, The Rise of Fan TV

We'll hear from the man behind the biggest football fan media channel on youtube.

We'll hear how football clubs are doing more to contact social anxiety issues, how an Olympian raised $649,000 to buy a friend and the future shake up in Women's Rugby.

Footballs forgotten fans
Football matches can be quite a daunting experience, especially fans suffering from social anxiety. Sonia Peacock’s son Kyle is autistic and she says clubs need to make fans with social anxiety feel more welcome. Kyle stopped attending Everton matches, after he was attacked by away fans, a couple of years ago. He only returned to Goodison Park this summer and Sonia says Kyle’s positive experience was down to fellow Everton fan Danny. A post from social media about the meeting went viral on social media. Sonia says Premier League clubs need to increase help for fans suffering from social anxiety. 
 
The Rise of Fan TV
Football fans always have an opinion on their club. Who should play in a certain position and what signings they should have bought in the transfer window. In recent seasons, some fans have turned their opinion into their profession by creating Fan TV channels on social media. The biggest and the most watched is Arsenal Fan TV. Robbie Lyle the channels founder, says it’s popularity is because it allows fans to voice their opinions, which established media companies ignore.
 
Crouch… Bind… You’re cut
The England Women’s Rugby team have kicked off their defence of their World Cup title, despite uncertain surrounding the future of game, after the RFU’s decided to restructure their contracts. Former captain Catherine Spencer believes the team are currently in a ‘lose lose situation’ as the RFU will back their decision whether they win or lose the World Cup.She says the players made the correct decision not to go on strike but if things don’t improve, they should consider it in the future, like their male counterparts did in 2000. 
 
$649,000 to buy a friend
What would you do if the horse you competed with in the Olympics was put up for sale? You would do anything to raise the money to buy him wouldn’t you?! Jonty Evans set up a just giving page to try and raise funds to buy Cooley Rorkes Drift from his owners. Thanks to donations from around the world, Jonty has raised enough money to buy his friend back. 

BBC Newsreader barking up the wrong tree 
When Simon McCoy’s presentation of the Dog Surfing Competition went viral around the world, we thought it only fair to get a response from the winner. Unfortunately, Abbie an Australian kelpie wasn’t available but her owner Michael Uy was. Michael has invited Simon to take part in next year’s contest. We hope Simon accepts, the pride of the BBC is at stake.

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