Only 11 out of the 104 clubs in England and Scotland will offer adults the chance to enjoy a day at the football for less than £20 during the new season.

EA Sports has unveiled the players who will be gracing the covers for its latest football title, FIFA 12, with Wayne Rooney and Kaka as global cover stars.

Arsenal Football Club have announced that it has chosen Save the Children as its first ever global charity partner.

Hope Solo will join Gatorade’s powerful promotional arsenal after signing a multiyear marketing deal with the beverage company.

Football clubs social media ranking in August 2011, showing the number of Twitter “followers” and Facebook “likes” (official club accounts). The chart presented below show the number of Twitter “followers” and Facebook “likes” for each football club.

The teams are ranked by their combined number of fans across the two sites. We only tracked the sites / account identified as “official”.

In July, Real Madrid has overtaken FC Barcelona as No.1 in our Social Media ranking.

Tailored by Umbro for the forthcoming 2011/12 season, the new Athletic Club home shirt has been revealed as the team celebrate their 100th anniversary.

Emirates has become a Partner and Official Airline to Real Madrid in a five-year sponsorship deal.

PUMA has announced a multi-year partnership agreement with international footballer and current MLS New York Red Bulls forward Thierry Henry.

FC Barcelona, la Fundació FC Barcelona and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced a three year collaboration deal to help in the worldwide fight against polio.

David Beckham adds to his ever-expanding empire with the release of a new ‘masculine’ scent, “Homme”, launched this week along with a seductive advertising campaign demonstrating Beckham’s athletic prowess