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Football365




The site was founded in 1997 by journalist Danny Kelly , along with Dan Thompson (founder of computer game company Renegade Software ) and Simon Morris , a former Marketing Director of BSkyB .1 In 1999, the height of the Dot-com Bubble , the sites' parent company 365 Group floated on the London Stock Exchange , peaking at a value of £500 million shortly after launch. 2.

The site has received criticism from some due to its supposed anti- Chelsea bias. {Link without Title} {Link without Title}
The current regular features of the website are:

  • F365 Mailbox: A twice-daily collection of the best e-mails sent in by readers on current footballing matters. These 'letters' vary from one-line statements to medium-sized essays.


  • Mediawatch: A satirical daily review of recent stories and articles from various national newspapers and football websites. Features of Mediawatch include 'Quote of the day', 'Headline of the day' and 'Non-football story of the day'.


  • F365 Features: Features on current or former football clubs or individuals, such as players, managers and TV pundits; reviews of individual football matches or competitions.


  • F365 Opinion: Writers and contributors to the website give their opinions on recent footballing news or events, including Sky Sports pundit Andy Gray and John Nicholson .


As of June 2007, Alexa's traffic ranking of Football365.com was 4,084. {Link without Title} .


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The Website gave birth to Britain's most popular forum, forum.football365.com, which has over 35,000 members. The forum has caused some problems though, as an Irish newspaper once claimed that the forum positively encouraged rape. The forum is also plagued with WSODs. However, the forum has been responsible for some cat or other on Richard And Judy .


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