2021 Shortlist
2021 Football Business Awards Shortlist
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BEST CLUB MARKETING INITIATIVE
- Aston Villa Football Club
- Leeds United Football Club
- Bradford City AFC
- Chelsea Football Club
- Fulham Football Club
- Norwich City Football Club
- Rangers Football Club
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BEST BRAND ACTIVATION INVOLVING FOOTBALL
- Axi
- BT
- En2End
- Hampshire FA
- Hatch
- La Liga
- Tecno Mobile and Manchester City with AND THE NEW
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BEST INNOVATION BY A CLUB
- Arsenal Football Club
- Brentford Football Club
- Everton Football Club
- Leicester City Football Club
- Liverpool Football Club
- Manchester City Football Club
- Norwich City Football Club
- Southampton Football Club
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AGENCY OF THE YEAR
- Cake
- Eleven Sports Media
- Fifty Digital
- Goodform
- Hatch
- Little Dot Sport
- MatchFit
- Ten Toes
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BEST CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SCHEME OR INITIATIVE
- Aston Villa Foundation
- Dons Local Action Group (part of the AFC Wimbledon Foundation)
- Hampshire FA
- Scottish Professional Football League Trust
- Swansea City Football Club
- Southampton Football Club
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BEST DIGITAL / SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM
- Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club
- Leeds United Football Club
- Motherwell Football Club
- Southampton Football Club
- The FA WSL X Little Dot Sport
- Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club
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BEST PROFESSIONAL SERVICE BUSINESS SERVING FOOTBALL
- Hall Brown Family Law
- KSS Design Group
- Mackrell.Solicitors
- Oaks Consultancy
- Onside Law
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BEST NEW PLAYER / CONTRACT SIGNING REVEAL CAMPAIGN
- Bolton Wanderers Football Club
- Birmingham City Football Club
- Chelsea Football Club
- Leeds United Football Club
- Manchester City Football Club
- Partick Thistle Football Club
- Rangers Football Club
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BEST BUSINESS SERVING FOOTBALL
- Ahead in Sport
- Eleven Sports Media
- Football Fun Factory
- Piglets Pantry
- Premier Relocation UK
- Stadion
- Visa
- Other Media
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BEST FAN ENGAGEMENT BY A CLUB
- Aston Villa Football Club
- Fulham Football Club
- Leicester City Football Club
- Norwich City Football Club
- Pafos Football Club
- Wigan Athletic Football Club / Stadimax
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SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
- Arsenal Football Club
- Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club
- Hibernian Football Club
- Liverpool Football Club
- Norwich City Football Club
- Southampton Football Club
- The Football Association
- Tottenham Hotspur Football Club & Sky
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INNOVATION AWARD – NON CLUB
- AiSCOUT
- EE
- Element 16 Media
- Pixellot
- Puma
- The FA
- The Player Care Group
- YesRef
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DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AWARD
- Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club
- Bristol Rovers Football Club
- BT
- Everton Football Club
- Proud Baggies
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BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN FOOTBALL
- BlazePod & West Ham United Football Club
- DFL Deutsche Fussball Liga
- EE & Cake
- En2End
- Imagineear
- LiveScore
- Supponor
- Swanbay
- Urban Zoo
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SPONSORSHIP / PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR
- BT & the 4 Home Nation FAs
- BlazePod & West Ham United Football Club
- Deutsche Fussball Liga & Amazon Web Services
- Fulham Football Club & World Mobile
- Qatar Airways & Fifty Digital
- Rangers Football Club & Castore
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BEST FOOTBALL COMMUNITY SCHEME
- Albion in the Community
- Chelsea Football Club
- Everton in the Community
- Leicester City in the Community
- Play
- Port Vale Foundation
- Saints Foundation
- Swansea City Football Club
- Wrexham AFC
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fcbusiness CEO of the Year sponsored by General Sports Worldwide
- Premier League: Phil Alexander – Crystal Palace FC
- Championship: Dane Murphy – Nottingham Forest FC
- League One: Malachy Brannigan – Wigan Athletic FC
- League Two: Colin Garlick – Port Vale FC
- SPFL: Andrew McKinlay – Heart of Midlothian FC