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Kitbag takes Twitter back to 1966 for 50th anniversary of England's World Cup win

on Jul 30, 2016 | 0 comments

By Cameron Clarke

Sports retailer Kitbag is taking social media back in time today to commemorate the 50th anniversary of England’s World Cup triumph.

The Manchester-based firm will devote its Twitter feed to ‘real-time’ coverage of the England v West Germany final to demonstrate how the dramatic game would have played out on social media if it existed at the time.

Social media manager James Travis said: “We wanted to celebrate the anniversary of English football’s greatest ever day in a way that was engaging and genuinely different.

“Social media has changed the face of global communications and so to marry up Twitter with real-time coverage Read full story ›

Source: The Drum