Windows Phone Central App Roundup - Football (Soccer) Apps

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Windows Telephone Central's roundup of Football game apps

We've already covered a roundup of apps for your Windows Phone should you want to follow American Football, but what most 'football game' for the rest of the earth (also known as soccer)? Nosotros've got you lot covered with this roundup of the football game apps available for Windows Phone. Set yourself for an eventful 2022/thirteen flavor with Windows Telephone Cardinal.

A number of apps are available for Windows Phone that enable consumers to go along up-to-date with the latest football news and results. From official solutions to third-party apps, at that place'due south a choice to suit everyone'south individual needs and tastes. To kick us off we'll be taking a await at the sports news app from the British broadcasting corporation, Sky.

Sky Sports News App

Heaven Sports News (free): The Sky Sports News app is a gateway to top news content covering the sport, with full articles being pulled featuring rich media content (photos and videos). The interface sticks to the theme present throughout the arsenal of Sky products and services. This provides the user a familiar look and feel.

Sky Sports News for Windows Telephone sports a unique characteristic – Sky Sports News Radio. This functionality allows users to tune into radio while on the become (runs in the background when leaving the app – nice touch). The radio joins the article listing on the main screen panorama, which leads united states onto sports themselves.

The app itself not only supports football game, merely cricket, rugby, golf, lawn tennis, and more. These portals tin each be pinned to the domicile screen for more convenient access. Selecting football volition accept the user into the football portal. A number of features are available in this panorama, including a filtered news stories list, live lucifer results, fixtures, results and –of course- league tables.

A surprising observation in the Heaven Sports News app is one would expect a level of social sharing to be nowadays but that doesn't announced to be the case with no option available in each commodity. Overall it's a dainty sports app, and the fact information technology'south available for free on the Marketplace makes the offering that much sweeter.

You can download Sky Sports News from the Marketplace.

ESPN Goals App

ESPN Goals (free): Side by side up is an ESPN app, which is arguably 1 of the more bonny and well designed apps available for Windows Phone football fans. It's freely available, but is also advert-supported (non-obstructive).

As soon as the app is launched the user is presented with latest match fixtures. Side by side to the fixture listing are latest available highlights, which launch directly on the Windows Phone (with adverts being played). The app is fairly light and is focused on football game results more anything, and then users should non expect to find the latest headlines being displayed.

Under the "more" panorama pane, nosotros accept a number of options available: videos, scores and fixtures, tables and stats, and ESPN on Air. The tables and statistics is an interesting feature, which provides the user with an insight into key points of the current season. Selecting whatever game from the scores and fixtures department of the app will present a full commentary, available videos, and more.

Finally, ESPN on Air is a portal to the ESPN service, with Tv schedules, fixtures, competitions and more. Overall, ESPN Goals is a uncomplicated app, only the focus on football alone will be more than enough for the avid fan who enjoys staying upwards-to-date with results and team positions.

You can download ESPN Goals from the Marketplace.

Soccer Livescores App

Soccer Livescores (gratuitous): This is a nice little app that is truly Metro influenced. Instead of focusing on more than one sport, or offer headlines, tweets and other information, Soccer Livescores focuses only on the scores from past and upcoming football fixtures.

A number of leagues are supported, which can filtered through should you lot only desire a scattering from a desired state. Viewing results is super like shooting fish in a barrel, and but important events are displayed (cards and goals) keeping the interface clear of potential ataxia.

Sliding along from the "details" pane when viewing a lucifer outcome will take you to previous matches of both teams that played – displaying results. A very unproblematic app only with all the functionality a quick glance user volition crave to stay in the loop with all the footy action.

Yous tin download Soccer Livescores from the Market place.

ESPN App

ESPN (Nokia exclusive - free): This app is exclusively available to Lumia Windows Phones, which will please many but enrage others. Like the Sky Sports News app, ESPN displays the latest headlines but it goes i pace further with ESPN videos, tweets from the official Twitter account and sport categories (cricket, rugby, F1, and more).

These hubs and so filter and display only relevant news, tweets, results and other information for the user in a clean and crisp UI. When browsing individual sports, you'll be taken to the ESPN site to view in-depth information from matches, etc. The videos and news are a nice touch, also every bit the possibility to check other sports out without a limitation to but football.

Each sport can be pinned to the habitation screen for quick access to the latest news and results. Overall, it's a fairly basic app, and we'd cull ESPN Goals over this Nokia exclusive offer should yous just exist interested in the latest league action.

You can download ESPN from the Nokia Collection on the Market.

Goal.com App

Goal.com (free): This is yet another good looking app from the collection we've walked you through today. Goal.com is admittedly stunning on Windows Phone. Launching the app for the kickoff time will greet the user with a selector to cull desired leagues.

Once everything is setup and ready to go, league tables can be selected, and each private match viewed in a beautiful interface. Play-by-play commentary is bachelor, as well as information on each squad (substitutions, bookings and goals). Statistics are available in the match view for the match itself every bit well as previous fixtures where both teams take played one another.

Individual teams can be selected in Goal.com's Windows Phone app, straight from the league table. This opens up a nice panorama screen that details fixtures, current squad, and latest news. Information technology's definitely the almost useful app for the dire hard football fans. Sections of the app tin exist pinned to the home screen for more convenient admission.

Y'all can download Goal.com from the Market place.

ESPNFC

ESPN FC (free) AKA ESPN Soccernet: To close this up, we cease with yet another ESPN app. This football game solution is a feature rich feel for anyone who follows a team with action from major Great britain, European and Latin American leagues, tournaments and football matches. Displaying the latest football headlines, the app not only shows the manufactures in full, but there are sharing options that make use of integrated social profiles and accounts.

ESPN FC Press Pass videos are available to view within the app, but unfortunately it seems as though live action from each friction match (likewise equally summary and statistics) is shown through a frame. Visiting the mobile version of the ESPN FC website yields a similar interface - though in the app y'all have the beauty of the back push and abode icon to navigate back through previous screens.

It'south another basic solution, but if yous're looking for a more than complete experience, we'd recommend taking a await at Goal.com.

You can download ESPN FC from the Marketplace.

While each and every football app we've looked at today is worth the download (especially since all are free), we'd have to recommend Goal.com to a higher place all merely down to the way it presents the data through the well designed interface.

Each to their own so it'southward a good idea to try each one to see which suits your requirements. Remember that the Windows Phone Marketplace is continuously expanding, and so exist sure to check out other football apps, including ScoreMobile FC.

As always, if we didn't mention your personal favorite information technology should reflect poorly on things. If you accept a football app that you'de similar to recommend, chinkle in below in the comments.