Sportego has launched the inaugural Sportego Celtic eSports League, which matches top gamers to professional football clubs from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Crusaders FC, Dundalk FC, Hamilton Academical FC, Hibernian FC, Linfield FC, Shamrock Rovers FC, TNS FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC are competing to win the week-long Sportego Community Cup which started on December 12, with the full league competition starting in January 2017.
Colm O’Mealoid from Sportego said: “This is an extremely exciting move for us. The sponsorship of the Celtic eSports League is the first of its kind and we’re proud to be treading new ground. We have some fantastic clubs to work with during the inaugural season, and we look forward to helping the league grow with some innovative activation campaigns and fan engagement initiatives.”
Geoff Wilson from the Celtic eSports League said: “eSports is growing at a phenomenal rate world-wide and the clubs’ involvement demonstrates their proactive and innovative approach to growing the brand of their clubs online. The Sportego Celtic eSports League is an exciting new concept, and we hope to attract new fans for not only the league but all the clubs involved.”
Fans can follow all the matches at https://www.twitch.tv/sportego and keep up-to-date will all the latest development @Celtic_Esports.
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