A few weeks back I posted a link to my Google Calendar with the Newcastle United fixtures on. I had to do this as Google removed the “search” option so it was impossible to find any useful calendars.
They’ve not reintroduced this, but they have added a new slew of “Interesting Calendars” (their words) which include fixture details for a ton of football (sorry, “soccer”) teams as well as a plethora of other sports. As a bonus, you can watch the scores update in real-time-ish as the match progresses via the details on your calendar.
To get to them, look down the bottom left of your Google Calendar screen for “Other Calendars” and click on “Add” at the bottom of the list. Then just navigate through the categories to find the club and competition you want.
I would note a couple of things, however. And these are the reasons I’m keeping my calendar online and updated as well. The first is that there are no TV details for the games. This is understandable as mine’s geared at UK users whereas Google’s far more international. The second is that it looks like you have to subscribe to three or four calendars for each team if you want to follow their league, league cup and European fixtures as well. Why not one calendar for all fixtures regardless of competition?
Oh, and they’ve mis-spelled “Darllington” (sic) in the League Trophy section. Note that this is the Trophy and not the League Cup. They’re different and there doesn’t appear to be a listing for League Cup fixtures. Unless they’re included with the main team fixtures – in which case why not do the same with the League Trophy ones? [I just checked – they’re not. Google doesn’t list our fixture at Peterborough on the 22nd of September]
So, 75% for effort to Google. But I still think they’d have been better just replacing the ability to search for useful calendars. The work would be done for them – and better – by fans of the sports in question. Mind you, I bet the American sports are far better organised especially as, with the NFL at least, there’s only one competition.
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but at the moment the NFL remains the most popular.
In what respect? Most popular sport in the US? Possibly. Most popularly-used calendars on Google? Also possibly given the poor support (mentioned above) for real football.
Most popular sport worldwide? I very much think not. The English Premier League is, I believe, the most watched sporting league in the world.
Not that Newcastle are currently in the EPL, mind *sigh*
I am trying to insert the calendar of matches in World Cup this year into my personal G Calendar. Further, the person said that when the matches were being played the results could be automatically posted in all the calendars of those interested.
I’d like to connect and with him and I’d like to see those scores appear on my calendar. Heck, maybe that would be moved up the my Homepage!!
Nancy, it’s easy to do. Just create a new calendar, ensure that all the posts on it are marked “public” and go to the sharing options under the calendar settings. Distribute the link for the non-admin version and people can add that to their Google Calendars (or anything else that will accept ICS feed).
As you update the calendar, it will update on other people’s screens – though they may have to refresh manually to receive the changes.
Mosh, I’m not wanting to start this myself but rather find the person who was already setting it up in 9 & 10/2009. He was going to get a feed ritht from FIFA or one of the media who was publishing the scores. So it would appear on his computer as automatically as that of anyone joined to the project.
Thanks, Nancy
Ah, can’t help you there then I’m afraid. There used to be a function on Google Calendars to search to any public calendars, but they removed this about a year ago (I think I blogged about it) and now you have to go through their official list.
You *may* find such a calendar as the one you want via them, though.