Tunisia- Wall Street Journal:Hammam-Lif Sports Club, 1st club in the world to use remote supporters app

In an article published in its edition of Tuesday, May 26, 2020 following a journalistic investigation carried out by the duo Andrew Beaton and Joshua Robinson, the Wall Street Journal concluded that the Tunisian club of Hammam-Lif was the first in the world to use an application which made it possible to broadcast the applause of encouragement from its supporters through loudspeakers placed around the edge of an empty stadium.

Within the aftermath of the Arab Spring, mass gatherings have been banned for concern of them turning into riots. What few sports activities have been permitted passed off behind closed doorways. So for this small however proud membership, the battle to keep away from relegation from the highest division must unfold with none followers within the constructing. Hammam-Lif was determined for a jolt.

The answer was so extraordinary {that a} seven-year-old Tunisian soccer match is now a mannequin for pandemic-stricken leagues value tens of billions of {dollars} throughout the globe. When Hammam-Lif took on Stade Tunisien on March 31, 2013, the gamers within the empty stadium have been met with a roar like they hadn’t heard in months: the sound of 90,000 of their most devoted followers cheering them on,the Wall reported in its edition.

The players were supported by shouts and roars, a the sound of 90,000 of their most devoted followers cheering them on,said the article.

Wall Street Journal assures that it was a paying strategy because the players of the CSHL won this decisive match with the score of 1-0 (goal signed by Harbaoui). This allowed the  club to save its place among the elite and to register its unknown name worldwide despite its young age (only 70 years) as the first in the world to have used the application of supporters at a distance.

The newspaper even collected testimonies from the CSHL coach at the time, Dragan Cvetkovic (currently at TP Mazembe), and those of the heads of the communications agency Memac Ogilvy who initiated this experience with CSHL supporters.

The app was a sensation even outdoors the small coastal city recognized for its seashores and ancient Jewish mosaics. However the next season, there was no want to herald faux followers. Actual ones have been allowed again in Tunisian stadiums.

Now the coronavirus pandemic has pressured groups throughout the globe to determine how they are often extra like Hammam-Lif,adds the Wall Street.