It has been almost a month since the 2nd Annual Football Collective Conference: Football, Politics and Popular Culture at the…
The Diamond Miners of Turin
By Dr Alex Bond, Dr Paul Widdop and Dr Dan Parnell Talent identification and development is not too dissimilar in…
Catch me on the new Freakonomics podcast…and BBC Radio 4’s More or Less?
By Dr Martha Newson Freakonomics recently interviewed me for their new sports series, How Sports Became Us. At one point we discuss…
What does France’s World Cup victory mean for the country?
By Dr Jonathan Ervine The victory of a diverse French football team in this year’s World Cup created many parallels…
Football and the Politics of National Identity in Post-Brexit Britain
We are delighted to formally introduce the second keynote panel ‘Football and the Politics of National Identity in Post-Brexit Britain’…
RESEARCH: Digital Storytelling at the FIFA World Cup 2018
By David Randles @DavidRandles Now the World Cup dust has settled and we know ‘it’ eventually went chez to France,…
A ‘Euro for Europe’ and ‘United 2026’: reflections on the new multiple hosts format
By Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen t: @jaludvigsen It did not take many hours from England were defeated by Coatia in…
Özil is right to call it racism. We can condemn racism and his tacit support of Erdoğan
By Dr Mark Doidge, University of Brighton, UK On Sunday 22nd July, Mesut Özil, the Arsenal and (former) Germany footballer…
The bloody beautiful game
By Mikaela Mckinley Erin Slaven, Orlaith Duffy and I returned home to Glasgow from a visit to the Scottish Parliament…
‘Sexy’ Women and the Men’s World Cup: (Mis)Representations of Female Football Fans
By Dr Stacey Pope Do you think the This Fan Girl project is important and why? What impact could…
Conference Keynote: Sol Wolfers, Challenging the status quo – the positioning of female researchers in the footballing world
The Football Collective is committed to the future of football research and scholarship and we are delighted to formally introduce…
Football, Politics and Popular Culture: Call for book chapter abstracts
Call for book chapter abstracts A number of us are beginning the process of putting together a proposal to publish…
The curious case of Policing in the ‘Prem’
By Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen The 2017/18 season of the English Premier League (EPL) was recently concluded. Manchester City were…
Day For Freedom – Their may be strength in the Union
Having written extensively on the Football Lads Alliance (FLA) and the Democratic Football Lads Alliance (1, 2, 3) on here…
BSA Early Career Forum: New research agendas for the study of sports media (re)presentation(s) of sportswomen and femininity
BSA Early Career Forum: New research agendas for the study of sports media (re)presentation(s) of sportswomen and femininity Northumbria University…
What do you think are the most annoying phrases to describe women’s football?
By Helena Bryne Over the years there have been numerous articles, blog posts and lists on public forums on what…
An introduction from Dr Hanya Pielichaty
Dr Hanya Pielichaty – Introductory Blog – April 2018 It’s 30th April 1994 and I am stood in the stands…
Critical reflections of women and football
We are delighted to formally introduce the first keynote panel ‘Critical reflections of women and football’ chaired by Alex Culvin.…
Frontiers of Management History Book Series launched in conjunction with Emerald!
Frontiers of Management History is a new book series that will be published globally by Emerald Publishing. See the call here.…
A note to CEOs and Boards on the recruitment of a Sporting Director
By Daniel Parnell @parnell_daniel (short read followed by longer details) West Ham United are recruiting a Director of Football, Huddersfield Town…
In Denmark, Football Fitness is the new girl in the FA school of football – but who is she?
By Dr. Søren Bennike The Danish Football Association (DFA) has launched a football-based activity for health called Football Fitness. It is…
