It has been almost a month since the 2nd Annual Football Collective Conference: Football, Politics and Popular Culture at the…
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…
Football as an adjunct treatment intervention for people with mental health problems – the evaluation of “Coping Through Football”
By Bettina Friedrich and Oliver Mason Background Some people with severe…
Birmingham and the FLA/DFLA march: A very British affair
FLA founder John Meighan (right). June 2017 March As mentioned on the last two post (1, 2), I have attended…
The People’s Game: Contemporary Challenges in Football Cultures
Teesside University are hosting a Free event on football, 7th September 2018. More details and registration can be found here…
Football ‘tug of war’: When choosing means losing
By Laura Finnegan originally published here. A tweet from Carlow GAA made headlines last week when it outlined the ultimatum…
Welcome from new football collective member
Dear members of the Football Collective. I am delighted to have joined your ever-growing group of football scholars, and am…
FLA and Birmingham March
By Les Crang As we move closer to the march of the Football Lads Alliance (hereby called the FLA)…
“Football, Allah and That’s all”.
By Stefano Fogliata With the support of video professionals, I am working with a on a documentary about the most unlikely football…
