The Football Collective began with a group of regionally local people meeting up to discuss research and socialise. In 2020…
It’s a whole new ball game: Thirty Years of the English Premier League
The early 1990’s in the United Kingdom were politically and socially somewhat turbulent years. Prime Minister John Major was reforming…
Podcast: Discussing Football in Fiction with Lee McGowan
Stirling-born Lee McGowan is a Scots Irish football researcher at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. His book…
Digital transformation and innovation in football and Fan Fit
By Dr Alex Fenton 2019 has been an interesting year for football clubs and innovation. PwC’s Sports Survey 2019 went…
Can we make the grassroots game of football greener?
By Andy Carmichael Football in England has a significant environmental footprint; 29,000 clubs, 40,000 grass pitches, energy use, demand for…
Football AS Medicine… Or is that Football IS Medicine? Does it even matter?!
YES! And make it a double yes! 2019 was a great year for the Football is Medicine (FIM) initiative: starting…
Why is understanding Arsene Wenger sociologically important?
By Gavin Maclean Of all the topics I had thought I would dedicate several months of thought, research and writing…
A hundred-year overnight success: the stories of women’s football in Australia
By Lee McGowan In a piece of not quite though still relatively shameless self-promotion, I write to highlight a new…
Place of birth and talent development
By Dr Laura Finnegan Successful athletic development requires athletes to navigate a range of ‘secondary factors’ that can impede or…
More Than Just A Game: Football Can Give Asylum Seekers So Much
Often, when asylum seekers arrive in Britain they are fleeing a harrowing past. Their pre-migration experiences are laden with moments…
On the same page? The theory-practice divide and gendered media representations of sport
On the same page? The theory-practice divide and gendered media representations of sport Northumbria University, London Campus 17th January, 2020…
All member email – 23.08.2019
Dear Members, We hope everyone is well and enjoying some down time after the academic year. It has been some…
Who plays the game? The multiplication of media-sport events and the appropriation of childhood
By Max Mauro A few months ago, I was sitting in a hotel room in Spain, and I did what…
Mapping Irish Football, Get Involved!
This is a call for all football historians that may have come across references to Irish women’s football of any…
The Impact of Global Economic Downturn on Sport Management Journal of Global Sport Management Special Issue Call for Papers
The global financial crisis of 2008, which was followed by sovereign debt crises in the Eurozone and huge retrenchment of…
New book: ‘Supporter Ownership in English Football: Class, Culture and Politics’
By Dr Chris Porter What do you think about when you hear the term ‘supporter ownership’? Does it excite you…
‘PEAK’ Symposium: The future of coaching
‘PEAK’ SYMPOSIUM: THE FUTURE OF COACHING (14 June 2019, in Limerick, Ireland) ABOUT ‘PEAK’ PEAK is a new, international project…
Becoming European through football? – Research project and call for survey participation
By Dr Regina Weber Europeanisation in football is ubiquitous since at least 20-25 years. While there has always been an…
A ‘new age’ for women’s football
By Dr Stacey Pope This summer’s world cup will arrive at the best time in history for women’s football both…
Jumpers for GOALPOSTS
By Rahul Keerthi Last year, Copa90 produced a report into what they call “the modern football fan” – 16-to-24-year-olds who…
