It has been almost a month since the 2nd Annual Football Collective Conference: Football, Politics and Popular Culture at the…
The Darkest of Days for Fans of Leicester City
By Stacey Pope On the evening of Saturday 27th October, Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s helicopter crashed and exploded…
A 50 años de la victoria de Estudiantes de la Plata ante Manchester United
By Javier Szlifman La historia del campeonato mundial de Estudiantes de La Plata es mucho más que una gran gesta deportiva.…
Book Launch: Routledge Handbook of Football Business and Management
Please find below your invite to the book launch of The Routledge Handbook of Football Business and Management, you can…
Caring for the Community? The case of Hartlepool United
By Duncan Fisher and Eddie Rees Original article can be found on the Sociological Review blog With weekly attendances…
This Sport is Stupid Anyway
Attitudes to football within segments of academia by Dr Paul Breen @CharltonMen BACK in 2010, The New York Post enraged…
The Challenge: Reimagining Race, Diversity and Opportunity in Football
We are delighted to formally introduce the first keynote panel ‘The Challenge: Reimagining Race, Diversity and Opportunity in Football’ chaired Professor Kevin…
New Book Series: Routledge Critical Perspectives on Equality and Social Justice in Sport and Leisure
For further details, or to submit a proposal, please contact: Kevin Hylton, K.Hylton@leedsbeckett.ac.uk Jonathan Long, J.A.Long@leedsbeckett.ac.uk Simon Whitmore, simon.whitmore@tandf.co.uk…
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…
