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 … More

Does spending big in the football transfer window get results? Two experts crunch the data

By Dr Rob Wilson and Dr Dan Plumley This article was originally published on The Conversation, here. Football clubs in … More

Introduction by Football Collective member Matthew Hindmarsh

By Matthew Hindmarsh My name is Matthew Hindmarsh and I am a second year PhD student at Liverpool John Moores … More

An introduction from new member John Curran

By John Curran My name is John Curran and I have recently completed my MA in Critical & Creative Analysis … More

Special Film Screening of The Workers Cup (followed by a panel Q&A)

A few members of The Football Collective will be attending this event. It is free to the public and looks … More

#Sky25 – Sky Sports as a Disruptive Technology – And is Sky being disrupted?

By Leslie Crang The first goal of this brave new era, though, was not scored by one of the ultra-elite. … More

Where you are born matters for football development

By Laura Finnegan – originally published here. I’m from Louth, with a passion for sport. Despite (or because of!) this … More

Where do you find a Sporting Director?

By Dr Dan Parnell and Dr Paul Widdop Where do you find a Sporting Director in football? We have seen … More

New: Referee and Match Official Research Network

As a means of pulling together various strands of research that focus on the role of the referee and match … More

Theorising Legal Responses to the Trafficking of Child Footballers from West Africa to Europe

By Eleanor Drywood This paper interrogates legal responses to trafficking-like practices around the recruitment of young footballers from developing regions … More

Football and its shifting global powerbase

Call for papers: Football and its shifting global powerbase. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal Guest Editors: Dr Paul … More

MUST Submission: Football and Corporate Governance Reform

Duncan Drasdo, the CEO of MUST – the Manchester United supporters’ trust shares their submission to the government on Football … More

Gabon 2017 – The Cup of African Nations

By Dr Joel Rookwood – @JoelRookwood The Cup of African Nations has been staged at fluctuating intervals since its inception … More

How do stakeholders influence stadium-led regeneration?

Mark Panton provides details some insight on his research: How do stakeholders influence stadium-led regeneration? The event was held at … More

Supporter ownership: The way forward or a missed opportunity?

Insights from Richard Irving on his research: Supporter ownership: The way forward or a missed opportunity? The event was … More

Football by design: World Cup posters 1930-2014

Our Chair at the Future Football conference, Professor Jean Williams offers an insight into her research, Football by design: World … More

The Balotelli Generation: What is means for Italian football and society

Dr Max Mauro talks about his research in his presentation titled: The Balotelli Generation: What is means for Italian football … More

Political economy and football formation: Toward a labour process analysis of the work of footballers

Gavin Maclean of Edinburgh Napier University presents his research on Political economy and football formation: Toward a labour process analysis … More

The Fans are revolting: Football, fan protest movements and the press.

Dr Jonathan Cable of Cardiff University presents his research: The Fans are revolting: Football, fan protest movements and the press. … More