By Max Mauro A few months ago, I was sitting in a hotel room in Spain, and I did what … More
Category: Business Management
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
Interdisciplinary PhD in Sport, Gambling and Marketing Communications at Ulster University
Project Title: A participatory approach to exploring the nexus between online gambling, sports broadcasting and the problem gambler: an island … More
Football’s gender problem: from the pitch to the boardroom, women are still being blocked from the top jobs
Amée Gill, Durham University Although the world of English football has long been considered a man’s world, women now make … More
Call for Papers: Football, Politics and Popular Culture
Special Issue: Football, Politics and Popular Culture in Managing Sport and Leisure. Martin J. Power1, James Carr1, Stephen R. … More
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 … More
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, … More
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 … More
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
