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