Ryan Gallacher and Gary Kirkpatrick, 4th Year UWS Sports Journalism Fan involvement is one of the main topics of this year’s … More
Category: Fans and Spectators
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 … More
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 … 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
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 … More
The bloody beautiful game
By Mikaela Mckinley Erin Slaven, Orlaith Duffy and I returned home to Glasgow from a visit to the Scottish Parliament … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
What do you think are the most annoying phrases to describe women’s football?
By Helena Bryne Over the years there have been numerous articles, blog posts and lists on public forums on what … More
Birmingham and the FLA/DFLA march: A very British affair
FLA founder John Meighan (right). June 2017 March As mentioned on the last two post (1, 2), I have attended … More
Staking Claims and Taking Place: The Sounds of Football in Canada’s Capital
Video of Jordan William Zalis (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada) of his presentation at the Football, Politics and Popular Culture … 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
Massive spike in football shirt advertising by betting companies raises health concerns
There has been a massive spike in football shirt advertising by betting companies leading to public health concerns, research by … 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
How Hoolie-Lit conquered the world (and my part in its downfall).
By Dougie Brimson Despite being both a football fan and a writer with a vested interest in the greatest of … More
Football Policing – Football Collective Member Introduction by Mike Hope
By Mike Hope michael.hope@postgrad.plymouth.ac.uk / mikehope200@gmail.com I have recently joined The Football Collective and would like to introduce myself and my research … More
The football lads Alliance : Nothing to be sneered at*
By Les Crang @morethanagame66 On the 4th of June, 2017, John Meighan created the Football Lads Alliance (hereby called the … More
Join Trans-European Research Project on National Football Teams and Associations
By Paul Huiszoon Studies of football fans’ attitudes and behaviours often focus on teams or leagues. This research adds national football … 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
