For many Irish people, one single mystic word triggers images of an entire era. The name Maradona carries echoes of … More
Category: Policy and Politics
The Football Collective submit evidence related to football governance to the UK Parliament
The written evidence submitted by The Football Collective concerns the Disproportionate Impact of Covid-19 on Grassroots Football. The Football Collective … More
Mapping Irish Football – Still Live!
This is a call for all football historians that may have come across references to Irish women’s football of any … More
Andy Carmichael, Anthony May, Ryan Thomas and Dan Parnell discuss Grassroots Football
As part of our FBC Sessions we are running a number of grassroots football specials #GrassrootsFootball Each session will discuss … More
FBC Sessions: Interview with Maggie Murphy of Lewes FC with Alex Culvin and Dan Parnell
As part of our FBC Sessions we welcomed Maggie Murphy (General Manager at Lewes FC @MaggieMrphy) and also runs @EPFinitiative. … More
Football and security with Jan Andre Ludvigsen
As COVID-19 kicked in, Jan missed the opportunity to come and present to on an ‘Away from the numbers’ session … More
The FBC Sessions: Eleanor Drywoor, Francesca Champ and Beth Clarkson join Alex Culvin
Eleanor Drywoor, Francesca Champ and Beth Clarkson join Alex Culvin for a conversation on the current issues in football and … More
Unprecedented, uncharted and unrealistic: UEFA postpones EURO 2020 by 12 months
By Dr Daniel Parnell and Dr Paul Widdop On Tuesday 17th March UEFA announced the postponement of their flagship national … More
Football AS Medicine… Or is that Football IS Medicine? Does it even matter?!
YES! And make it a double yes! 2019 was a great year for the Football is Medicine (FIM) initiative: starting … More
All member email – 23.08.2019
Dear Members, We hope everyone is well and enjoying some down time after the academic year. It has been some … 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
FOOTBALLIZATION
FOOTBALLIZATION – Footballization is the third movie produced by Association Tr3sessanta. Francesco Furiassi is the director of “Run(d) from Freedom” and … 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
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’ … 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
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
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
FLA and Birmingham March
By Les Crang As we move closer to the march of the Football Lads Alliance (hereby called the FLA) … 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
