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Category: Referee

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

Call for abstracts, Football, Football Politics and Popular Culture, Politics, Popular Culture

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

Match Officials, Referee, Research

New study blows whistle on home advantage

Higher standards in football refereeing have brought about an unexpected change – the end of the home advantage. According to new … More

Europe, Football, Global, Home advantage, Referees, Sociology

Premier League ‘crackdown’ on player behaviour: Referees need specialist leadership support or the initiative will fail

In this post Dr Tom Webb highlights some of his most recent published research. The research considers the organization and leadership … More

Europe, Football, Global, Leadership, Premier League, Referee, Sociology

Pressure? What pressure? Football referees have more support from the media than we think

Dr Tom Webb of the University of Portsmouth and of The Football Collective provides insight into his latest research.

Europe, Football, Global, Media, Referee, Sociology

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