Podcast: Discussing Football in Fiction with Lee McGowan

Stirling-born Lee McGowan is a Scots Irish football researcher at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. His book … More

Digital transformation and innovation in football and Fan Fit

By Dr Alex Fenton 2019 has been an interesting year for football clubs and innovation. PwC’s Sports Survey 2019 went … More

Can we make the grassroots game of football greener?

By Andy Carmichael Football in England has a significant environmental footprint; 29,000 clubs, 40,000 grass pitches, energy use, demand for … 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

Why is understanding Arsene Wenger sociologically important?

By Gavin Maclean Of all the topics I had thought I would dedicate several months of thought, research and writing … More

A hundred-year overnight success: the stories of women’s football in Australia

By Lee McGowan In a piece of not quite though still relatively shameless self-promotion, I write to highlight a new … More

Place of birth and talent development

By Dr Laura Finnegan Successful athletic development requires athletes to navigate a range of ‘secondary factors’ that can impede or … More

More Than Just A Game: Football Can Give Asylum Seekers So Much

Often, when asylum seekers arrive in Britain they are fleeing a harrowing past. Their pre-migration experiences are laden with moments … More

Who plays the game? The multiplication of media-sport events and the appropriation of childhood

By Max Mauro A few months ago, I was sitting in a hotel room in Spain, and I did what … More

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

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

Becoming European through football? – Research project and call for survey participation

By Dr Regina Weber Europeanisation in football is ubiquitous since at least 20-25 years. While there has always been an … More

A ‘new age’ for women’s football

By Dr Stacey Pope This summer’s world cup will arrive at the best time in history for women’s football both … More

Jumpers for GOALPOSTS

By Rahul Keerthi Last year, Copa90 produced a report into what they call “the modern football fan” – 16-to-24-year-olds who … More

New member introduction: Danny Hannun

Football Collective Members, My name is Danny Hannun, and it’s an honor to join your ranks. I have recently relocated … More

Football in fiction: What’s the best, oldest or most obscure football novel you know?

By Lee McGowan Some believe the football novel only really took form when Nick Hornby stared right through his belly … More

The Football Collective Annual Conference

The Football Collective Annual Conference CAfootballcollecitive2019@gmail.comLL FOR PAPERS Sheffield – 28th and 29th November 2019 Sheffield is famed for its … 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

Collapse of Tianjin Quanjian Football Club: The double-edged sword of Chinese football club ownership

By Shuyang Liu, PhD Researcher at Loughborough University London Abstract: Most of the professional football clubs in China are sorely invested … More