By Stacey Pope On the evening of Saturday 27th October, Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s helicopter crashed and exploded … More
Tag: Football
This Sport is Stupid Anyway
Attitudes to football within segments of academia by Dr Paul Breen @CharltonMen BACK in 2010, The New York Post enraged … More
The Challenge: Reimagining Race, Diversity and Opportunity in Football
We are delighted to formally introduce the first keynote panel ‘The Challenge: Reimagining Race, Diversity and Opportunity in Football’ chaired Professor Kevin … More
The Diamond Miners of Turin
By Dr Alex Bond, Dr Paul Widdop and Dr Dan Parnell Talent identification and development is not too dissimilar in … 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
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
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
‘Sexy’ Women and the Men’s World Cup: (Mis)Representations of Female Football Fans
By Dr Stacey Pope Do you think the This Fan Girl project is important and why? What impact could … 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
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
Critical reflections of women and football
We are delighted to formally introduce the first keynote panel ‘Critical reflections of women and football’ chaired by Alex Culvin. … 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
Football as an adjunct treatment intervention for people with mental health problems – the evaluation of “Coping Through Football”
By Bettina Friedrich and Oliver Mason Background Some people with severe … More
Football ‘tug of war’: When choosing means losing
By Laura Finnegan originally published here. A tweet from Carlow GAA made headlines last week when it outlined the ultimatum … More
“Football, Allah and That’s all”.
By Stefano Fogliata With the support of video professionals, I am working with a on a documentary about the most unlikely football … More
Football Finance Workshop
Access the flyer here: The Football Finance Workshop
with the ball at Her feet: a living history of Brisbane Women’s Football
By Lee McGowan On September 25, 1921, 10,000 people watched two women’s teams play football at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, … More
Allison Thompson – Youth Football as a Tool for Cultural (re) Integration
Video of Allison Thompson (International Academy Berlin / Institute Heritage Studies) delivering her presentation at the Football, Politics and Popular … More
Football’s TV billions are set to rise, but is the game about to eat itself?
By Dr Rob Wilson and Dr Dan Plumley The imminent announcement of the English Premier League’s (EPL) next TV rights … More
