A WINTER OF DISCONTENT – time for equality of resources in the women’s game and the grassroots

By Dr Paul Breen @CharltonMen JOHN STEINBECK once said that “a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot … More

Football’s gender problem: from the pitch to the boardroom, women are still being blocked from the top jobs

Amée Gill, Durham University Although the world of English football has long been considered a man’s world, women now make … 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

Partially sighted football? What’s that all about then?

By Dr Jess Macbeth It’s June 2017 and in Sardinia, England have just lost a hard-fought World Championship final 3-0 … More

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

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