By Lee McGowan In a piece of not quite though still relatively shameless self-promotion, I write to highlight a new … More
Tag: Football
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
Calling all football historians!
By Helena Byrne This is a call for all football historians that may have come across references to Irish women’s … More
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
